Jon Cassar to Return as Director for FOX's 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY

EW reports that Jon Cassar, who produced and directed the FOX thriller '24' from seasons 2 to 7 has announced that he will return to executive produce and direct episodes of the recently announced reboot 24: Live Another Day.

"I'm very happy to be renewing my relationship with the 20th Century FOX TV and Imagine families and am excited to call action again on the set of the resurrected 24," Cassar said in a statement. "Considering I was not involved in season 8, this new 24 event series gives me the chance for closure on a show that is very important to me."

Added showrunner Howard Gordon, "Jon was a profoundly integral part of 24 creatively and culturally. It doesn't feel like it would be 24 without him, and we're all just really thrilled to be working with him again."

Last month, FOX announced 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY, a thrilling new tent-pole event series set to restart the clock on the groundbreaking and Emmy Award-winning drama franchise starring Kiefer Sutherland. Produced by 20th Century FOX Television, Imagine Television and Howard Gordon's Teakwood Lane Productions, 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY will make its historic debut in the summer of 2014 on FOX.

The high-octane saga will reunite showrunner Howard Gordon with Sutherland and retain the real-time, pulse-pounding, fast-paced format with split screens and complex interweaving storylines, with 12 episodes representing 24 hours. The suspenseful event series once again follows the exploits of heroic agent JACK BAUER (Sutherland), who will resume his story several years following the events of the final season.

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