LOST Spoilers - The ODI

Thanks to John for the following summary of spoilers from last nights Lost Panel.

The answer is “yes” to the following:
Will Richard and Ilana exchange some words soon? Will we see another painting by Bender?
Do some of the characters’ last names have significance, particularly Jack’s?
Is Jack married to someone we’ve met before?
Was Jacob telling the truth when he said someone was coming to the island?
Will we learn more about Hurley and Libby’s connection?
Will we see Vincent and Charlie again? Will we learn if Desmond was really on the plane?

The answer is “no” to the following:
Will we get a conclusion to the story of Ben’s love, Annie?
Do the purple circles in Bender’s mural mean anything?
Did Juliet’s ex-husband get killed by a smoke bus?
Will there be a DVD release of the show in chronological order?

The answer is “maybe” to the following:
Will the Hurley bird be explained? Will we see Walt again?

The answer is “no comment” to the following:
Will we learn why women can’t have babies on the island?

Radio silence: After being bombarded with questions about the show for six years, Cuse said they do not plan on commenting on the series finale after it airs.

Final spoiler from Lindelof: “Water.”

Source: EW
Posted by DarkUFO

Thanks to B3RT4 for the heads up on this interview with Damon Lindelof. Here are some snippets from the interview.

Me: At what point are you in creating the final episodes?
Lindelof: We're actually writing the eighth episode right now and breaking the story for the ninth episode. We're filming the sixth episode. The blueprint for the entire season is done, but we only write the episodes one at a time, because the actual genesis of the scene-by-scene work is the fun part. So we're almost exactly halfway through.

There's been so much analysis of the this year's promotional poster. Do you have a big part in creating that?

Yeah. Everything in the design of that poster is intentional. We oversaw it -- now we know the audience looks at that stuff so closely, so we don't want there to be anything that we don't approve, especially at this point in the game.

Why is neither Walt nor Vincent in the Season 6 promo picture? -- Holly

Well, I'm not going to explain why anything is what it is, other than that everything is by design. You'll just have to watch the final season and decide for yourself. It's a little bit like, "Why is Paul McCartney holding a cigarette with his right hand when he's a lefty on the Abbey Road cover?"

Is the ending you envisioned when you first created the show still in place? -- adanzis

That's a great question. Yes, the actual ending ending is exactly the same as we'd always planned on it being, except we didn't know if we were going to get there after two seasons, four seasons or after six seasons, so the road to the ending has had to change significantly. But the ending itself? Whether people like it or not, that's the ending we've had.

Will Walt will have any major role in the upcoming season? He was important for a while because of his "gift," but that story has never been realized. -- mrhymes01

I think a lot of people are justifiably frustrated about the Walt of it all. We said he has this special ability, and the Others obviously grabbed him and studied him for awhile, then they got freaked out by him and decided to let him go.

I think that there are certain stories on the show that feel like dangling participles based on external factors. For us, we were incredibly limited by the fact that Malcolm David Kelley was growing at an exponentially faster rate than the show was progressing. So, you know, when we showed him in Season 5 and Locke is trying to recruit members of the Oceanic Six, the only way that it worked was to see him three years older. But hopefully, why Walt was special and the role he played on the show will have a new significance when all is said and done. And I'm not sure we really need the character of Walt to explain the significance.

Will we ever get more on the backstory on Libby ... or at least find out her last name? -- P-D Cougar

Libby is someone we get asked about a lot, and she's another one of those cases where it's more of an issue of our relationship with the actor than it is our desire to tell the story. It's our hope that Cynthia Watros will come back one more time and finish that story, but that's up to her. We asked her last year, she wasn't interested in doing it. Hopefully she'll change her mind.

One actor definitely won't be returning for the final season, right? Can you tell me more about that?

We did ask an actor who's played a significant role on the show to come back and do some work on Season 6, and they said no. But I'm not going to confirm who that is. All I'll say is that person was never a series regular.

Damon, I have a question about my second-favorite character on the show, Frank Lapidus. Ever since he appeared on the Season 6 promotional poster, there has been a lot of speculation on message boards. So, anyway, my question is: Will Frank be promoted to main character status next season, and if so, will he be getting a -centric episode? Because that would be basically the most awesome thing ever. -- Bish-Fiscuit

Yeah. Lapidus is definitely a series regular this season. Jeff Fahey was just a recurring character up through last year. Now, whether or not Lapidus makes it until the end of the season is anyone's guess, but he's definitely one of the A-team this year.

How many people do make it to the end of the season?

You really think I'm going to answer that question? Not all of them, that's for sure.

Full Article Here

Source: USA Today
Posted by DarkUFO

Here are few tidbits from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse from the LOST in Paris Event.

Thanks to Cloclof31 for the heads up and this French fansite LostSaison5 for the details:

NOTE: This is the translation of the site so it is possible something has changed.

- We will learn more about the black smoke in the finale
- Faith is because of science (Jack VS Locke?)
- Vincent is with the survivors at the end of the series
- Kate will make her choice in the Season 6

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Here are some new spoilers for the LOST Season 5 Finale

- There will be an assault against Dharma.
- They will attack the latest Dharma station that is under construction
- Rose, Bernard and Vincent will all be appearing in the finale
- Jack has some explosive plans which may lead to "The Incident"

Source: DarkUFO

Hey All,
As most of you know we have had several filming reports and set photos confirming that we will see the Oceanic 6 back on the island and with many of them in Dharma Jumpsuits. On-Island Losties Sawyer and Jin have also been spotted.

Well more fans have sent in reports to our good friend Ryan out in Hawaii providing us with a few new details.

Here is a little summary of the reports:

1) New Dharma Logo was spotted on the Othersvlle set, the logo with a wrench in the center!
2) Othersville is freshly painted and looks all nice and new.
3) A Dharma "Processing Center" is a part of the set, which includes several props including pictures of new recruits. The latest date spotted was 1976!
4) A yellow lab possibly Vincent was spotted.
5) Regarding the VW filming on the cliff (photos posted yesterday) Hurley was spotted in the driver seat while Sawyer had a Dharma Jumpsuit on, but Jack was in the shirt in tie still. Kate and LOST Producers Damon and Carlton were on set.
6) At another set at Kawela Bay,some large props were spotted including a structure that seems like a 20 ft tall Teepee with out the covering.
7) Plus, as part of their most recent podcast at The Transmission, we get a confirmation that we will see Young Charlotte and learn about her birthplace afterall perhaps via a Charlotte Flashback.

You can read the full reports over at Hawaii Blog and you can listen to the podcast at The Transmission.

Once again thanks to all the fans for the reports and Ryan for the heads up!

Here is the latest casting call for LOST Episode 5x04. This one is for two minor characters aka Guest Stars. There are a couple of noteworthy points, the first is that both need to speak French!! Perhaps a connection to Danielle??

Also the character of Vincent, is a Tunisian bar owner!! We all know what was found in Tunisia, the Dharma Polar Bear Skeleton!! So, Tunisia, French, Dharma and Danielle, could make for an interesting mix if that is how it all plays out!!

Thanks to our good friend DarkUFO for the casting call!!

The Shoot dates for Episode 5.04 are 20th September through to 5th October.

[VINCENT]
Early to mid 30s, Caucasian. Owner of a Tunisian bar. Smug and smart, knows he's better than most of his colleagues but has a short temper. Thinks he's a tough guy and gets himself into trouble because of it. MUST SPEAK FRENCH... Guest star.

[ LEON ]
Mid to late 20s, Caucasian. Reserved, handsome and talented. A romantic at heart, he finds himself overwhelmed in a stressful job and at odds with a realist. MUST SPEAK FRENCH.. Guest Star.

Source: DarkUFO

Here is another filming update for Season 5 of LOST from our good friend Ryan.

This time it is another report from a fan that found their way on to the set and was able to spot Sawyer (shirtless - sorry no picture ladies) and Juliet filming a scene and then was able to get a nice pic of Vincent!! Also Rose was supposedly getting ready near by was not spotted.

Here is the report and picture of Vincent.

We went out and saw them filming a scene with Elizabeth Mitchell and Josh Holloway. We also saw Vincent the dog! The scene had Sawyer, shirtless and in jeans, talking to Juliette. We also think they may have been shooting with “Rose” as well, as when we were walking by, we heard someone ask if Rose was ready and miked up… When we made our way back, security for the property saw us and then walked us through a wooded trail back to our car — because if we would have went back via the beach, we would have been in the shot. As we walked through the woods, we saw some tent-like structures that were probably used at some point for filming. Because we didn’t want to get into trouble, I only snapped photos from far away. I did get a good one of Vincent though!

Source: HawaiiBlog

Here is the second sneak peek at this week's episode of LOST Season 4 Episode 9 (The Shape of Things to Come).

This sneak peek features a scene with Jack (Matthew Fox) and Kate (Evangeline Lilly) talking about Sayid and Desmond being at the freighter too long, but they then hear screams for "Help!!" from Bernard.

Thanks to Lost-Perdidos for the heads up.

Click Here to View Sneak Peeks 3 and 4