The new season of Lost is still over five months away, but shooting on the first episode is underway, and the show’s five new cast members are officially in place. Yes, we said five: Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tell EW.com that Jeff Fahey — a cult-pop fave most famous for The Lawnmower Man and most recently seen in Grindhouse — has been added to the show, joining previously announced newcomers Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), Lance Reddick (The Wire), Ken Leung (The Sopranos), and British actress Rebecca Mader (The Devil Wears Prada, Love Monkey).

The producers wouldn’t comment on the character that Fahey will be playing, but said he was the first and only choice for the role. ”The Lawnmower Man and [the 1995 TV series] The Marshall are personal faves,” says Cuse. ”And he has the most intense eyes of any guy out there, and I say that as a non-gay man.” Adds Lindelof: ”Fahey is one of those actors who feels like he fits into the Lost model: He’s enormously talented and will be vaguely recognizable to some people, but he’ll be able to land on our island without most people going, ‘Oh, I know who that guy is.’ And especially for the part we cast him for, he has exactly the right sensibilities.”

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Lots of information on the upcoming season of Lost from Comic-Con!

From my favorite LOST website, The TailSection:

Damon made an interesting comment around 5:17 that both he and Carlton knew the flashbacks would not last the entirety of the series and also knew about the flash forward concept for while, but couldn’t share the information with fans or else they would have ruined the shows season finale.

After making this comment Damon and Carlton introduce their bells that they will use to shut the other up if they feel he might be leaking too much information to the audience.

At 5:21 the Q. & A. began, the first question asked referred to the level of violence in the last few episodes of season 3 and why there was so much. The answer given was interesting to say the least; Damon noted that season 1 had about as much violence as this season had the key difference was that those handing out the violence in season 1 were the “good/pretty” guys. This past season the others or the “bad” guys handed out a lot of beatings and as a result we feel there is more violence when in fact it’s about the same as in the years prior.

Around 5:24 a question was asked regarding the control writers have on any episode of lost. Damon and Carlton said there are 8 writers on their staff (including themselves) and the writers have some freedom in what they write about. For instance, Eddie Kitsis came up with the Hurley’s van idea and Damon was able to tie that back into the Ben and his father scene.

At 5:30 they confirmed that both flash backs and flash forwards will be used next season; however we won’t know when these take place (1 year in the future, 5 years, etc). Damon also confirmed that Jack and Claire do indeed find out they are related by this next season… although he wasn’t allowed to “say” it, he nodded in agreement to it.

At 5:35 a question was asked regarding if Ben purposely or accidentally was caught in Danielle’s net… after hemming and hawing for awhile Carlton confirmed that it was by accident and that Ben was on route to something when he was caught. Where and for what and why he would not share, but said we will find out later in this season.

LOTS MORE AFTER THE JUMP! (more…)

Turncoat Michael is making a “Lost” comeback. Harold Perrineau, who plays the character last seen betraying his fellow crash survivors to save himself and his son, will return to the show next season.

ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson didn’t offer any details Wednesday of what’s in store for Michael. He also didn’t say whether Walt, the son played by Malcolm David Kelley, will be seen again.

The pair fled the mysterious island where the crash victims were struggling to survive against the dangerous “Others,” with desperate Michael turning over his friends in exchange for escape.

The network had planned to make the “Lost” announcement at Comic-Con International, the comic book and pop-culture show starting Thursday in San Diego. But McPherson, speaking to a meeting of the Television Critics Association, was pressed for the information.

McPherson initially balked at talking, instead joking about what the announcement might be.

“I’ve cast Don Imus on ‘Lost’,” McPherson quipped.

Earlier this year, ABC said will run for three more seasons, concluding in 2009-10. The series will return for its fourth season in January.

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I again turn to my favorite website The Lost Diary for all my follow up questions & answers.

CLICK ON MORE TO READ THE WRAP UP OF LAST NIGHT’S FINALE, MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! (more…)

OMG it was kick butt.  It was so good!? And thanks to Erin for sending in this tip.  The Tail Section has posted a picture of Jacob. (Above is the official pic from ABC, below is disputably a fake copy - pohotshopped to look like Locke maybe?)

Am I the only one who missed this last night?  I don’t remember seeing him at all!?

I read alot of people are trying to figure out who Jacob is.  Lots of people say it’s Locke - okay, how cool would THAT be.  Is it Dennis Hopper (it totally looks like Dennis Hopper)?  Someone suggested Kris Kristoferson.

UPDATE: I got some more info on last night’s epsiode….but BEWARE, IT CONTAINS WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER SPOILERS…  This is from www.thelostdiary.com  my FAVORITE Lost re-cap source. 

Locke is one of the two most indispensable characters on “Lost” (Henry Gale being the other). Those two characters, more so than any others on the show, are connected with what is happening on the island. They are the ones that are most rooted in the entire essence of the show; the island itself. Juliet, Desmond and Hurley are up there, Sayid and Sun, too. But those two are the heart and soul of the show right now.

And the opposite is true for so many other characters. Charlie, for example, has nothing to do with anything (which is the main reason I hate him). Is there any mystery to him? Anything unsolved? Does he bring anything to the table? And most importantly, if we just lifted him off the show, would anything be missing? He is completely and utterly dispensable. So is Claire, Jin, Kate, Sawyer (sorry Lauren) and in a lot of ways even Jack.

**MILD SPOILER ALERT. READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH AT YOUR OWN RISK**

From what I’ve heard (try as I might to avoid it), five characters die before the end of the year. Charlie, Claire, Jin, Kate and Sawyer are the most dispensable characters, as I just mentioned. Could it be them?

**OK, YOU CAN COME BACK NOW**

So in summary, Jacob will “help” Locke. The show needs him.

On to Jacob now — who or what is he? Why couldn’t Locke hear what he was saying to Henry Gale? Why couldn’t Henry Gale hear what he was saying to Locke? What was that powder around Jacob’s home? Is he trapped there somehow by Henry Gale so that no one else can talk to him? How many questions can I ask about a character we saw for about a second and only said two words?

I feel like I learned a lot this week, a lot of new questions were certainly raised, and some good ones were answered. But, like I said, I don’t think Locke is really dead, so the cliffhanger doesn’t really do much for me. I give the episode an A.

Discuss … I’m a LOST junkie!

The Emmy-winning adventure series will run for 48 more episodes over three seasons. Each season will consist of 16 episodes, which will air uninterrupted.

“Lost” executive producers/showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, who have been vocal about setting up an endgame for the show, have signed on to stay for the remainder of the series’ run. Their separate new eight-figure deals with “Lost” producer ABC TV Studio include their services on the show as well as multiyear development pacts set to kick in when “Lost” bows out during the 2009-10 season.

“Due to the unique nature of ‘Lost,’ we knew it would require an end date to keep the integrity and strength of the show consistent throughout and to give the audience the payoff they deserve,” ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson said.

Lindelof said having the end point in sight was “incredibly liberating. Like we’ve been running a marathon and we actually know where the finish line is for the first time.”

Lindelof and Cuse said they’ve had “a road map for the series with all the major mythological milestones and the ending in place” for a while.

“What we didn’t know was how long we had to play the story out,” Cuse said. “By defining the endpoint we can now really map out the rest of the series in confidence.”

There will be some puzzle play, too.

“We sort of view ‘Lost’ as a mosaic,” Cuse said. “Now there are only 48 more tiles that go into that mosaic, and we’re figuring out, along with all the other writers, exactly where they all go.”

In January, Lindelof and Cuse said that they envisioned the endpoint for “Lost” around episode 100. The agreement with ABC will bring the total number of episodes to 120.

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Lost was GREAT last night!  The last several Lost episodes have been less than amazing.  We were promised suprises - and instead had revelations that most of us Lost fans already knew (Claire and Jack are siblings? Ya don’t say!)

In case you haven’t seen Lost yet - I’m going to put the rest of this behind the cut.  If you want to keep reading click on MORE! (more…)