"24 LEGACY" DEBUTS WITH A NEW FACE

Corey Hawkins as Eric Carter

On February 5th, 2017, the much awaited follow up to the world's most watched action series will berth with a new kid in the block called Corey Hawkins.Hawkins played the role of Dr. Dre in the hood movie " Straight Outta Compton". Hawkins garnered a brief role in Marvel Studios' Iron Man 3 and went on to star opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore in Universal Pictures' action-thriller Non-Stop. 

24 Legacy tells the story of how Eric Carter, after leading a mission to eliminate terrorist leader Sheik Ibrahim Bin-Khalid,  returns to the U.S. and finds out that he and his squad mates are targeted for assassination in retaliation for Bin-Khalid's death. With nowhere else to turn, Carter asks CTU to help him save his life while also stopping one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil. The events will take place three years after the events in 24: Live Another Day and is set in Washington, D.C.

Corey Antonio Hawkins (born October 22, 1988) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Heath in The Walking Dead and Dr. Dre in the 2015 biopic film, Straight Outta Compton.

By Eloho Ikede