Aug 25
The title of the coming season premiere of Lost was revealed a few days ago: “Because You Left”.
What do you think of the title and what do you think the premiere will handle?
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Lastest From The D.I.
Alternate Reality Games, Comic-Con, O.G.R./Dharma Wants You, Season 5 No Comments »ATTENTION ALL RECRUITS
RE: CONFIRMATION OF LAUNCH DATE FOR VOLUNTEER TESTING
I am pleased to announce that, following an extensive security audit of all departments within the Dharma Initiative, I am totally satisfied that DharmaWantsYou.com is now secure. As a result I am able to confirm a date for the commencement of our latest volunteer testing program.
Visit www.dharmawantsyou.com to confirm the launch date.
I have heard from many of you in recent weeks via email asking what will be assessed in the program and what the nature of our latest research is. I have found your enthusiasm and relentless curiosity extremely endearing. However, in the interests of maintaining the integrity of the testing process, I cannot be forthcoming on these enquiries.
Despite this, I would like to affirm to you all that I am extremely optimistic about these upcoming evaluations and believe that they will yield recruits of the highest caliber.
Good luck to all applicants.
Together we can guide the world to a better tomorrow.
Namaste,
Hans Van Eeghen
Head of Recruiting
The Dharma Initiative
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Aug 13
Usually this type of information does not get out, but some how it seems to have leaked and now the media has picked it up.
Apparently Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly are in the process of renegotiating their contracts (currently $150K/episode)and as word was leaked the supporting actor’s agents have also asked to start negotiations as well.
Hopefully this will not become an issue and ABC will handle it with care.
Here are the details:
Call it Operation Oceanic Two.
ABC Studios, which produces the ABC drama “Lost,” has quietly started renegotiations with stars Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly to beef up their paychecks, currently at about $150,000 per episode.
However, word of the talks leaked out by Friday, prompting reps for some of the other regulars to call the studio to open their own renegotiations. The majority of the “Lost” supporting players are in the $80,000-90,000 per episode range.
Source: THR
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Jul 31
Jul 28
Comic-Con 2008: Kristin Interviews Matthew Fox After the LOST Panel
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Comic-Con 2008: sl-LOST.com Attends the LOST Panel Discussion
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Executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof provided a glimpse into Season 5 at the standing room only event attended by over 6500 faithful Lost fans, many of whom had spent the night in line waiting for this moment.
At the panel, the producers indicated that with Lost now over four years old, financial backing was important and they were pleased to have received sponsorship going forward from the Dharma Initiative.
Hans Van Egan, Dharma’s head of recruiting was introduced to provide a highlight of the recruiting efforts. Mr. Egan indicated that Dharma was looking for top quality men and women and had undergone an extensive campaign of testing via ASRs (Aptitude Suitability and Readiness test). He indicated that to the crowd that the results of the recruitment effort were – Abysmal!
However they did find five individuals up to the standards of Dharma. These were introduced to the crowd and then taken back to the main floor to the Dharma booth for additional instruction.
Damon and Carlton then opened up the panel to questions form the audience. A summary of the Q&A follows but beware, these do contain a limited amount of spoiler information:
- Did the island move at all when the Hatch was blown up? No.
- What will be the fate of Jin and John Locke, will they be on the show in future episodes? Jin will be on the show in some form. You have not seen the last of these two characters. Death is a “relative” term.
- Out of the entire history of the series, which episode and what season was your favorite? Carlton’s favorites were The Constant and Season 1; while Damon likes the Season 1 finale and Season 4.
- There has never been a flashback episode for Rousseau. Will there be a flashback story for her? Damon indicated that we will see Rousseau’s story, however the term flashback would be disingenuous.
- On behalf of animal lovers, what happened to Vincent? Carlton chuckled indicating that he was expecting a question on what happened to the people left on the island, but not one about the dog. He did say however, that Vincent made it and will appear not only in Season 5, but to the end of the series as well.
- Will Kate and Sawyer see each other again? This received quite a chuckle from the crowd as Matthew Fox (Jack) had just made a surprise appearance and joined the panel. Damon said yes Kate and Sawyer would indeed see each other again.
- How old is Richard Alpert and how many toes does he have? Carlton confirmed that Richard is quite old and we will learn about him and his background in the very near future. He will be shown barefoot at that time.
Just about at that time, one of the successful Dharma recruits, Dan Bronson, burst onto stage interrupting the discussion. He was visibly upset saying that after 4 seasons the crowd deserved “some freaking answers”. He held a video recorded up and demanded to have its content shown to the audience. After a brief commotion, the lights dimmed and his video of his recent time in the Dharma both was shown:
Following the unnerving details, which only led to even more questions for the stunned audience, Hans Van Egan rushed on stage yelling that the executive producers had made a mockery of his organization. Egan left in a flurry saying that he was pulling Dharma’s sponsorship of the Lost television series.
And with that, the panel discussion ended! You can watch the video of the entire panel recorded by another fan here.
From San Diego at Comic-Con International, namaste to as sl-LOST members and readers.
Bif
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Jul 22
Interview With Malcolm David Kelly
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Here is an interview from Craveonline.com with Malcolm David Kelly, where he confirms that he is not on call for Season 5, but he senses that something will “pop up”.
Crave Online: It was great to see you back on Lost finally.
Malcolm David Kelly: Thank you, appreciate it.
Crave Online: How was it to get back after all this time?
Malcolm David Kelly: It was cool. I mean, just going back and going back to Hawaii and seeing everybody, all my friends and family back there. It was nice and amazing, I love it.
Crave Online: So you had a reunion with the whole cast?
Malcolm David Kelly: Oh yeah, oh yeah. The cast, every time I go out there, we go out and eat. Or every time I’m back in LA when we have a break like this, we’re all hanging out.
Crave Online: Were you in a holding pattern just waiting to find out when they’d have Walt back?Tags: interview, Malcom David Kelley, Season 5, Walt
Malcolm David Kelly: Yeah, and working. Whenever they call me and let me know when they want me to come back, I’ll just go out there and shoot and come back home and keep working.
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Jul 18
LOST Producers: “Season 5 Will Be Like ‘The Two Towers’”
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LOST writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talked yesterday about the upcoming season, the Oceanic 6, Jin’s fate, and the Writers Strike. This is the summing up of what they said:
- Looking towards Season 5, Cuse said, “This obviously is a tricky year for us. It’s like The Two Towers. This is the year that links us from the past to the final season.” Cuse said that when it comes to the final season, “We’ve known what we wanted to do there for a long time. The challenge we have is how to we make this [coming] season exciting and engaging and put us in a place where people are excited about the last season.”
- Lindelof said it was very exciting to them to be, “going into Season 5 and the fact that people are still asking [what's to come] is extraordinary.”
- “We’re very grateful [to ABC] for working out an end date with us. We know exactly how much time we have left to tell our story. I think that end date completely changed our storytelling approach” said Cuse.
- Lindelof also said the strike was oddly helpful because, “usually we wouldn’t have had audience feedback [on the episodes that already aired]. We actually got some feedback, from critics, from our wives.” Lindelof added that meant that if something wasn’t quite working, “We were allowed to course-correct.” He pointed out that in Season 5, “We won’t have the luxury of that. We’ll be done writing [the season] by February and the show will have premiered shortly before, which quite frankly scares the s**t out of us.”
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Jul 17
ABC Makes Up Lost Episodes, Plus More Info About Comic Con
ABC, Cast and Crew of Lost, Comic-Con, Interviews, Season 5 No Comments »ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson told reporters that Lost will make up for the three episodes that didn’t make it to air last season because of the writers’ strike.
“They were supposed to do 17 this year, actually,” McPherson said in a news conference at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 16. “They aired 14.”
The upcoming fifth season will feature 17 episodes when it kicks off in January 2009. McPherson said that the show has 48 episodes left before the series ends in 2010.
“They’re kind of still doing the story arcs and figuring that out,” McPherson said, referring to Lost’s producers. “But we will do the full 48 that we all set out when we said, ‘Let’s set an end of the show. How many episodes do you need to tell that story and where you’re going?’”
McPherson was upstaged at last year’s press tour when Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse saved some news for Comic-Con International in San Diego, which took place a week later.
This year, McPherson said that the producers will screen a promotional video at Comic-Con for the upcoming season of Lost, but added that it will also be made available immediately on ABC.com.
McPherson acknowledged that Lost suffered more from last year’s writers’ strike than other ABC shows. “Lost, unfortunately, was one of the shows that had to actually go down for a little bit and go off the air,” he said. “We were hoping to be able to run it straight through.” Instead, the decision was made to pull Lost down completely until early next year.
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Jul 16
sl-LOST.com To Cover Comic Con
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SL-LOST.com’s field reporter Bif Blackthorne will be covering the Comic Con on July 26. He will be giving us an inside scoop of what the LOST creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have to say. They are breaking their silence to tell us more about season five and we will learn more about Octagon Global Recruiting and the Dharma Initiative.
Stay tuned for more info!
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