Yup, today, Saturday, February 21, 2009, in Los Angeles, the ABC series pilot based on my novel Flash Forward begins shooting with David S. Goyer directing. Woot! Carolyn and I aren’t down there yet — I’ve got a novel to finish that’s due on Monday — but we are going down in 12 days to […]
… they cut the check! I received today the big purchase-price payment from ABC for the TV rights to my novel Flash Forward. Woot! Filming of the series pilot begins in four days, on Saturday, February 21. Carolyn and I have booked our flights to L.A., and will be going down to watch part of […]
The February 20, 2009, edition of Entertainment Weekly — the #1 best-selling magazine about entertainment in the United States — begins this week’s “The Hollywood Insider: News and Notes” thus: Despite the fact that they are weathering stagnant — or downright dreary — ratings for dense shows like Heroes and Lost, the networks are still […]
In honor of the release of the Italian edition of my novel Humans, second volume of my Neanderthal Parallax trilogy, Sosio Silvio conducted a by-email interview with me, although many of the questions were actually about the upcoming Flash Forward TV pilot. The Italian version of the interview is online at Fantascienza.com here, and the […]
OMG, it’s almost here! The ABC TV series pilot based on my novel Flash Forward starts filming in Los Angeles two weeks from today (Saturday, February 21, 2009). Director David S. Goyer is working his tail off getting ready for the shoot. Carolyn and I won’t be there on the first day — I’ve got […]
I’m astonished by just how much online and print coverage there’s been for the pilot for Flash Forward, the TV series being developed by David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga based on my novel of the same name. People have been poring over what’s purported to be drafts of the script, supposed casting-call notes, and […]
SciFi Wire has a nice interview with Brannon Braga about the Flash Forward TV series today. Among other things, Brannon says: “The core concept is very much the same as Robert Sawyer’s novel. That was the impetus for it and the idea of the entire world blacking out at the same time for a discrete […]
British and Australian rights to Robert J. Sawyer‘s new novels Wake, Watch, and Wonder, plus backlist title Flashforward, have gone to Malcolm Edwards at Orion Publishing Group in a handsome deal negotiated by agent Ralph Vicinanza. (Orion publishes most of its SF under the Gollancz imprint; their other SF&F authors include Stephen Baxter, Arthur C. […]
Just spent 75 minutes on the phone with David S. Goyer, director of the Flash Forward pilot, and co-author (with Brannon Braga) of the pilot script. Not much I can say, except, man, this is going to be a cool show! Filming starts February 21, 2009, in Los Angeles, and Carolyn and I will be […]
Jack Davenport, who starred in the BBC sitcom Coupling, has been cast to play Lloyd Simcoe in ABC’s pilot based on my novel Flashforward, and, in honour of that, Carolyn and I, and our friends Nick DiChario and Bev Geddes, watched the first two episodes of Coupling this evening. Carolyn and I had seen the […]
Tony Award-winning actor Brian F. O’Byrne has joined the cast of ABC’s Flash Forward, based on my novel. And we have a new date to start filming: Saturday, February 21, 2009 (two days later than originally announced — it’s easier to get one of our locations on a weekend). The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
I’m getting asked a lot of questions about the ABC TV pilot based on my novel Flashforward that’s about to be filmed in Los Angeles. Here’s the response I made today in my Yahoo! Groups newsgroup: I’m not at liberty to discuss things much. In fact, it’s funny reading the online coverage seeing that no […]
We have the female lead for the Flash Forward pilot now. Sonya Walger, who has had recurring roles on both Lost and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has signed on. Also cast in the pilot is Christine Woods, pictured below. She’s guested on House and CSI Miami. The Hollywood Reporter has the news here, and […]
Today’s The Hollywood Reporter says: Joseph Fiennes is in negotiations for the lead in ABC’s hot drama pilot “Flash Forward,” eyed as a potential companion to “Lost.” John Cho is in negotiations to co-star in the project, from David S. Goyer, Brannon Braga and ABC Studios. Based on Robert J. Sawyer’s sci-fi novel, “Flash” chronicles […]
We have our first actors cast for the TV series pilot based on my novel Flash Forward. Two-time Tony Award-nominee Courtney B. Vance is best known for his six seasons as assistant district attorney Ron Carver on NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent. And my wife Carolyn is over the moon, because Jack Davenport, whom […]
My first novel, Golden Fleece, came out 18 years ago this month. I never go back and read my own novels after they’re published. Part of that is fatigue — the author has to read through the entire manuscript so many times when polishing a book, and then again when it’s copyedited, and once more […]
Left to right: David S. Goyer, Robert J. Sawyer, Brannon Braga (click on photo for larger version; photo credit: Carolyn Clink) The Hollywood Reporter published an article at 10:00 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, September 18, 2008, saying we were close to selling my novel Flashforward and a pilot script based on it written by […]
Today, I’m flashing back to my 1999 Aurora Award-winning science-fiction novel Flashforward. Flashforward tells of the first experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. Today the first beam was sent around the 27-kilometer-long tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider. There are news reports of it everywhere; here’s one from the BBC, and another from the Associated […]
The Robert J. Sawyer blitz at Audible.com continues! They’ve just added my novel Flashforward to their collection of RJS unabridged audibooks (joining Calculating God, Hominids, Humans, Hybrids, and The Terminal Experiment, plus my Hugo-nominated short story “Shed SKin”). You can get all my Audible titles right here. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
