Everything happens for a reason. "The Messengers" premiers Friday 17 April 2015 at 9/8c on the CW Network.
From The Christian Post:
The new TV show, set to debut on April 17, walks through the lives of five strangers who were once dead but come back to life with "special angelic powers" and band together to fight against the devil as he sets out to destroy mankind.
Judging from the latest trailer, the fictional series is loosely based on the Bible and End Times prophecy, and purports the unbiblical notion that Christians can turn into angels after they die.
"God is angry so he's giving us a test," one of the lead fictional female characters says, expressing God's emotions during the End Times, in which the series takes place.
A more in-depth description of the series was released earlier this year.
The show features a mysterious object that plummets to Earth and causes a blinding explosion that sends out a shock wave that connects five strangers and awakens "gifts" inside of them. The most mysterious of these people is someone named "The Man," who brings death and suffering wherever he appears. These five people are christened as angels and are given the task of being the only hope of preventing the impending Rapture during the apocalypse.
"The Messengers" stars Shantel VanSanten ("Gang Related," "One Tree Hill"), Jon Fletcher (City of Dreams"), Sofia Black-D'Elia ("Betrayal," "Gossip Girl"), JD Pardo ("Revolution"), Joel Courtney (Super 8) and Diogo Morgado, who coincidentally plays Jesus Christ in the "Son of God" film and in the history channel series "The Bible."
Morgado will be playing The Man, or Satan, in the series.
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From International Business Times:
The producers of the upcoming TV show “The Messengers” have released another trailer titled “Faith.” The video gives more hints about what to expect in the series. The lead characters in the series discover that they are the angels of the apocalypse in the trailer. [Warning: Spoilers Alert]
Five people from earth will be chosen from earth to fight the devil, after a mysterious comet hits the earth. Vera Buckley, Erin, Joshua Silburn Jr., Raul Garcia and Peter Moore are the five characters who will each get a superpower to help them with their task.
The new trailer of “The Messengers” shows the comet impacting the earth and the devil rising at the place of impact. The previous trailer of the show had revealed that the comet hit the earth near the “Trinity Site,” a place where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested.
The comet will release a strange energy that will lead to the momentary death of the lead characters in the movie. They however come alive again after sometime with their new powers. The video shows that the reason for the event is that “God is angry” and he is giving the people of earth “a test.”
The angels of the apocalypse will have to find and stop the devil and the trailer shows the lead characters coming together for that purpose. The role of the devil in “The Messengers” is played by Diogo Morgado. The actor had previously played the role of Jesus in the 2014 movie titled “Son of God.”
Some of the other cast members in the TV series are Shantel VanSanten as Vera Buckley, J.D. Pardo as Raul Garcia, Sofia Black-D’Elia as Erin, Joel Courtney as Peter Moore, Jon Fletcher as Joshua Silburn Jr. and Anna Diop as Rose Arvale. The character Rose Arvale can also be seen in the trailer, she is standing alongside the other lead characters in a scene from a bar.
Commenting on the trailer of “The Messengers,” many of the viewers expressed their excitement for the show and some of them said that they would add it to their watch list. The premiere episode of the show is slated to air on April 10, 2015.