FlashForward
| FlashForward | |
|---|---|
 Flash Forward title screen | |
| Genre | Drama, Thriller, Science fiction |
| Created by | Robert J. Sawyer (based on his 1999 novel) Brannon Braga David S. Goyer |
| Starring | Joseph Fiennes John Cho Jack Davenport Zachary Knighton Peyton List Brían F. O'Byrne Courtney B. Vance Sonya Walger Christine Woods |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Brannon Braga David S. Goyer Marc Guggenheim Jessika Goyer Vince Gerardis Ralph Vicinanza |
| Production location | Los Angeles, California |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company | ABC Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 24, 2009 – present |
FlashForward is a science-fiction television series currently in production by ABC Studios for the 2009–2010 television season for ABC. It is based on the 1999 novel Flashforward by Canadian science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer. It began airing on September 24, 2009.[1]
Production
The pilot was written by David S. Goyer (who also directed) and Brannon Braga from Robert J Sawyer's novel with Goyer and Braga executive producing alongside Jessika Borsiczky Goyer, Vince Gerardis, and Ralph Vicinanza.[2]
FlashForward originally was developed at HBO, which sold its option because it thought the show would be a better fit for a broadcast network. After purchasing the series and ordering a pilot ABC picked up FlashForward for thirteen episodes[3] in May 2009.
ABC's pick-up of the show means Braga, who also serves as a co-executive producer on the 20th Century/Fox drama 24 will act as an executive producer on FlashForward while working full time on 24.[4]
Cast
Main cast
- Joseph Fiennes as Mark Benford
- John Cho as Demetri Noh
- Jack Davenport as Lloyd Simcoe
- Zachary Knighton as Bryce Varley
- Peyton List as Nicole Kirby
- Brían F. O'Byrne as Aaron Stark
- Courtney B. Vance as Stanford Wedeck
- Sonya Walger as Olivia Benford
- Christine Woods as Janis Hawk
Recurring cast
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Agent Vreede
- Alex Kingston as Inspector Fiona Banks
- Lee Thompson Young as Al Gough
- Lennon Wynn as Charlie Benford
- Ryan Wynott as Dylan Simcoe
Season synopsis
Season 1 (2009)
A mysterious global event causes everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for 2 minutes and 17 seconds, during which people worldwide see what may be visions of their lives approximately six months in the future, April 29, 2010. The event results in deaths from accidents and leaves the survivors wondering whether what they saw will really happen.
A team of Los Angeles FBI agents, led by Stanford Wedeck (Vance) and spearheaded by Mark Benford (Fiennes), begin the process of determining what happened, why, and whether it will happen again. With the help of his team, Benford creates a database of people's flash-forwards from around the world. He calls it the Mosaic Collective after the case he saw himself investigating during his own flash-forward. Along with various catastrophic or joyful visions, people also see themselves engaging in unexpected behavior; for example, Benford sees himself drinking again, and his wife Olivia (Walger) has an intimate vision of herself with an unknown man. Some see themselves in unusual locations or see unanticipated events, such as a pregnancy for a woman who doesn't have a boyfriend. In some cases, the event prevents actions from occurring such as Olivia's intern Bryce who was on the verge of committing suicide. However, Mark's partner Demetri, had no vision of the future and fears that this may indicate that he will have died before the day seen in the visions.
The minutes after the event are followed by seemingly atypical occurrences: a kangaroo is seen hopping across a street in downtown Los Angeles, and in the last scene of the episode, CCTV tape shows a person in black walking through a baseball stadium in Detroit while all around him, people have blacked out.
In the newest episode, a woman named D. Gibbons approaches the team and tells them of her vision. She describes herself in a cupcake shop with details about pigeons. On the wall of the shop are posters showing dolls from horror movies. The team traces the reference to Pigeon, Utah, where a cloned credit card of Gibbons' was used. There they meet another sheriff who describes that her vision was nothing. They find out that the individual who used Gibbons' credit card bought a bus ticket that was scheduled to leave Pigeon. Unfortunately, the unknown suspect never appears at the bus stop. Before leaving the bus stop, Benford notices an abandoned doll factory across the street from the bus stop. He remembers in his flash forward there was a picture of a burnt doll head, so the team decides to investigate the doll factory. They break in the factory to find a computer hacker has camped out there and decorated the factory with a bunch of grenades and explosives. The hacker fired at the sheriff and this kills her.
Benford finds a clue in his vision. His daughter, Charlie, sees a boy, Dylan, and asks what is wrong with him. The boy's father, Lloyd Simcoe, is the man that Olivia found herself with. They meet and Olivia becomes frightened. Charlie asks Benford why there were scary dreams. He tells her they are warnings. Charlie said that D. Gibbons is a bad man; Nobody knows the contents of her vision. Demetri receives a phone call from a woman in Hong Kong who tells him she knows (through her vision) he will be murdered March 15, 2010.
International distribution
In Canada, episodes will be shown on A.[5] The show airs on Five in the UK and on Australia's Seven Network.
In the Netherlands it was announced on September 11, 2009, that SBS had bought the rights to run the series there.[6] In Portugal the episodes will air on AXN starting Wednesday October 7, 2009.[7] The show will air in Italy beginning on Monday October 5, 2009, on FOX, and in Latin America, the show will be broadcast on AXN beginning in February 2010. {{citation}}: Empty citation (help) The show is set to air on RTE Television in the Republic of Ireland as part of its fall/winter season 2009.[8] In the Russian Federation the show will air on Channel One, beginning on October 2, 2009.
Trivia
During one of the scenes before the Flash Forward event, their is a billboard advertising for Oceanic Airlines.
References
- ^ "ABC.com - FlashForward - Home". Abc.go.com. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "Flash Forward New Companion for Lost". www.comingsoon.net. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ "The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
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- ^ "Zappen.blog.nl". Zappen.blog. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ "Flashforward mini-site". Axn.pt. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "RTÉ.ie Entertainment: RTÉ Television unveils new season". Rte.ie. 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-09-25.