Manifest: New Robert Zemeckis TV show sounds like Lost meets The Leftovers

The series will tell the story of a plane that goes missing mid-flight only for it to later reappear years later

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NBC has ordered the pilot episode of a brand new series centred on a missing flight which is invariably causing people to draw comparisons with Lost.

Back to the Future and Forrest Gump filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is bringing the new series, named Manifest, to screens adding it to his ever-growing list of projects that feature plane disasters (see: Cast Away and Flight).

Manifest tells the high-concept story of a plane that goes missing mid-flight only for it to later reappear years later. For the passengers, it's like it never happened - but for the rest of the world, it's been years.

Written by Jeff Rake, the series will track the effect such an event has on the passengers' loved ones who live years assuming all on board died, as well as focusing on the mystery itself; a blend of both Lost and The Leftovers which was the HBO series created by Damon Lindelof who co-created and wrote the former alongside JJ Abrams and Carlton Cuse.

Recently, ABC President Channing Dungey revealed the network has no current plans to reboot Lost - which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2010 - however, later admitted it was on a list of potential titles to revive someday in the future.

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