24 in Cape Town

Hit TV series 24 is coming to South Africa - for filming. Agent Jack Bauer will be in the country to film a 2-hour action-packed movie set in Africa. The Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning drama series stars Kiefer Sutherland (51) in the role of Agent Jack Bauer. As head of the Counter Terrorist Unit of the US Government, Bauer's objective is to protect his President and country from terrorist threats. The 2-hour movie, called Day 7, will be a prequel to season seven, bridging seasons six and seven. The sixth season of 24 ended with Jack’s personal life and career basically over. In the movie he travels from country to country searching for answers, until he gets caught up in a civil war. Filming in Cape Town happened close to the V&A Waterfront, as well as at La Farge quarry in Durbanville. Local actors, including Hakeem Kae-Kazim, make guest appearances. Teenagers from Nyanga township were used in the quarry scenes as rebels. Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie’s father, plays the terrorist mastermind. Hakeem plays Ike Dubaku, a colonel in the army in the fictitious African country Sangola. He moved from Bo-Kaap to Los Angeles last year with his wife, Bronwyn, and their two daughters, Ayesha (8) and Shadha (5). His credits include Hotel Rwanda and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. He also got a recurring role in 24. During film Sutherland stayed at the Radisson Hotel and was also spotted at Beluga Restaurant in Green Point.