David S. Goyer (“Blade: The Series,” “The Dark Knight”) and Brannon Braga (“Star Trek: Enterprise,” “Threshold”) are adapting Robert J. Sawyer’s “Flash Forward,” a sci-fi novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
ABC is considering the show for sometime in 2009 as a companion piece for it’s other big SF hit series “Lost.”
“Flash Forward” follows the aftermath once the world’s population awaken after blacking-out for approximately 2 minutes and 17 seconds. They all also have a shared vision of the future. The impact on many of their lives sets many of the planet’s inhabitants in a new life direction.
Goyer is set to direct the pilot and co-executive produce. Braga will join Goyer as scribe and co-executive producer.
Sawyer’s a good writer and I’m pleased that this novel is being looked at for a movie. Sawyer’s books can be pretty polital, and he’s an outspoken athiest. I’m wondering if the more contraversial elements will be left out.