FOX officially orders new Kiefer Sutherland show "Touch" for midseason
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FOX officially orders new Kiefer Sutherland show "Touch" for midseason
FOX ORDERS “TOUCH”
New Drama Starring Kiefer Sutherland to Debut Spring 2012 on FOX
FOX has ordered 13 episodes of the new drama series TOUCH, created and written by Emmy-nominated Tim Kring (“Heroes”), it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. TOUCH, starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland, will join the schedule in the spring of 2012. The pilot was directed and executive-produced by Francis Lawrence (“Water for Elephants”), and the show comes from Chernin Entertainment and Tailwind Productions, in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
“TOUCH is another ambitious series from Tim Kring that is beautifully executed and has incredibly resonant themes for our times,” said Reilly. “With Kiefer back on the network as the face and force behind this creative new series, I’m confident it will resonate with viewers this spring.”
"Every once in a while, you encounter a piece of material that you just cannot say no to,” Sutherland added. “That, combined with the opportunity to work again with Peter Chernin and the Fox studio and network, makes me thrilled to be a part of this project. I also look forward to working with an extraordinary writer and producer like Tim Kring."
TOUCH is a distinct and colorful drama in which science and spirituality intersect with the hopeful premise that we are all interconnected, tied in invisible ways to those whose lives we are destined to alter and impact.
At the center of TOUCH is MARTIN BOHM (Sutherland), a widower and single father, haunted by an inability to connect to his mute 11-year-old son, JAKE (David Mazouz). After multiple failed attempts at keeping Jake in school, Martin is visited by CLEA HOPKINS (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a social worker sent to evaluate Jake’s well-being. Everything changes when Martin discovers that Jake possesses the gift of staggering genius – the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events. Jake is indeed communicating. But it’s not with words, it’s with numbers. Martin meets ARTHUR DEWITT (Danny Glover), a professor and an expert on children who possess special gifts when it comes to numbers. Now, it’s up to Martin to decipher the meaning and connect the numbers to the cast of characters whose lives they affect.
TOUCH is a production of Chernin Entertainment and Tailwind Productions, in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Tim Kring created the series and wrote the pilot. Kring, Francis Lawrence, Peter Chernin (New Girl, Terra Nova), Katherine Pope (New Girl, Terra Nova), Sutherland, Suzan Bymel (“The War at Home”) and Carol Barbee (“Jericho”) are executive producers. Lawrence directed the pilot.
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland and Danny Glover.
to Kiefer being back on TV. I know there is alot of Kiefer fans here, so this is exciting....even though it is created by Tim Kring.
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Kiefer just recently said on Entertainment Tonight Canada that they tentatively plan to shoot 24 in April of 2012. So this kind of makes sense scheduling-wise. Once Touch wraps in March or early April, Kiefer can jump right into filming 24.
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We've got Strike Back now. Who needs a "24" movie?
j/k All-around good news. Agreed, will be good to see Kiefer back on the small screen (and not just the computer monitor as with The Confession).
j/k All-around good news. Agreed, will be good to see Kiefer back on the small screen (and not just the computer monitor as with The Confession).
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let's see, keifer on tv is a plus. having tim kring in charge is a negative. maybe it'll be a wash.
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marking my calendar!
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I like the plot of this show and Keifer. But I am leery because of Tim Kring. I'll give it a chance.
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I am in fa sho. Also great news that 24 movie is starting up soon.
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as far as Kring, all i know him from is heroes, and the show was entertaining for the most part
looking forward to this shit and the 24 movie...
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Kinge is the new Brannon Braga of TV. The first episodes will be good and then fall into turmoil.
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They had me at Kiefer Sutherland. They lost me at Tim Kring.
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http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/firs...rland/#respond
The 1st trailer for Touch is out. You can see it on the above link. It's believed that it will premiere in March. Don't expect badass Kiefer Sutherland. It looks like Knowing meets Early Edition.
Still going to watch it midseason.
The 1st trailer for Touch is out. You can see it on the above link. It's believed that it will premiere in March. Don't expect badass Kiefer Sutherland. It looks like Knowing meets Early Edition.
Still going to watch it midseason.
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FOX just posted the trailer on Youtube
FOX just posted the trailer on Youtube
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Looks engaging enough to check out at least once.
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it looks interesting. i'll check it out.
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Yup, he's in the Pilot, but not sure about the rest of the series.
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I was waiting for Kiefer to kick some ass. I know the show isn't an action show, but for some reason I was expecting Kiefer to pull out a gun or punch somebody in the face.
24 has spoiled me
other than that, I'll definitely check it out.
24 has spoiled me
other than that, I'll definitely check it out.
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That looks incredibly uninteresting. And Tim Kring has not earned the benefit of my doubt.
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Watching the barrage of trailers for this now... why do I get the feeling this is Alex Proyas' Knowing and that in the end...
Spoiler: