Lively, Todd And Bellows Join 24 Prequel

Eric Lively, Tony Todd and Gil Bellows have been cast in the 24 prequel. The two-hour 24 prequel to the upcoming seventh season will feature Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) battling an international crisis in Africa while the U.S. ushers in a new president on Inauguration Day. Lively, brother of Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, will play the president’s son. Bellows will play a State Department officer ordered to serve Bauer with a subpoena to appear before the Senate. Todd, who also will appear during Season 7, will play cruel African dictator General Juma. Todd has been recurring on NBC’s Chuck as CIA director Graham. On the prequel, Lively, Todd and Bellows join previously cast Robert Carlyle.