Latest from Ausiello About Season 6 Posted by The ODI at 5/28/2009 10:23:00 AM View Comments Labels: Ask Ausiello, Elizabeth Mitchell, Juliet, Season 6

*UPDATED* Added a little tidbit about Elizabeth Mitchell

Not much but here you go. Enjoy!

Question: This is probably a long shot, but got any Lost scoop? --Jeff

Ausiello: Yeah, having Lost scoop in late May is about as unlikely as me combing through my old transcripts and finding an unused Damon Lindelof quote pertaining to the show's series finale. OMG, looky here: "We’ve been planning out the final season for four years now. And of all the talks we have had about the show, [reuniting all the castaways] is the subject that has come up the most. The ending was almost where we began, and we had to figure out how to get there. It's like a wedding where the reception is the part that requires the most planning and is the most fun to plan. We've exchanged our vows and I am ready to go party."

Question: Realistically, how many episodes of Lost do you think Elizabeth Mitchell will be in next year? --Derek

Ausiello: My gut is telling me we'll see her in two episodes max. But my gut has been wrong before. Oh, who am I kidding, no it hasn't.

Source: EW

Getting Lost from TV Guide Posted by DarkUFO at 5/22/2009 01:09:00 PM View Comments Labels: Carlton Cuse, Jacob, TV Guide, Video

Featured here in the latest installment of TVGuide.com's Getting Lost video series:

• I start off with a reminder about some Very good news (with a capital V).
• Leaping ahead in time a bit — as a Lostie is prone to do — I had to wonder: Are the producers locked into what the series' final scene will be, when Lost signs off in May 2010? Carlton Cuse gives me an update.
• Who is the "they" Jacob warned Un-Locke about? I share your top two theories.
• Similarly, this week's Burning Question tackles another case of uncertain identity



Source: TV Guide

Damon Lindelof on Libby, The Numbers, Mr Eko and more Posted by DarkUFO at 5/21/2009 09:03:00 AM View Comments Labels: Damon Lindelof, Eko, Libby, The Numbers, Video

Update: 22nd May Thanks to Linton for these 2 videos of the event in our player which should load a lot better than their player.

Thanks to Craig for these photos from the event.



Thanks to Hugo for the heads up. I've not listened to it yet so I'm not sure if there are actually any real spoilers.

NOTE: Be patient as the video seems to take a while to load.

Thanks to The ODI for these early snippets. Hopefully more to come.

1) Lindelof confirmed that they approached Cynthia Watros several times to resolve Libby's story and she said no
2) They had a FOUR season story arc for Eko and AAA said he did not want to live in Hawaii...

In this episode, our panel delves into the origins of Lost, the unresolved stories of Libby & Mr. Eko, the Lost alternate reality games, the future of Lost in syndication and DVD, the unexplained mysteries of the island and the upcoming final season. Additionally, Lindelof explains the significance of the cursed numbers for the first time in public!

Please note that this is only the second half of our 17th episode. The first part of this episode will be released in its normal production order in just a few weeks!



Source: Comic on Comics

Elizabeth Mitchell Will Not be Series Regular in Season 6 Posted by The ODI at 5/19/2009 05:36:00 AM View Comments Labels: Ask Ausiello, Elizabeth Mitchell, Juliet, Season 6

Update: 16:00 Thanks to RJ for this little update from E!Online.


5:38 a.m.: Someone asks McPherson more about Elizabeth Mitchell, and he says, "She's a fantastic actress and we're thrilled to be able to have her do both [Lost and V]...You'll see her on Lost, but V is her next piece."

Update: 14:00 At today's ABC Upfront Presentation they ABC Panel had this to say. "Very grateful to producers of Lost to let Elizabeth Mitchell film V pilot but "I think you will see her on Lost."

Here are the latest details about Elizabeth Mitchell and her character Juliet and if we will see her again. To be honest I think the writers left it open to see how well her new show V does, but here is Ausiello's take:

Thanks to Everyone that sent this in.

And now for some news that should surprise no one: ABC is expected to announce tomorrow that it has picked up a reboot of the camptastic '80s thriller V and that Lost heroine Elizabeth Mitchell is a full-time castmember.

Translation: She will not be returning to Lost as a series regular.

However, before you go declaring Juliet DOA from last week's detonated hydrogen bomb, I should point out that this piece of scoop comes with a big but attached: Mitchell's Lost days are not done. Multiple sources confirm that the actress is expected to appear in an unspecified number of episodes next season, so it's entirely possible Juliet survived Jughead and her absence will be explained in another way. (Check out Doc Jensen's column this Wednesday for a comprehensive Juliet theorypalooza.)

Source: EW

Posted By: The ODI

Terry O'Quinn on Locke's Future Posted by DarkUFO at 5/16/2009 07:57:00 AM View Comments Labels: Locke, Season 6, Terry O'Quinn

Thanks to LostinSC for the following.

Viewers of ABC's "Lost" saw the body of a dead John Locke in the show's Season 5 finale Wednesday night. However, a very alive Terry O'Quinn, who plays Locke, was in Spartanburg on Thursday to play in the BMW Charity Pro-Am at Carolina Country Club.

Between holes, O'Quinn was happy to talk to fans about golf, the finale and the fate of his character in the show's final season, beginning in 2010.

O'Quinn called himself an OK golfer, saying he would be happy with an 85 or under.

"I played well on the front. A little bit rough on the back," he said as his group neared hole 17.

O'Quinn said he hasn't seen the finale and didn't know how the story was edited.

"Don't tell me," he joked. "I want to be surprised."

In the season cliffhanger, a bomb, which could prevent Flight 815 from ever crashing on the mysterious island, was detonated.

As for his character, O'Quinn says he's really gone. Locke's dead body was rolled out of a metal box toward the end of the two-hour episode, baffling islanders who had been following a Locke imposter. Exactly who is now occupying Locke's body wasn't revealed. O'Quinn said it would be "a good guess" to assume it's a man seen with the infamous Jacob in the beginning of the episode.

"I think, unfortunately, I think it's ended for Locke. But I'm still there, as far as I know," O'Quinn said. "I don't know how it's going to end for this other guy. I'm sad. I miss John Locke, poor guy. He was a pawn."

O'Quinn is gearing up to play a new character when the sixth season begins next year. As for the rest of the story line, he swears he has no idea.

"Your guess is honestly as good as mine is," he said. "There's going to be some confrontation that will somehow, I'm guessing, have to do with Jack or Locke or something like that. I think these guys are just setting up good and evil. It's the way Locke said in the very beginning of the show: One is light and one is dark. Two sides. I think that's what we've got."

Source: Go Up State

Dharma in Season 6 Posted by DarkUFO at 5/16/2009 07:38:00 AM View Comments Labels: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Dharma

Thanks to Congested for this article.

Here's an article about the use of The University of Michigan's name in various Hollywood productions and there is a little piece at the end about its use on Lost. The full article can be found here.

...Another critical hit, Lost, wraps up its season with a two-hour show on Wednesday. But unlike House,Lost decided to go ahead with its Michigan connection without any input from the school — a move that at first was a tad unsettling for Doyle, the film office chief.

She found out about it while watching the show.

"I was sitting in the living room with my husband and said 'Oh my goodness!' I won't quote exactly what I said. (It was) more colorful than that," she said, laughing.

The university talked about it, but opted against reaching out to the Lost producers to discuss the use of the name.

"We decided to let it ride," Doyle said. "As time goes on, it's more apparent they're (the Dharma Initiative) not horrible people."

But, much like the show itself, they're plenty mysterious.

According to an "orientation film" played during a past Lost episode, Dharma is described as being the brainchild of the DeGroots, who "imagined a large-scale communal research compound where scientists and freethinkers from around the globe could pursue research in meteorology, psychology, parapsychology" and other disciplines.

During this season, viewers finally are getting a better idea of how Dharma-types lived and worked on the island setting of the show, which through its time-travel trippiness sent its main characters 30 years into the past.

With Dharma at the forefront of the current season, the Michigan references have been coming at a greater frequency, with a Dharma resident in a recent episode threatening to "call Ann Arbor" to settle a dispute.

Lost executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof stress that the decision to base the Dharma folks at a 1970s-era U of M should be viewed as a compliment. After all, Cuse said, they chose the school because of its reputation as "a real center of intellectuality."

"There was an incredibly vital university academic community, and we just felt like acknowledging that by making the characters from there was just kind of cool and very sort of appropriate for the time," he said.

Cuse and Lindelof say to expect the Dharma-Michigan connection to play a significant role as the show heads into next season, its sixth and final one.

Source: USA Today

Getting Lost Posted by DarkUFO at 5/15/2009 01:00:00 PM View Comments Labels: Elizabeth Mitchell, Juliet, Michael Emerson, Season 6, TV Guide, Video

Thanks to B3RT4 for the heads up.

ABC's Lost may be over for the season, but Getting Lost just keeps on getting... Lost. In this week's installment:

• I reveal your assorted predictions about how the season finale would end, and then rip open the envelope and reveal my own: "The whole damn island blows up."

• Fortuitously, I ran my prediction by Michael Emerson when I spoke to him the other day. Hear what he had to say about how the "explosive" ending means for the show's final 17 episodes — starting with the Season 6 premiere.

• Is Juliet definitely a goner? The fate of her fall pilot set aside, I remind you what Elizabeth Mitchell teased about the season finale's apparent death.



Source: TV Guide

Latest from Kristin Posted by DarkUFO at 5/14/2009 11:03:00 PM View Comments Labels: Elizabeth Mitchell, Juliet, Watch with Kristin

Thanks to RJ for the heads up.

Can you tell me if Elizabeth Mitchell will appear on Lost in season six? She was my favorite actress on the show, and I think after last night, I may have died a little on the inside. Thank you!
Sources confirm that Elizabeth Mitchell will appear on Lost next year. But does that mean Juliet's alive and a going concern on the show? Well, we're meant to debate all summer who lived and died in the Lost finale, but you will note that she fell hundreds of feet into the waiting arms of a hydrogen bomb. You'll have to do your own calculations about her realistic prospects for survival—there are many variables to include in your equation!—but we've been asked nicely not to show you our answers. Good luck.

Source: E!Online

Season 6 Teaser Video Posted by DarkUFO at 5/14/2009 05:16:00 AM View Comments Labels: Trailers, Video

Update: 22:30 Thanks to ChickenGeorge for this image which I thinks proves once and for that it's Jack (If there was ever any doubt ;) )



Update: 15:00 Thanks to Sluky and Lostcandy for this gif comparison of Jacks Eye and The Eye below.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7312/lostgif.gif

Seeing as people seem to be debating this. Here is a poll for the eye.



Thanks to SycloneFX and The ODI for the video.

Various Articles and Interviews regarding the Finale Posted by DarkUFO at 5/13/2009 02:03:00 PM View Comments Labels: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Interviews, Jorge Garcia, Michael Emerson, The Incident, Video

With so many sites/actors being interviewed etc about tonights Finale I thought it would be simpler to create one post here and add the various links etc as they come in. Newer articles will be added at the top.

Thanks to Hugo for this interview with Michael Emerson on Los Angeles' KROQ's Kevin and Bean show.



Thanks to FDTIII for the following
Great interview with Michael Emerson this morning on WRIF in Detroit. There's an awesome tidbit he shares about whether the smoke monster we have seen has been the same one...
Interview

Thanks to Edith for this video of Michael Emerson & Jorge Garcia on The View

Thanks to Vandelay for the heads up from TV Guide.

I know you guys have some hints about Lost's finale. Don't hold out. — Joseph
TIM: ABC's promos spoil that Sawyer, Kate and Juliet return to the island, so we asked Patrick Fischler (aka the Dharma Initiative's Phil) what could possibly turn the sub around. "Let me see, how do I put this? Sawyer," he said. Fischler says Phil plays an "interesting part" in a season finale that answers lots of questions, but ends with a game-changing cliff-hanger. Might Phil face the music for belting Juliet last week? "I think Sawyer may have to have a little payback," says Fischler. Look for our full Q&A with the actor, whose credits also include Southland and Mad Men, next week.

Source: TV Guide

Thanks to Susan for the scan.

(Click to Enlarge)


Thanks to Linton for the following.
Cuse audio interview

Thanks to imani08 for the following
This is an interview that ran with Michael Emerson on the Cleveland ABC affiliate. There are clips from the finale, along with some commentary from Emerson.
Video

Thanks to Amrie for these 2 links
I wanted to pass along the link to my chat with Michael Emerson this morning:
http://mytakeontv.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/michael-emerson/

Also, there's a good interview with him up on TVGuide.com, too!
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Finale-Emerson-1006009.aspx

Thanks to Altmannia for this audio of Michael Emerson on Preston and Steve in Philadelphia


Thanks to Lorrie for this Michael Emerson Interview on the local Pittsburgh radio station
Interview

Thanks to NoOne for these Two teasers from Damon and Carlton in the Totally Lost Video
-We are going to see something very tall in this episode.
-This episode is going to be very "touching"(Damon says this might be a play at words, where touching may not necessarily mean emotional)

Thanks to Marisa for the following.
Liz Kelly and Jen Chaney talk to "Lost" show runners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof about the season finale and looming final season of the ABC drama.
Interview

Totally Lost - Doc Jensen Video Posted by DarkUFO at 5/13/2009 09:30:00 AM View Comments Labels: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Doc Jensen, Interviews, Video

Thanks to Marisa for the heads up.I've not had time to listen to unsure of any spoilers.


Source: EW

Michael Emerson Reveals Finale Details to TV Guide Posted by The ODI at 5/13/2009 06:52:00 AM View Comments Labels: Ben, Interviews, Jacob, Michael Emerson, The Incident, TV Guide

Thanks to Linton for the heads up.

TVGuide.com: We have two hours left in the season. Is it going to take Locke, Ben and Richard 119 minutes to get to Jacob?
Michael Emerson: It's going to take a while. I mean, we've been making our way to Jacob for a long, long time. I think we can last a little bit longer.

TVGuide.com: Is it safe to say we will meet him in this finale?
Emerson: Jacob is certainly a character in the final two episodes. [An ABC spokesperson interjects to say, "We can neither confirm nor deny that Jacob will be in the season finale."] There seems to be a suggestion that we're moving in that direction, but what Jacob might be or how he might be revealed, if he ever is, is one of the juicy surprises of future Lost work.

TVGuide.com: Might Ben and Richard try to stage a coup to overthrow Locke?
Emerson: Ben and Richard have always seemed to me to have a somewhat fraught and edgy relationship. I don't think Ben is in a position right now to make aggressive alliances with anybody. Ben is doing well at this point to put one foot in front of the other.

TVGuide.com: But what about "My enemy's enemy is my friend"?
Emerson: Well, there's something to be said for that, and that is a philosophy that Ben has put to good use in the past. But Ben seems to be in as low a place as I have ever seen him. He seems to be shaken and no longer the general that he used to be. He is in fact no longer possibly the chess player that he used to be.

TVGuide.com: To add in yet another metaphor, are you saying he has run out of aces up his sleeve?
Emerson: That may be the case. But he isn't completely out of cards yet. No matter how whipped he is, he continues to be alert to the possibilities of every situation.

TVGuide.com: I was surprised — and I am curious if you were, too — to learn that Jacob can be killed. Or at least Locke believes he can.
Emerson: That was such an interesting statement for John Locke to make. Based on everything I ever knew about Jacob, it seems a sort of unlikely thing to say.

TVGuide.com: Right, this is Jacob we're talking about!
Emerson: Yeah — Jacob seems to be somebody that has gotten along fine for a long, long time, and seems to be impervious to the frailties of the flesh.

TVGuide.com: Ben is asked to make a sacrifice in the season finale. What can you tease about that?
Emerson: Ben has sacrificed his leadership and authority [to Locke], but he's also going to be asked to serve someone else's interests, not his own.

TVGuide.com: In your mind, if Jack were to detonate Jughead and thus keep 815 from crashing, what then? What moment immediately follows that instant? Do we cut to a plane full of mild-mannered people?
Emerson: I think it cannot be that simple, if that were a thing that happened. We're wrestling with these ideas of what can be changed with time travel and what cannot be changed. I don't thing a thing lived can be unlived. In one of the recent episodes, someone alluded to the idea that whether it's past, present or future, it is your life in the order it happens to you. I don't think anything done can be undone. This is an issue the writers and we the actors are wrestling with, and I don't have a good answer. Jack seems to be saying that he can erase the events of the last five seasons ... but I think that's unlikely.

TVGuide.com: Will you be back next season?
Emerson: Well, nothing that happens in the finale suggested to me that Ben's work was done. But like everyone else, he is vulnerable to accidents ... or injury. I'm hopeful that I will be among the actors who appear in Episode 601, but nothing is written in stone at Lost.

Well, nothing except some ancient hieroglyphics.

Source: TV Guide

Posted By: The ODI

Michael Emerson on the Season 5 Finale Posted by DarkUFO at 5/12/2009 07:50:00 PM View Comments Labels: Interviews, Michael Emerson, The Incident, Video

Thanks to Agnese for the heads up.

Source: NY PIX Morning

Matthew Fox on Ellen Posted by DarkUFO at 5/12/2009 06:45:00 PM View Comments Labels: Interviews, Matthew Fox, Video

Thanks to Luthien for the heads up.

Source: Matthew Fox.net

The Season 5 Finale Death Poll Posted by DarkUFO at 5/12/2009 06:13:00 PM View Comments Labels: Death, Polls, The Incident

With lots of speculation on another death in the Finale, I thought it would be interesting to see which of the characters you think may bite the dust. You can vote for multiple people.

Let us know in the comments who you voted for and why.

Episode 5.16/5.17 - The Incident - New Promo Posted by DarkUFO at 5/12/2009 02:50:00 PM View Comments Labels: The Incident, Trailers, Video

I think I just found another new promo.