Stephen King gets to the bottom of things
Sort of. In the December 1 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King and Lost creators Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, and J. J. Abrams have what EW calls the “greatest geek date ever.” They went out to dinner, went to a movie, and discussed, among other things, our favorite topic, Lost!
King asked how much the creators knew when they started the show. Abrams explains that he and Lindelof wrote an outline, decided to base characters on the actors that were cast, and created a “bible of the series.” He states that “the essence of the show” is “a leap of faith.” So, we just have to take what’s given to us and believe what we see. I can live with that… most of the time.
I know that a major question the fans have is do they know where the show is going? Do they have a plan. Lindelof answers this question by saying, “We’re proceeding as if [ABC is] going to allow us to do what we plan, which is a four- or five- season arc with potentially a movie to wrap it up. My guess is they’ll realize the endgame is in play when major characters start getting bumped off.” So, with this being the third season, could we only have two more seasons left? If that’s the case, some mysteries need to be solved pretty soon. And it sounds like we’ll be losing major characters before the end. Wonder if that will start this season??
There’s a lot more to tell, and I’ll have more later!
Lost, Stephen King, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, JJ Abrams
January 15th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
[...] A Series Finale Date?? January 15th, 2007 by Holli Okay, I’ve heard this before. The Lost creators/producers have said before that when they began writing the show, there was always an end in sight. They believed and have stated that the show would probably be wrapped up nicely in four to five seasons. I wrote about that in an earlier post, so this isn’t extremely new news. However, several sources are reporting that Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are close to actually announcing when the end to Lost may come. There are some problems with this, however. ABC owns the show, so technically, ABC says when the show will end, not Lindelof and Cuse. The question becomes, Will ABC want to continue making Lost after Cuse and Lindelof feel that the storylines they have created have run their course? Lindelof states that Lost could run for six or seven seasons, but he believes “the show would be so miserable by that time… So we don’t want to produce those episodes of Lost. And we’re not going to produce those episodes of Lost.” [...]