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Oct272009

Damon Lindelof on 'Lost' Movie and 'Dark Tower'

DateTuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:10AM
Along with Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof is one of the creative heads of Lost at this point, even though most people still probably associate it with J.J. Abrams. With the final season looming (it will premiere in January and be broken up by ABC's coverage of ABC avoiding the Olympics before ending in May), USA Today threw fan questions at Lindelof about the immediate future and beyond.

In addition to questions relating to events in the last few episode - which, of course, he dodges in one way or another - the prospect of a Lost movie is raised again as well as Lindelof's rumored involvement with a film version of Stephen King's Dark Tower series, the rights to which Abrams' Bad Robot acquired in 2007.

First, the Lost movie:

"I think it is our intention to end the story of Lost in the final episode of the television series. We have no desire whatsoever to make a movie or leave any threads hanging. That being said, some people will think it's enormously satisfying. Other people will think it's not satisfying enough. It all depends on the way that you watch the show. But the worst thing we could ever do is just answer some things and then say we'll answer other things in the Lost movie in theaters two years from now."

"The television show is our version of Lost, and once it ends, that's the end. J.K. Rowling said she was going to write seven Harry Potter books, and she was true to her word. There are six seasons of Lost, and that's it."

In previous interviews, the creative team said a Lost spin-off was entirely up to ABC, but they wouldn't personally have any involvement. I guess that still holds true, although it sounds like there won't be a lot of major questions left hanging.

As it relates to the massive King undertaking, Lindelof acknowledges, "You'll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of The Dark Tower than me, but that's probably the reason that I shouldn't be the one to adapt it," adding, "After working six years on Lost, the last thing I want to do is spend the next seven years adapting one of my favorite books of all time. I'm such a massive Stephen King fan that I'm terrified of screwing it up.

And if that's not clear enough: "I'd do anything to see those movies written by someone else. My guess is they will get made because they're so incredible. But not by me."

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Reader Comments (2)

NBC covers the olympics...unless ABC takes it off the air so as not to compete?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Unregistered Commenteradam

Yes, you are correct, Adam. I misinterpreted what I had read about that subject yesterday. It is a counterprogramming move.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Registered CommenterGet The Big Picture

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