"Lost" stars past and present Naveen Andrews, Nestor Carbonell, Alan Dale, Jeremy Davies, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Daniel Dae Kim, Terry O’Quinn and Harold Perrineau are all confirmed to appear live on ABC's special "Jimmy Kimmel Live" post-"Lost" finale episode on Sunday, May 23 at 12:05 a.m.
Also making "special appearances" (we assume not in the studio) are Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly. The special -- “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: ALOHA TO LOST”-- will also include "an exclusive look at THREE ALTERNATIVE FINAL SCENES from the minds of executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse."
Lindelof and Cuse have previously promised to go into hiding after the "Lost" finale airing, and won't be live in studio.
According to ABC, "'Jimmy Kimmel Live' has been deluged by more studio audience ticket requests for this special than any show in its 7 plus year history."
The producers of ABC's hit drama have shot so much crucial material for the show's hugely anticipated series finale that the network has agreed to extend the last episode by an extra half hour.
When the "Lost" finale airs on Sunday, May 23rd, the episode will run from 9 to 11:30 p.m. The overrun will push back local news, with the previously announced "Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost" post-finale special now airing at 12:05 a.m. ABC is expected to announce the plan on tonight's episode of Kimmel.
Executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof just completed post-production on the finale -- titled "The End" -- on Monday night. Both sent out identical Tweets: "We're done. Amen."
The supersizing of the finale is the latest adjustment to what might as well be called "The 'Lost' Weekend." ABC is airing an "enhanced" (pop-ups) version of the show's original two-hour pilot on May 22. On Sunday there's a two-hour retrospective titled "Lost: The Final Journey," followed by the finale, then the local news (which was preempted in the first-blush recounting of this plan) and Kimmel post-show.
The executive producers of Lost have explained that they always wanted viewers to engage with the show's characters.
Speaking to Wired, Carlton Cuse revealed that they thought the people in the programme were more important than the mythology.
"At the beginning the secret was that the show didn't announce itself as a genre show, so it could be about the characters," he said. "The audience got invested in the characters first and the mythology second. We were criticised for not having the characters talk about the mythology, and we were like, 'That's right, that's our dirty little secret'."
Cuse continued: "By not having the audience talk about the mythology, then people are engaged in, 'Is Kate going to end up with Sawyer?' and, 'I'm really compelled by the complexities of Benjamin Linus'. Those are the things we wanted the audience to obsess about, not whether the Valenzetti equation had any relevance to the functioning of the island's magical time travel properties."
Meanwhile, Cuse's co-creator Damon Lindelof explained that the narrative of the series had been driven by the characters.
"I think one of the most profound lessons I've learned over time as a showrunner is that the more you listen to the show, the better your show," he said. "We watched our characters interact, and that would influence how we put them together."
BIG thanks to my friend docarzt for sharing all those videos with us, it happened at TCA, you can see all the cast members who were here on short videos about their feeling for s6 ! enjoy !
thanks for the head up to SL LOST The 2010 ABC Winter Press Tour will kick off next Tuesday at 9 AM in Pasadena, CA with a LOST panel where Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O’Quinn, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will discuss LOST’s final season.
Hi guys, i didn't put all the commentary but the part i'm interested, first it's vid of part i found funny or interesting about Jack, Sun and Sayid&Hurley second it's related to time travel, daniel and his relationship with desmond and charlotte then it's about Locke and a bit of Richard and Ben then it's about Sawyer, Kate and the triangle Skate/Suliet I think on Dan's part there is kinda SPOILER about Desmond's fate for season and also on Locke's part about Flocke.
Elizabeth Mitchell will attempt to save the world from an alien invasion in ABC’s new drama V, a reboot of the memorable 1983 miniseries that debuts tomorrow. She’s also dealing with some deadly serious business on another freaky ABC series. In Lost’s season 5 finale, Mitchell’s Juliet seemingly met her end after plunging down a hole and triggering a hydrogen bomb that may or may not have reset the timeline. SPOILER ALERT: While Lost exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse confirm that death becomes her (“The decision to kill Juliet was absolutely brutal,” says Lindelof), they note that she’s scheduled to appear in multiple episodes this season (“There’s still something very significant that we have not yet learned about the character,” hints Cuse). As you speculate away, enjoy these juicy quotes from Mitchell, Cuse, and Lindelof:
On shooting Juliet’s final scene in the season 5 finale:
MITCHELL: “At the time, I didn’t think I was ever coming back. So for me it was just a really big goodbye and easily heartbreaking. It wasn’t one of those things to think about it. Also, Josh [Holloway] is really strong, so I was on this pulley, and I had them loosen the pulley so he’d really be holding me up, and it killed both of us every time. When my hand slipped from his, it was because he couldn’t hold on any longer. So that hit us with a real punch. And then, to be trapped in that cave and to have no way of telling anybody and to be too hurt to move—who does that happen to? Is that not your deepest, deepest nightmare? So that was very easy to play because it was so big…. We were all broken-hearted and crying quite a bit. Evangeline [Lilly] couldn’t have been more supportive about all of it. Everyone came to say goodbye. I think Jorge [Garcia] brought champagne. It was a cathartic and amazing experience.”
On why she enjoyed that scene:
MITCHELL: “It was really primal. And it was such a lovely opportunity because there’s always been this theory that I just may be a really really horrible actor because I don’t show any emotion. I love that we got to see all of her rage, because to me, that’s what’s driven her. To have the calm exterior, I always had to have that underneath. That’s what made playing her kind of hard in my personal life because there was so much unexpressed. So I’d be on the way home, Agggghhhhh!, crying or screaming. That was the very first time that we got to see her naked—besides being in love. We actually got to see all of that pain and rage that had been built up for some time. Then there it was—Juliet unmasked. And it was fun. I remember the director saying, “Can you just push it to the limit?’ And I’m like, ‘Really?’”
On the decision to off Juliet:
CUSE: “As the story is now nearing its conclusion, some characters just aren’t going make it all the way to the end. Even beloved characters aren’t going make it all the way to the end. And sometimes we have to do things that are really painful, like killing Juliet, because that’s what makes the story feel like the stakes are genuine, and people feel invested that characters who are beloved can actually perish on our show. It was an enormously powerful story that concluded the entire season of the show. So she was sacrificed in service of the story, and I think was hugely responsible for the season being viewed as successful because that was how it ended.… But she will always loom as one of our favorite characters, and even more importantly, favorite people that we’ve ever worked with on this show.”
LINDELOF: “What always gives us pause—especially in this instance—is we just love working with Elizabeth. And she always brings it, she always gives more than we expected, and transcends the material. She has always been so gracious and sweet and lovely…. That conversation [in which he and Cuse delivered the bad news] went the same way that the entire relationship did, which is Elizabeth was completely understanding, sweet, and wonderful. And she was bummed, as were we.”
MITCHELL: “I really only thought [the job] was going to be a year. I didn’t in any way think that that character would be liked because I didn’t think of her as a likable person. I was just in love with her, so that was what was fun. She didn’t have to be beautiful. She didn’t have to be sexy. She was someone who we really haven’t seen. It was new, it was virgin ground.… [But after season 3], I was told many, many times that they weren’t sure what to do and that they wanted to keep her a mystery. Which I thought was great, to keep her a mystery. I’m glad they didn’t go the other way, and make her completely nothing. In many ways a lot of it was just inevitable. [Season 4] wasn’t as exciting as season 3 was, but I was still pretty grateful to be there, to be honest with you. They’d done a lot for me, so I still felt pretty good about it and I still loved her. Even if I was just walking around in the background, I was still having my Juliet thoughts …. [In a phone call right before the end of season 5, Lindelof and Cuse] said they didn’t have any story left to tell, and they didn’t think there was anything left for her to do… They were very open and honest and kind about it. And they seemed to be sad about it.”
CUSE: “There are so many characters in the weave of the fabric of Lost that at various times certain people get to shine and other people are forced into the background. Juliet’s character had that kind of an arc on the show: She burned brightly, but then we moved on in the storytelling and other things became more important. And it’s always painful. It’s like having a garage full of the most beautiful cars in the world but you only can drive one to work everyday. And it was frustrating for us too because we were pursuing other stories which rose to prominence and hers ended up taking a little bit of a back seat. But Damon and I came to a place where we came up with a fantastic ‘ending’ [for Juliet]. And ending is in quotations, of course, because just because a character’s died doesn’t mean that their story’s over on Lost.”
LINDELOF: “Juliet basically birthed season 6 by the actions that she takes in the final seconds of season 5. She is completely responsible for the end game of the show. So the character is going to be seen in a slightly different light this year. We gave her that action for a reason, and that’s because she’s so important to the fabric of the story.”
On later being asked to return in season 6:
MITCHELL: “The only thing I could think of was that she gets to beat the c-r-a-p out of Ben [laughs]…. I was like, ‘I think I’m going to be really busy. But I’m so in love with this character, it’s not like you have to twist my arm. So, thank you.’ It was just a complete rollercoaster of [emotions], though, because I had already said goodbye.”
On what we should expect when we see Juliet again:
MITCHELL: “It’s probably exactly what you expect, but because it’s Damon and Carlton, you know they’re just going to turn it on its ear.”
For more from Mitchell on Lost and V, check out this week’s issue of EW—and come back to PopWatch later for bonus quotes and a video interview.
********** big thanks of twitter people for sharing news with us ! here fews photos
seem the dharma van will be also in auction ! big poster of LOST and items for fans, i'm jealous, i want it too lol
The Royal Hawaiian Theater where darlton were ! source :@twitter HIFF
************** "LOST" Master Class 1 underway. Jack Bender isn't here, busy editing the Season 6 opener. Co-executive director Jean Higgins holding court.
"LOST" Master Class 1 over, in line for Class 2. Jean Higgins says they're working on doing the beach premiere for Season 6. Hallelujah!
"LOST" Master Class 3 is over. Prop guy says his favorite two props ever, in all the series, will be seen in Season 6. Off to Waikīkī.
yes i remind you tonight Darlton and Jorge Garcia, Yunjin Kim, Terry O'quinn and Michael Emerson will attend at the festival ! Let's hope we'll get some interesting stuff to post here :)
Special Evening With LOST Creators, Cast & Crew - Creative Team to be Honored With Vision in Film Award
“The brilliance of LOST has forever raised the bar for future television projects. For the past five years LOST has kept TV viewers on the edge of their seats waiting for the next plot twist or turn and Hawaii has had the privilege of being the backdrop for this revolutionary show,” said Chuck Boller, Executive Director of HIFF. “We want to celebrate this partnership and what better way than to bring the show’s creators, producers, cast and crew together with their biggest fans. HIFF’s celebration of LOST will give the public a once-in-a-lifetime chance to interface with the incredible people behind this award-winning series.” This all-day event truly benefits Hawaii, since the show is filmed entirely on the island of Oahu. In the evening, fans will have the opportunity to pick the brains of the show’s creative masterminds, discuss the last 5 1/2 years of the show with special guest appearances from cast and crew members and perhaps find out a bit about the upcoming final season. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will receive the Hawaii International Film Festival’s “Vision in Film Award,” presented by Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann. The City and County of Honolulu sponsors the “Vision in Film Award” at HIFF. Previous recipients of the Vision in Film Award include famed Chinese directors Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou.
HIFF will also honor Hawaii-based executive producer and director Jack Bender and co-executive producer Jean Higgins with the Hawaii International Film Festival’s inaugural Mahalo Nui Loa Award, created especially for Bender and Higgins.
"EVENING WITH DAMON LINDELOF AND CARLTON CUSE"
HIFF presents an exclusive appearance by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, the creative team behind LOST, as part of an evening event on October 17th, 2009 at the Royal Hawaiian Theater (formerly Waikiki Nei) from 8:00pm to 9:30pm. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Brian Lowry, Chief TV Critic for VARIETY and co-host of the popular weekly TV program “Square Off,” will act as MC for the event. Tickets are available for purchase to HIFF Ohana members Thursday, October 1 and Monday, October 5th to the general public: on line at http://www.hiff.org, in person from the HIFF Box Office, or by phone by calling (808) 548-5905. Buy tickets to "Evening with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse"
MASTER CLASS SEMINARS - OCTOBER 17, 2009
“Master Class” tickets are $10 general public, $9 for students, seniors, children and military or $8 for HIFF Ohana members. Tickets go on sale to HIFF Ohana members Thursday, October 1 and Monday, October 5th to the general public.
12:00-1:30pm - PRODUCING AND DIRECTING A HIT SHOW
Once the scripts are done in Burbank, CA, it is up to the production team based on Oahu to realize this vision. An inside look with director and executive producer Jack Bender and co-executive producer Jean Higgins. • Co-Executive Producer Jean Higgins • Executive Producer/Director Jack Bender
2:00-3:30pm - BRINGING THE DESIGN OF EACH EPISODE TOGETHER
Either a flashback set in arid Iraq or snowy Minneapolis or a flash forward in Seoul or Berlin, the crew produces world locales right here in Oahu – A talk with the cinematographer, set and construction crew members. • Production Designer Zack Grobler • Director of Photography John Bartley • Construction Coordinator Michael Crowe • Location Manger/Associate Producer Jim Triplett
4:00-5:30pm - COSTUME & PROPS
A talk with the costume department and prop master from the show. From tattered and dirty clothing on the island, to costumes for flashbacks, flashforwards, costuming and props provide verisimilitude to the LOST universe. • Costume Designer Roland Sanchez • Propmaster Robert Kyker
thank su from outlaws for the scans of the magazine. here little quote of darlton concerning s6 especially juliet and dan but mostly the article contain spoilers we learnt at comic con this summer.
If the explosion did succeed in sending the survivors back to that fateful flight aboard Oceanic 815, then in that respect characters, like Juliet, should theoretically come through unscathed.
“Yes, she will,” said Cuse getting straight to the point.
“Well, again I think all this returns to the idea of whether or not her detonating the bomb had the desired effect,” said Lindelof elaborating on his colleague’s statement. “If it did, my guess is that she’s okay, and if it didn’t work, then probably the prognosis is not so great, considering the fall but I think we can say that Elizabeth Mitchell will be in Lost in the final season.”
Technically speaking, if Jack and his crew were successful, that could mean that Faraday was alive,” said Lindelof before going on to comment: “But I think you can say that you will be seeing Faraday on the show this year.”
on this vid, where you can see the comedian Paul Scheer (who made the painting for darlton at sdcc) you can see what will be the title of episode 6x01 ! LA X !
While Lost fans still have 18 hours of supernatural storytelling to look forward to come 2010, one harsh reality stands true: The ABC serial's appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con this Saturday will be its very last visit to that very big show.
"As Carlton [Cuse] says, it's 'the Cher farewell tour,'" fellow executive producer Damon Lindelof tells TVGuide.com. "So he will be performing 'Believe' in a unitard." Without missing a beat, Cuse confirms his plan to get "hair extensions" in time for his big number.
In all seriousness, the Lost bosses are taking this year's Con-fab very seriously, seeing as "it's our chance to commune with our most committed fans," says Cuse. "We go to Comic-Con to put on a really good panel, and this year will be the same."
What can the lucky throngs pouring into the San Diego Convention Center's Hall H on Saturday morning expect from one of the convention's hottest tickets, the "Lost: The Final Season Begins" panel?
"We're going to be showing some things, some new material," Lindelof teases. "And then we open the floor to fan questions, and answer them as honestly as we can."
But will that fan Q&A be spoilery? Lindelof says he and Cuse plan to "leak out some of the things we want to share," yet he also affirms the producers' resolve to keep details about Lost's swan song under the biggest lock and key in the drama's already-covert history.
"We're going to be very protective of the story in this final season," says Lindelof, "because we want people to watch."
But lest Comic-Conventioneers worry about walking away empty-handed, Cuse promises this: "There will be some cool stuff revealed, no question."
11:00-12:00 Lost: The Final Season Begins, with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.
In appreciation of all the fan support through five seasons of Lost, co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse will pay homage to all the fans at their final Comic-Con appearance for Lost. Questions will be answered. Fun will be had. And you won’t want to miss the surprises in store for the audience! Hall H
2:00-3:00 The Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack
Father and son team Jay and Jack Glatfelter have one of the oldest and biggest podcasts dedicated to ABC’S Lost. Discuss the gripping season finale, and learn about the huge dedicated online community for TV’s most mind twisting drama. Room 24A
3:30-4:30 Entertainment Weekly: Totally Lost with Doc Jensen and Dan Snierson EW’s Jeff “Doc” Jensen and Dan “Dan” Snierson prep you for Lost’s final season with their dubious insights, crazy theories, and oddball tomfoolery. Surprises? Maybe. Pig E.? Let’s hope not. Free cookies? No. Room 5AB
