Earlier this month the revival, Kiefer Sutherland-less, 24: Legacy received an order for pilot by Fox. Until now however the cast for the series that follows-on from 2014’s mini-series Live Another Day, has remained a tight-lipped secret.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Straight Outta Compton (2015) star Corey Hawkins has been cast in the main role in 24 normally reserved for the long-standing hero Jack Bauer.

Hawkin’s Eric Carter will be former Army Ranger who is described as “strong and smart.” Carter, who is now working for CTU, comes from “a very rough background and turned his life around in the Army Rangers.” Now “back home in Virginia with his wife Nicole, he’s pulled back into action as his past comes looking for him.”

The new series will start filming this winter and will retain its real-time per-hour-episode format. It is yet still unknown the number of episodes the show will receive and whether we will see any old faces returning. Fox’s Dana Walden did tease however, “never say never.”

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