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Filmed on location in Cape Town, South Africa, and Los Angeles, 24: REDEMPTION stars Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland along with new cast members CherryJones, Robert Carlyle, Gil Bellows and Academy Award winner Jon Voight.
After sacrificing everything for his country, Jack Bauer (Sutherland) is wanted by the U.S. government and now stands to lose the only thing he has left:his freedom. Working as a missionary in Africa, Bauer is called upon to stop a ruthless warlord from drafting innocent children into his murderous militia.First, Bauer must confront his own torturous past and face an impossible decision that will change his life forever. A decision that will set the stage andraise the stakes for Season Seven, which debuts in January 2009.
24: Redemption (previously named 24: Exile)[sup][1][/sup] is an upcoming television movie, bridging the gap between the sixth and seventh seasons of the TV series 24. Set inthe fictional nation Sangala, Jack finds himself caught up in a military coup whiletrying to find somewhere he can 'be at peace'. Meanwhile, in the United States, it is Inauguration Day, where Allison Taylor is being sworn in to office. Themovie is scheduled to air on November 23, 2008 with an extended director's cut being released on DVD two days later.[sup][2][/sup]. The UKpremiere date is the following day, Monday November 24th on Sky1. The television movie will also air in Australia in the week begining the 30th ofNovember on Seven.[sup][3][/sup]
With the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike delaying the season for an entire year, producers were exploring waysto get back on the air earlier. Ideas included airing webisodes ormobisodes.[sup][1![0]](/styles/default/xenforo/NTemojis/alien.gif "Alien 0]")
[/sup] "We were going to beoff the air for a while and how do you bridge that gap. We thought about doing something online and after talking with [executive producer] Howard Gordon wedecided to do it on air." said Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment atFOX.[sup][11][/sup]
On April 30, producers began scouting locations in Africa in order to film the prequel in the upcoming weeks.[sup][12][/sup][sup][13][/sup] The original plan was to shoot three days worth of scenes in Africa and then have Simi Valley, California fill in for the location.[sup][1[/sup] After realizing it would be difficult to fake, it was decided to shoot the majority of the movie on location inCape Town, South Africa.[sup][14][/sup] Filming took place from June 4 to June 20 with the final scenes being shot in Los Angeles, California.[sup][15][/sup]
On July 13, director Jon Cassar revealed on his personal website that principalshooting for the prequel had been completed and post-production hadbegun.[sup][16][/sup]
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After sacrificing everything for his country, Jack Bauer (Sutherland) is wanted by the U.S. government and now stands to lose the only thing he has left:his freedom. Working as a missionary in Africa, Bauer is called upon to stop a ruthless warlord from drafting innocent children into his murderous militia.First, Bauer must confront his own torturous past and face an impossible decision that will change his life forever. A decision that will set the stage andraise the stakes for Season Seven, which debuts in January 2009.
24: Redemption (previously named 24: Exile)[sup][1][/sup] is an upcoming television movie, bridging the gap between the sixth and seventh seasons of the TV series 24. Set inthe fictional nation Sangala, Jack finds himself caught up in a military coup whiletrying to find somewhere he can 'be at peace'. Meanwhile, in the United States, it is Inauguration Day, where Allison Taylor is being sworn in to office. Themovie is scheduled to air on November 23, 2008 with an extended director's cut being released on DVD two days later.[sup][2][/sup]. The UKpremiere date is the following day, Monday November 24th on Sky1. The television movie will also air in Australia in the week begining the 30th ofNovember on Seven.[sup][3][/sup]
With the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike delaying the season for an entire year, producers were exploring waysto get back on the air earlier. Ideas included airing webisodes ormobisodes.[sup][1
[/sup] "We were going to beoff the air for a while and how do you bridge that gap. We thought about doing something online and after talking with [executive producer] Howard Gordon wedecided to do it on air." said Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment atFOX.[sup][11][/sup]On April 30, producers began scouting locations in Africa in order to film the prequel in the upcoming weeks.[sup][12][/sup][sup][13][/sup] The original plan was to shoot three days worth of scenes in Africa and then have Simi Valley, California fill in for the location.[sup][1
[/sup] After realizing it would be difficult to fake, it was decided to shoot the majority of the movie on location inCape Town, South Africa.[sup][14][/sup] Filming took place from June 4 to June 20 with the final scenes being shot in Los Angeles, California.[sup][15][/sup]On July 13, director Jon Cassar revealed on his personal website that principalshooting for the prequel had been completed and post-production hadbegun.[sup][16][/sup]
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