Kiefer Sutherland, the Emmy-winning star of shows like 24, Designated Survivor, and The Fugitive, is taking on a new role for his newest feature film. Sutherland is set to star alongside Rebel Wilson in a new holiday movie that just dropped its first trailer.
Tinsel Town, from Brainstorm Media, stars Sutherland as a washed-up actor who takes on a new job in England. The movie is set to be released in theaters and On Demand on Nov. 28. A synopsis of Tinsel Town reads: “A washed-up Hollywood action star takes a role in a small English village’s Christmas pageant. With the help of the straight-talking choreographer and quirky cast, he embraces the holiday spirit to reconnect with his estranged daughter.” The trailer can be seen below.
In the trailer for Tinsel Town, Sutherland is seen asking, “What’s next” as far as his career goes, to which he receives the reply, “People don’t want to hire you.” However, there’s one place that is willing to take on the former action star, a theater in England. Sutherland’s character, Bradley Mack, makes his way to England in time for the holidays and to star in the play, where he meets Rebel Wilson’s character. “We’ve only got a few days to get this show on the road,” she says.
Appalled by what he sees at the theater, Sutherland’s Bradley Mack exclaims, “What is this? A low-rent production of Cats?” Used to his Hollywood lifestyle, Bradley asks someone to “call me a car,” to which one of his new colleagues replies, “You’re a car.” It also turns out that Bradley’s ex-wife and daughter also live in England, and for the first time in two years, he reconnects with his young child.
“All you care about is yourself,” his daughter says in the trailer. “What?” replies Bradley. “You keep trying to run away,” she says. At the end of the clip, Sutherland’s character is heard telling his daughter, “This is the best time I’ve ever had and it’s ‘cause of you.”
Tinsel Town also stars Derek Jacobi (The War Master), Mawaan Rizwan (Sex Education), Maria Friedman (East Enders), Jason Manford (Waterloo Road), Asim Chaudhry (The Sandman), Danny Dyer (Rivals), Ray Fearon (Beauty and the Beast), Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris), and James Lance (Ted Lasso). Chris Foggin directed Tinsel Town, which isn’t his first foray into the holiday movie genre. He also directed 2022’s This Is Christmas, which aired on Sky and is streaming on Prime Video. Tinsel Town was written by Frazer Flintham, Adam Brown, Piers Ashworth, and Jake Brunger and produced by Matt Williams, Pascal Degove, and Ava Aashna Chopra.
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As for the future of one of Sutherland’s most notable shows, 24, the actor said it’s not off the table to come back to the role of Jack Bauer. In a September 2025 interview, Sutherland told Montreal Now with Aaron Rand that 24 executive producer Howard Gordon has come up with an idea for a new season of the popular series. “Howard Gordon has come up with an idea that I like. Before, the material had not been written, so I would have to say, ‘I’m not the one that’s in the way.’ [But] something has been written,” the actor revealed, adding, “I think it’s really good. I think it’s really strong.”
However, Sutherland stressed that another installment of 24 was still a long way from coming to fruition. “24 was originally with Fox. Now it’s owned by Disney because of what Fox has sold off, and so it has to go through different channels before it’s either approved or disapproved,” Sutherland said. “Like everybody else, it’s something I would really like to do. I would like to close that story. It was left kind of wide open. So, fingers crossed. There’s a chance. We’ve taken some considerable steps forward,” he added.
Tinsel Town hits theaters and PVOD on Nov. 28.