MGM Studios — FROM
Official MGM listing and premise for FROM.
https://www.mgm.com/television/from-series55-source research library
Sources, confidence and corrections
Official pages and archives establish ownership, credits, air dates and times. Trade reporting establishes development status. Fan frame observations remain clearly labeled until episode and timecode captures are attached.
Exact time record: LOST premiered September 22, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. ET; FROM Season 3 premiered on the exact twentieth anniversary, with reported streaming availability at 3:00 a.m. ET and linear MGM+ broadcast at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT; LOST Numbers Day reached its complete alignment on April 8, 2015 at 16:23:42.
Prime Video — FROM
Current Amazon listing; identifies Jack Bender among the series directors.
https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0NUSIUYWST5Y50I5UZSLNW196VSYFY — FROM explained by Jeff Pinkner, Jack Bender and John Griffin
Creator discussion of FROM and the unavoidable LOST comparison.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/epix-from-explained-by-jeff-pinkner-jack-bender-john-griffinPop Culture Principle — John Griffin and Jeff Pinkner interview
Pinkner discusses the creative team's history with LOST.
https://thepcprinciple.com/interview-john-griffin-jeff-pinkner/Rotten Tomatoes — FROM Season 4, Episode 5
Lists “What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been” as FROM S4E5 and credits Jack Bender as director.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/from/s04/e05Rotten Tomatoes — LOST Season 4, Episode 5
Lists “The Constant” as LOST S4E5 and credits Jack Bender as director.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/lost/s04/e05Lostpedia — The Constant
Episode reference for Desmond’s displaced consciousness and need for a constant.
https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_ConstantLostpedia — The Numbers
Detailed reference for 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42, their candidate associations and Valenzetti context.
https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_NumbersNetflix — LOST: The Numbers Explained
Netflix retrospective focused on the six recurring LOST numbers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDg3dQWGj2oLostpedia — Blast door map
Reference for the hidden ultraviolet map in the Swan station.
https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Blast_door_mapHeritage Auctions — renditions of Locke’s blast door map
Production-artifact description of the hand-drawn hidden map and Locke’s reconstruction.
https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/various-renditions-of-locke-s-blast-door-map/a/997078-306.sLostpedia — Locke’s drawing
Describes young Locke’s drawing and Richard’s apparent recognition of an Island connection.
https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Locke%27s_drawingLostpedia — Cabin Fever enhanced transcript
Notes that the childhood crayon image resembles the Smoke Monster.
https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Cabin_Fever-Enhanced_transcriptTelevision Academy — J.J. Abrams revisits LOST’s pilot
States that LOST’s pilot aired September 22, 2004 and discusses the show’s 20th anniversary.
https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/online-originals/lost-jj-abramsRotten Tomatoes — FROM Season 3, Episode 1
Records the FROM Season 3 premiere as September 22, 2024.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/from/s03/e01TheWrap — FROM Season 3 release schedule
Independent confirmation that Season 3 premiered September 22, 2024.
https://www.thewrap.com/from-season-3-release-date-time-episodes-schedule/E! News — LOST Numbers Day
Contemporary report on the April 8, 2015 alignment at 16:23:42.
https://www.eonline.com/news/644214/it-s-officially-lost-numbers-time-why-fans-are-freaking-out-this-very-minute-and-the-moments-we-ll-never-forgetBustle — celebrating LOST Numbers Day
Explains how the sequence appeared individually, in clusters and as a complete set.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/75023-celebrate-lost-numbers-day-with-the-shows-mysterious-4-8-15-16-23-42-themed-episodesOnce Upon a Time Wiki — List of LOST references
Episode-by-episode catalog including the clock’s 8:15, 8:16 and 8:23 progression, room 4 and 108.
https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Lost_ReferencesThe Miami Hurricane — LOST Easter eggs throughout Once Upon a Time
Describes the Storybrooke clock cycling through LOST numbers and lists 108, Apollo bars and other references.
https://themiamihurricane.com/2014/09/25/lost-easter-eggs-hidden-throughout-once-upon-a-time/CBR — Once Upon a Time pilot screening and panel
Reports Kitsis and Horowitz discussing LOST Easter eggs.
https://www.cbr.com/nycc-once-upon-a-time-pilot-screening-and-panel/Disney+ — LOST
Official Disney platform listing for LOST.
https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-466b3994-b574-44f1-88bc-63707507a6cbDisney+ — Once Upon a Time
Official Disney platform listing for Once Upon a Time.
https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-c6c5c701-29ca-49c4-97ef-6dde38158a14The Walt Disney Company — 1996 history
Disney’s corporate history records approval of the Capital Cities/ABC merger.
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/history/1996-2/Amazon — agreement to acquire MGM
Official $8.45 billion announcement, including Amazon’s statement about reimagining and developing MGM’s IP catalog.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-and-mgm-have-signed-an-agreement-for-amazon-to-acquire-mgm/Amazon — MGM joins Prime Video and Amazon Studios
Official completion-era announcement for MGM joining Amazon.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/mgm-joins-prime-video-and-amazon-studios/Amazon — EPIX relaunches as MGM+
Identifies MGM+ as an Amazon-owned company.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/mgm-plus-new-movies-and-showsThe Hollywood Reporter — new Cloverfield movie in active development
Reports Paramount’s Cloverfield project with Babak Anvari, Bad Robot and J.J. Abrams.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cloverfield-movie-sequel-babak-anvari-director-1235226212/Deadline — new Cloverfield film with Babak Anvari
Reports the Paramount/Bad Robot project and Joe Barton’s script.
https://deadline.com/2022/09/cloverfield-paramount-babak-anvari-1235125119/Deadline — Babak Anvari discusses the Cloverfield project
March 2025 update indicating that the project remained alive; no public release date was announced.
https://deadline.com/2025/03/director-babak-anvari-new-cloverfield-sequel-1236327832/TIME — Everything to Know About 10 Cloverfield Lane
Records Abrams’s description of Cloverfield as an anthology or amusement park containing separate rides.
https://time.com/4254419/10-cloverfield-lane-monster-spoilers/Vanity Fair — The Cloverfield Paradox review and dimensional mechanism
Discusses the Shepard Accelerator and the franchise’s dimensional consequences.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/cloverfield-paradox-movie-reviewWIRED — Cloverfield’s viral campaign
Contemporary coverage of the alternate-reality campaign and hidden mythology.
https://www.wired.com/2008/01/cloverfield/Cloverpedia — Cloverfield ARG
Reference for Tagruato, Slusho!, sonar imagery, documents and other ARG clues.
https://cloverfield.fandom.com/wiki/Cloverfield_ARGVariety — Overlord is not a Cloverfield movie
A useful boundary: not every secret Bad Robot film belongs to Cloverfield.
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jj-abrams-overlord-cloverfield-1202788134/WarnerMedia and Bad Robot form a wide-ranging collaboration
Official 2019 collaboration announcement showing Bad Robot operating through studio agreements.
https://press.wbd.com/na/media-release/warnermedia-and-bad-robot-productions-form-wide-ranging-content-collaboration?language_content_entity=enDeadline — Bad Robot’s 2024 Warner Bros. first-look deal
Reports a two-year, first-look, non-exclusive film and television pact.
https://deadline.com/2024/12/jj-abrams-bad-robot-first-look-film-tv-deal-warner-bros-1236200337/Pryor Cashman — The Anatomy of a Co-Production
Explains that parties can contribute rights, capital and services while allocating development, production, financing and distribution.
https://www.pryorcashman.com/publications/the-anatomy-of-a-co-production-key-issues-to-considerWrapbook — entering into a film joint venture
Explains how ownership, IP use, revenue streams and profit sharing can be divided.
https://www.wrapbook.com/blog/entering-into-a-joint-ventureAmazon MGM — James Bond joint venture
A real example of distribution rights and creative control being reorganized through a joint venture.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-mgm-studios-james-bond/FROM Wiki — Victor’s Drawings
Catalogs Victor’s drawings and the statement that pictures remember even when people forget.
https://from.fandom.com/wiki/Victor%27s_DrawingsFROM Wiki — Forest for the Trees
Records Victor’s line that pictures are for things that are gone.
https://from.fandom.com/wiki/Forest_for_the_TreesOnce Upon a Time Wiki — Storybook Key
Describes a storybook illustration functioning as a literal door and being unlocked by a physical key.
https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/Storybook_KeyOnce Upon a Time Wiki — Henry’s Once Upon a Time Book
Catalogs the book’s illustrations, hidden history and door image.
https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/Henry%27s_Once_Upon_a_Time_BookReddit — closer look at FROM’s lighthouse numbers
Fan frame analysis of the number wall and objects in Tabitha’s lighthouse vision; useful as observation, not official explanation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FromTVEpix/comments/13bmy2a/a_closer_look_on_the_toys_and_the_numbers_found/Becoming The Muse — number patterns in FROM
Illustrates the wider fan practice of adding and decoding background numbers in FROM.
https://becomingthemuse.net/2024/11/22/from-series-numbers-signficance-4-7-and-11/Decider — FROM Season 4 closing schedule
June 2026 schedule and public synopsis information for the final Season 4 episodes.
https://decider.com/2026/06/09/from-season-4-episode-8-from-series-new-episode-release-dates-where-to-watch/FROM Wiki — Lighthouse
Reference for FROM’s lighthouse, dream imagery and route through the Bottle Tree.
https://from.fandom.com/wiki/LighthouseFROM Wiki — Symbol
Catalogs Jade’s repeated drawings and Christopher’s journal.
https://from.fandom.com/wiki/SymbolFROM Wiki — Season 3
Supplemental record of the September 22, 2024 premiere.
https://from.fandom.com/wiki/Season_3The Futon Critic — LOST broadcast listing
Lists the LOST series premiere, Pilot Part 1, on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. on ABC.
https://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/lost-abc/listings/Horror News Network — FROM Season 3 linear premiere
Lists the MGM+ linear premiere for Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
https://horrornews.net/180753/from-season-three-on-mgm-starring-harold-perrineau-from-lost-season-premieres-sunday-september-22-2024-at-9-p-m-et-pt/Yahoo Entertainment — FROM Season 3 streaming release time
Reports streaming availability on September 22, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. PT / 3:00 a.m. ET.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/time-does-season-3-release-105223591.htmlVariety — LOST Day and the exact number alignment
Contemporary report that the numbers align on April 8, 2015, most completely at 4:23:42 p.m.
https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/lost-day-numbers-hurley-1201468526/The Futon Critic — ABC Fall 2004 premiere schedule
ABC schedule archive listing LOST as the new-series premiere from 8:00–9:00 p.m. on September 22, 2004.
https://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/06/10/abc-schedules-fall-premieres-add-stamos-comedy-16636/6620/