Flash Forward

What Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like

Get prepared to set your long-range TiVos. Now that the networks have all announced their new line-ups, we’ve got the rundown of where all your favorite (and soon-to-be-favorite) shows will be next season. Monday Mondays stay their relatively lowkey selves with the new schedule and, if anything, become even more quiet for SFTV; Heroes and…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 23

ABC’s First Vision For Flash Forward Includes Seth MacFarlane

The first footage from Lost’s new TV challenger for most whacked premise, Flash Forward, explains where the origins of its title, and drops a big fat geek cameo: Seth MacFarlane. Check out ABC’s latest clip. David Goyer‘s television show is an adaptation of Robert Sawyer’s novel. In the book the population undergoes a collective two-minute…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 20

ABC’s First Stab At Explaining Its New Psychic Migraine Show

Exactly what is Flash Forward, ABC’s new Fall show, about? Here’s a flashy (sorry) trailer that tries to explain in 30 seconds. It aired during Lost, and promises breasts, surfers, disasters and Joseph Fiennes.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 14

Spoiler Freakout For Iron Man 2, V, Flash Forward And Smallville!

Today’s spoilers include stars explaining what to expect in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan and Caprica. Plus hints from Terminator Salvation, Iron Man 2 and Transformers 2. And deadly spoilers for Flash Forward, V and Smallville. Terminator Salvation: Sam Worthington (Marcus Wright) says he wanted to show a cyborg who felt pain, not just physically but…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 14

Terminator Salvation’s Quest, Looper’s Violent Saga And Flash Forward’s Mysteries

Today’s spoiler-blast includes new Terminator Salvation TV spots. Also, Rian “Brick” Johnson explains his future epic Looper. Someone reviewed the Flash Forward pilot. Heroes spoilers make you long for oblivion. Plus Lost, Fringe and Smallville. Terminator Salvation: New TV spots show a bit more of Marcus’ quest to find whoever did this to him. Particularly…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 12

ABC’s Flash Forward Now Official

Surprising no-one, ABC announced late Friday that they have officially picked up Flash Forward, the television adaptation of Robert Sawyer’s novel that gives everyone on Earth a mysterious (and short) glimpse of their own future. When it premieres, Flash Forward will feature a lot of familiar faces, both in front of and behind the cameras;…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 9

Gwyneth Paltrow Getting Kinky For Iron Man 2?

A flood of Iron Man 2 gossip includes the rumor that Gwyneth Paltrow will be a bullwhip-cracking dominatrix. There’s a Terminator Salvation video, Lost finale hints, and Nimoy talks Fringe. Plus Dollhouse and Flash Forward. Iron Man 2: Rumor has it Gwyneth Paltrow has an extremely risque scene in the new movie where she’s dressed…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 7

Star Trek Videos, Transformer Pics, And One Doctor Who Cameo Too Many…

Did the cameos in Russell T. Davies’ Doctor Who swansong finally go too far? You decide! Also, tons of Star Trek details, a Transformers synopsis, and Flash Forward dirt. Plus Lost, Supernatural and Smallville clips. Star Trek: Can you believe there are still spoilers for this movie? There are. Spock’s decision to ditch the Vulcan…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 6

ABC’s Flash Forward View Of The Future Is More Like An Acid Flashback

Teaser trailers for David S. Goyer’s highly anticipated Flash Forward TV show kicked off last night during Lost, with a short barrage of blipverts that confused and confounded us. What did you see? The show is based on Robert J. Sawyer‘s novel where the everyone in the world blacks out for two minutes and has…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 30

Flash Forward To Your First Glimpse Of ABC’s Next Science Fiction Epic

We’ve been waiting eagerly for our first real glimpse of Flash Forward, the new ABC series based on Robert J. Sawyer’s novel. And it looks like Wednesday’s 100th episode of Lost will include some flashes. It sounds like the short ads for Flash, which will air during Lost, are designed to create confusion and mystification…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 23

Can Robert J. Sawyer Save Us From A TV Wasteland?

With many science-fiction shows facing cancellation, our best hope is that next fall’s programming includes another Fringe or Lost, a thought-provoking hit. So it’s good news that ABC just greenlit Robert J. Sawyer‘s Flash Forward. Reuters reports that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is “all but gone” (although at this point, insiders are still insisting…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 20

Robert J. Sawyer Gives Us A Glimpse Of Our Televisual Future

Author Robert J. Sawyer has been blogging from the set of Flash Forward, the new show based on his novel, and he says it’s looking good to debut on ABC next fall. Minor spoilers… In Flash Forward, as in Sawyer’s novel, everyone blacks out for a couple of minutes and experiences a vision of the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 10

Will Sci-Fi Become The Invisible Genre On TV?

With news of more fall pilots slowly trickling out from the networks, we’re wondering if other networks may be following Fox’s lead in looking for shows that definitely aren’t science fiction. https://gizmodo.com/is-fox-shunning-sf-for-fall-5135564 We noted on Wednesday that none of Fox’s seven recently-announced pilots were the kind of sci-fi fare that we’ve come to expect (and…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jan 24

Flash Forward Will Make Each Year A New Start

Is ABC’s new drama Flash Forward going to turn out to be less like Lost and more like NBC’s Heroes? Its creator’s explanation of how they plan to keep the show fresh makes us wonder. Flash Forward, which is being worked on for a fall 2009 debut, is based around Robert J. Sawyer’s 1999 novel…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 9

Flash Forward To ABC’s New Lost Replacement

Flash Forward doesn’t just share a time-traveling concept with ABC’s Lost – according to those who’ve read the pilot script, it just may end up as the network’s replacement for the island based mystery-filled drama. Jace of the site Televisionary had a chance to look at the script to Brannon Braga and David Goyer’s pilot…

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 14

New Watchmen Trailer, Dragonball Stills, Dollhouse Finally Makes Sense

Spoilers illuminate your world. Case in point: Joss Whedon’s explanation of a typical Dollhouse episode sounds, finally, like a TV show and not a Philip K. Dick novel. What else can spoilers do for you? Well, let’s see. There’s a new Watchmen trailer. Some new stills from Dragonball. A Lost set report that adds yet…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 12

Major Hints For Flash Forward, Transformers, Stargate And Doctor Who

Today’s spoilers cut a wide swathe through your entertainment future. Find out just how John Cleese saves the day in The Day The Earth Stood Still. Plus have another glimpse of a new Transformers Decepticon. There are script snippets for Doctor Who and Smallville, showing unholy forces at work in both shows. And some new…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 9

Sulu And Shakespeare Try To Find Their Missing Two Minutes

ABC’s Flash Forward certainly seems to be living up to its title in terms of casting announcements; just days after casting Pirates of the Caribbean’s Jack Davenport, news breaks that they’re adding Star Trek’s new Sulu and Shakespeare In Love’s leading man, as well. https://gizmodo.com/can-abc-do-justice-to-sawyers-mind-bending-novel-5101145 Joseph Fiennes, who played the Bard a decade ago before…

io9 Graeme McMillan Dec 6

Can ABC Do Justice To Sawyer’s Mind-Bending Novel?

The new ABC drama Flash Forward is picking up the first members of its cast. And it sounds more and more as though the show, based on a novel by Robert J. Sawyer about a worldwide prophetic blackout, will be a worthy companion in weirdness to ABC’s Lost and Life On Mars. Courtney B. Vance…

Television Meredith Woerner Dec 2

ABC Has A Vision For Flash-Forward Series

With the success of Lost and (they hope) new series Life On Mars, it looks like ABC is ready to ride the scifi wave that is soaking television. Supposedly ABC is close to picking up David S. Goyer and Star Trekker Brannon Braga’s pilot Flash Forward. And no, this is not a Ben Foster, Jewel…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 19

What Your 2009-2010 Network TV Will Look Like

ABC’s First Vision For Flash Forward Includes Seth MacFarlane

ABC’s First Stab At Explaining Its New Psychic Migraine Show

Spoiler Freakout For Iron Man 2, V, Flash Forward And Smallville!

Terminator Salvation’s Quest, Looper’s Violent Saga And Flash Forward’s Mysteries

ABC’s Flash Forward Now Official

Gwyneth Paltrow Getting Kinky For Iron Man 2?

Star Trek Videos, Transformer Pics, And One Doctor Who Cameo Too Many…

ABC’s Flash Forward View Of The Future Is More Like An Acid Flashback

Flash Forward To Your First Glimpse Of ABC’s Next Science Fiction Epic

Can Robert J. Sawyer Save Us From A TV Wasteland?

Robert J. Sawyer Gives Us A Glimpse Of Our Televisual Future

Will Sci-Fi Become The Invisible Genre On TV?

Flash Forward Will Make Each Year A New Start

Flash Forward To ABC’s New Lost Replacement

New Watchmen Trailer, Dragonball Stills, Dollhouse Finally Makes Sense

Major Hints For Flash Forward, Transformers, Stargate And Doctor Who

Sulu And Shakespeare Try To Find Their Missing Two Minutes

Can ABC Do Justice To Sawyer’s Mind-Bending Novel?

ABC Has A Vision For Flash-Forward Series

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