Vance And Davenport Flash Forward For ABC

Courtney B. Vance and Jack Davenport are the first actors cast in ABC’s SF drama pilot Flash Forward, which is rumored as a potential companion to Lost, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Flash Forward – from David S. Goyer, Brannon Braga and ABC Studios – is based on Robert J. Sawyer’s SF 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’s pilot will be directed by Goyer. He is executive-producing with Braga, Jessika Borsiczky Goyer, Vince Gerardis and Ralph M. Vicinanza.