Thursday, August 10, 2006

The Season Three Press Release

"Lost," awarded the 2005 Emmy and 2006 Golden Globe for best drama series, has begun production in Hawaii on third season episodes of action-packed mystery and adventure -- that will continue to bring out the very best and the very worst in the people who are lost. The series will have its season premiere Wednesday, October 4 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC.

After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island, its survivors were forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discovered that the island holds many secrets, including a mysterious smoke monster, polar bears, a strange French woman and another group of island residents known as The Others. The survivors have also found signs of those who came to the island before them, including a 19th century sailing ship called The Black Rock, the remains of an ancient statue and bunkers belonging to the Dharma Initiative, a group of scientific researchers.

Jack, Kate and Sawyer open the season in captivity as prisoners of The Others. Just who these Others are and what they want are primary questions Season Three will explore. Michael Emerson joins the regular cast in his ongoing role as Henry Gale, leader of The Others. Romance looms on the horizon as Jacks interests veer towards a mysterious new woman, whose motives may be questionable. Sun and Jin will continue to celebrate their pregnancy but is the child really Jin's? Locke and Sayid will band together with some of the other survivors and journey across the island in an attempt to free Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Charlie will attempt to return into the good graces of Claire and her baby, Aaron, but can he be trusted to stay clean and sober? The fates of Locke, Desmond and Mr. Eko in the aftermath of the implosion of the hatch are answered. Will Penny Widmore find the island and her long, lost love, Desmond, and can the survivors find a way to interact with the outside world?

The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must continue to work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain if they want to stay alive. But as they have discovered during their 60-plus days on the island, danger and mystery loom behind every corner, and those they thought could be trusted may turn against them. Even heroes have secrets.

"Lost" stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Henry Gale, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.

"Lost" was created by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof. Abrams, Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, Jeff Pinkner and Carlton Cuse serve as executive producers. "Lost," which is filmed entirely on location in Hawaii and premiered on September 22, 2004, is from Touchstone Television.

My Buddy Boone



I just did a phone interview with Ian Somerhalder (the deceased Boone). Even though I know he was only wanting to pimp his new movie "Pulse" (In theaters everywhere Friday August 11), I couldn't let him get away without answering a few LOST questions. I asked him point blank, "Are you DONE with the show...or are JJ, Cuse, and Lindelof planning a resurrection of the dead for when the show finally comes to a close?" Ian says [and I quote], "Ya know, I think with this show, I say this honestly, ONE NEVER KNOWS." He gave the same response when asked if he would show up in any back stories in season three. After some further in depth questioning, I found out that he is still has a very close relationship with Josh Holloway and Matthew Fox. So much so that he is planning on crashing on one of their couches and watching Season Two on DVD to catch up with everything.

Ian has been out of the country for a while filming "Pulse" in Romania, and he just got back from China where he was working on the TV mini-series, "Marco Polo." Also, for the ladies, Ian said he has long black hair now. He grew it out for the role of Marco Polo.

Maybe we will see Boone again on LOST. He gave a very open-ended response to my question... but the again, he may be contractually obligated to answer LOST questions in that manner. I guess we'll have to wait and see because "One Never Knows."

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

"A Tale of Two Cities"

The Countdown is On:





I am hearing and reading that the first episode of the the third season will be Kate-centric. Also, keeping with the shows tradition, not all season two finale questions will be answered in the premier. Cuse did let slip that the captivity story of Jack, Kate, and Sawyer will be addressed in "A Tale of Two Cities."