“Manifest,” the drama series about a plane that mysteriously disappeared and then returned five and a half years later — with none of its passengers aging — is about to get a sequel. Netflix announced Friday that it has given a greenlight to “Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery,” a new sci-fi spinoff that comes from the team behind the original series.
Helming “Arrivals” will be original “Manifest” creator and showrunner Jeff Rake, who will be joined by original series co-executive producers Margaret Easley and Laura Putney, who will serve now as co-creators and co-showrunners as well. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
Here’s the new logline: “When a mysterious plane crash-lands in Denver, the passengers emerge with no memory of who they are, where they came from, or why they’re here. A young social worker and a novice Homeland Security agent team up with the new arrivals in an attempt to stop a humanity-ending catastrophe, discovering along the way that they are all part of the very puzzle they’re trying to solve.”
Netflix, of course, chose Aug. 28 at 8:28 a.m. to announce the show for a very specific reason: “Manifest” was all about Flight 828 (8/28, get it?), and those numbers took on significant meaning during the series run.
