Almost three years after the divisive Manifest finale was launched in 2023, Josh Dallas and Melissa Roxburgh are reuniting in a unique NBC collection. Dallas and Roxburgh performed siblings Ben and Michaela Stone within the supernatural drama that aired for 3 seasons on NBC earlier than being canceled and subsequently saved by Netflix for a fourth and closing season.
The 2 actors will now reunite in an upcoming episode of The Looking Occasion season 2. Roxburgh leads the collection as Rebecca “Bex” Henderson, a former FB profiler working as a part of an elite group that hunts down serial killers that escaped from a secret jail. Dallas will play a kind of killers, often called the Connecticut Cobbler, in season 2, episode 8.
The Connecticut Cobbler’s actual title is Elliott Carr, who beforehand labored as an artisan shoemaker and prefers “solely the rarest and most unique of leathers – assume alligator, rhino and folks, skinning his victims alive.”
This will likely be a drastic change from the dynamic that Dallas and Roxburgh had throughout Manifest‘s 4 seasons. Whereas they often had their variations, Ben and Michaela have been shut siblings who supported one another. After being on Flight 828 and returning 5 and a half years later with the Callings, they have been endlessly modified and had a novel understanding of one another.
In The Looking Occasion, Roxburgh’s Bex will likely be looking Dallas’ Connecticut Cobbler, a killer who sounds just like Silence of the Lambs‘ Buffalo Invoice, as he targets new victims in an try to make a brand new pair of sneakers.
Together with being a departure from Manifest, this may even be a big change from As soon as Upon A Time, the opposite present Dallas is greatest recognized for the place he performs the heroic Prince Charming/David Nolan. After taking part in Thor’s Asgardian good friend Fandral within the God of Thunder’s first film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe as effectively, Dallas is quickly forsaking his heroic roles to play a twisted villain.
Whereas Roxburgh and Dallas are seemingly solely reuniting for one episode of The Looking Occasion, Roxburgh shared with ScreenRant an thrilling replace about Manifest‘s future. She teased that the present’s creator, Jeff Rake, is engaged on a by-product and has an upcoming novel, Detour, which connects to the collection. Take a look at her feedback under:
I do assume that they’ve type of had [ideas] inside the similar world, however possibly a unique storyline. After which Jeff truly wrote a ebook type of in the identical world as effectively referred to as Detour, in order that’s on its means out. I feel individuals who like Manifest have so much to chew into developing and who is aware of? Perhaps there will likely be a crossover.
Previous to Roxburgh’s feedback, Rake revealed on August 28, 2024 (828 Day) that he and his artistic companions are engaged on a Manifest spinoff whereas clarifying that nothing had been formally greenlit but. That is doubtless the identical spinoff that Roxburgh refers to, although it’s unknown whether or not she, Dallas, or any of their co-stars will likely be concerned.
For now, Manifest followers can stay up for seeing Roxburgh and Dallas reunite in The Looking Occasion, with the 2 actors exploring a dynamic that’s distinct from the Stone siblings’ relationship.
The Looking Occasion releases new episodes Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.