‘Manifest’ star Josh Dallas hopes for a sequel after series finale

nypost.com:

Josh Dallas (series protagonist Ben Stone) thinks there’s enough gas in the tank to fuel another takeoff.“I believe [the series’ final episode] is … the perfect ending for these characters,” Dallas, 44, told The Post. “It’s terrifying, emotional and surprising.

And, for Ben, for sure, it’s not so much an end as it is a beginning.“I think it’s a beautiful jump for ‘Manifest the sequel’ if there’s room for one,” he said. “If [series creator/showrunner] Jeff Rake wants to write words to put in my dumb head and dumb mouth, I am there to say them.”The last 10 episodes of “Manifest” premiere June 2 on Netflix.

The sci-fi drama, which aired on NBC for three seasons, revolves around passengers aboard Montego Air Flight 828 — including Ben (Dallas), his young son Cal (Jack Messina) and Ben’s sister, Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) — who land in New York City from Jamaica … five-and-a-half years after taking off.

No time has passed for them, but it has for the rest of the world in the half-decade since Flight 828 vanished and all onboard were presumed dead.Initially, the passengers and crew return as heroes and curiosities imbued with supernatural powers (“The Callings”) as they reunite with their families — Ben with his wife, Grace (Athena Karkanis) — but that eventually morphs into suspicion, fear and even hatred of the “828ers.” As these final episodes open, Ben, Michaela and most of their fellow 828ers are being held (and experimented on) by the government in a closely guarded detention center.