Potential "Lost"-Companion "Flash Forward" Starts Casting

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From The Hollywood Reporter...

"Courtney B. Vance and Jack Davenport are the first actors cast in ABC's hot drama pilot "Flash Forward," which is rumored as a potential companion to "Lost."

"Flash Forward," from David S. Goyer, Brannon Braga and ABC Studios, is based on Robert J. Sawyer's sci-fi novel and chronicles the chaos that ensues after everyone in the world blacks out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds and has a mysterious vision of the future that changes lives forever.

Vance will play Stan Wedeck, the Los Angeles bureau chief of the FBI.

Davenport will play Lloyd Simcoe, who is trapped in Northern California when the event occurs and struggles to reach his son in a Southland hospital.

"Flash Forward," which has a pilot order with a series penalty behind it, will be directed by Goyer. He is executive producing with Braga, Jessika Borsiczky Goyer, Vince Gerardis and Ralph M. Vicinanza.

For six seasons, Vance played assistant district attorney Ron Carver on NBC's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." Vance and his wife, actress Angela Bassett, also are shepherding several projects through their Bassett/Vance Prods., including "Erasure," a feature adaptation of Percival Everett's novel penned by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran.

He is repped by Lighthouse Entertainment and attorney Darrell Miller.

British native Davenport, who played Norrington in the three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, most recently starred on CBS' period drama "Swingtown." The actor, who next appears in the feature "The Boat That Rocked," is repped by CAA, Sanders Armstrong Management and his U.K. agent, Christian Hodell."

[Ator the Invincible]

It's certainly an interesting premise for a show, but what does it have to do with Lost? Sure, the title is a phrase made popular by the past season of Lost, but that's pretty irrelevant really. My curiosity is peaked though.

[mikejet]

They better not tie other shows or continue Lost with another show. We were promised a resolution at the end of season 6.

[Blu Blazer]

I assume its just the next show that will either run before or after lost next season to get people to still watch ABC after Lost is done. Honestly what else does ABC have besides Lost? Kind of sounds like an interesting idea but most dramas to me get boring after 2 seasons. Lost and 24 are the only ones i can watch and 24 is starting to wear thin to me.

[STARSCREAM]

^ yep, I'm about done with 24 myself.