Heroes + 24 = Touch: Tim Kring Series Gets the Green Light

Heroes + 24 = Touch: Tim Kring Series Gets the Green Light

Heroes creator Tim Kring and 24 star Kiefer Sutherland are collaborating on a new genre-esque series that has just gotten the green light for production from Fox, Touch.

By EdGross - Sep 23, 2011 04:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Touch, which has a 12-episode commitment, stars Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland and 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.

“Touch is another ambitious series from Tim Kring that is beautifully executed and has incredibly resonant themes for our times,” said Fox's President of Entertainment, Kevin 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.

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gambgel
gambgel - 9/23/2011, 5:00 AM
Interesting.

I want new series in my life :D
antman73
antman73 - 9/23/2011, 5:14 AM
jack bauer goes spiritual with an heroes' touch.
Let's hope is good, heroes 1st season was awesome
TyrannicalOverlord
TyrannicalOverlord - 9/23/2011, 6:06 AM
This has potential. Loved Heros so I'l give it a try when it airs.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 9/23/2011, 6:16 AM
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
MJPETTY7
MJPETTY7 - 9/23/2011, 6:19 AM
YOU GOT THE TOUCH!!!!! YOU GOT THE POWER!!!!!!!!
Herosave
Herosave - 9/23/2011, 6:22 AM
Alright, alright, it's good to see Danny Glover running around again!
EditNinja
EditNinja - 9/23/2011, 6:23 AM
I'll watch it.
But he'll always be Jack Baur to me.

24 Bauer Interlock Your Fingers EditNinja
BigDaddyCal
BigDaddyCal - 9/23/2011, 6:41 AM
Interesting. It's good to see something new that isn't a remake/reboot of some old show/movie.
Dmon
Dmon - 9/23/2011, 6:43 AM
Gay. I rather Fox bring back Lie To Me or Human Target.
superwolverine
superwolverine - 9/23/2011, 7:16 AM
All of tim krings series has potental but then a few seasons in they get cancelled.
Fogs
Fogs - 9/23/2011, 8:55 AM
Heroes suffered from the "even-season-sucking" disease.

Too bad. I used to like that one too. Seasons 1 and 3, of course.
naterator
naterator - 9/23/2011, 9:10 AM
I also loved Heroes....they really need to finalize that show with a Movie on the Silverscreen.....with a great script...that movie could be huge. And FRICKIN GET 24 done on the big screen.....since Sutherland is doing a new show , does that mean 24 movie is shelved?
marvelguy
marvelguy - 9/23/2011, 9:29 AM
Interesting...I am weary. Kring had some good ideas and quickly lost direction. Let's hope he doesn't do "Heroes" twice.
Talontd
Talontd - 9/23/2011, 10:04 AM
Sounds like they are taking a different angle on the autistic kid from ALPHAS....

...i'll watch anything with Keifer after 24....JACK BAUER is my hero.
PsyGuy
PsyGuy - 9/23/2011, 10:32 AM
Hopefully Kring can do a better job of keeping this show alive than he did on Heroes!
jackpackage
jackpackage - 9/23/2011, 10:36 AM
Ditto on the loved Heroes side,I know a lot of people talk trash about it but aren't we all here because of our love of super heroes? I think even in their worst seasons I still liked it better than most of the crap that was on television during their run.I think a movie would be awesome also and that being said anyone who thought up the Heroes world,I'm willing to give his other ideas a shot.
headlopper
headlopper - 9/23/2011, 11:08 AM
Sounds 'Fringe-'y'.
I'll give it a chance.
DoomXfactor
DoomXfactor - 9/23/2011, 1:41 PM
Tim Kring dropped the ball with heroes.I don't trust him. EPIC FAILURE!!!!
Foxpaw
Foxpaw - 9/23/2011, 2:53 PM
wait... flash back... hang on... what is that? oh! got it!
. . .
mercury rising.
Bodwulf
Bodwulf - 9/23/2011, 5:23 PM
This is not based on a comic book why is it on CBM.COM?
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