FlashForward’s executive producer David Goyer has revealed that we will meet a host of new characters later in the first season.

Goyer confirmed that the Somalian boy we saw in episode three will return as an adult.

“We have already written that character as an adult,” he told MTV news. “We’re hoping to have a certain actor play him. We haven’t nailed it down yet, but we’re crossing our fingers.”

In episode 10 Michael Ealy will take the role of Miles Fogel, who Goyer said will be a “new thorn in Detective Benford’s side”.

Episode 9, ‘Believe’, will look at Bryce’s vision and introduce the Japanese woman in it.

“That’s the subject of episode nine, which is almost entirely his episode. We introduce another of our cast members in that one – her name is Keiko. She’s from Japan, and I can’t say too much more about who she is, but she’s involved in Bryce’s story.”