"Lost" movie in the works

[reveal]

http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1046019.php/Movie_finale_for_Lost

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Movie finale for Lost?
By WENN
Sep 5, 2005, 19:00 GMT

Producers of hit TV show Lost are planning to end the final series with a movie blockbuster to curb the cast's demands for a pay rise.

Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan were furious last week (28 August 05) after discovering they are paid only a fifth of what the stars of rival show Desperate Housewives earn.

The big-budget movie will come either at the end of the second series, which is currently being filmed in Hawaii, or at the end of the third if the show continues to attract huge audiences worldwide.

Three rival Hollywood studios are currently fighting to secure the rights to the movie, in a deal which would make the show's biggest stars at least $3.6 million (GBP2 million) richer.

A series insider says, "The last thing producers want is a mutiny. Now they've hit a sure-fire way of hitting the big bucks.

"Three studios have said they are keen to make a Lost blockbuster. The show is seen in more than 70 countries, so it's guaranteed box-office success. Whoever puts in the best bid will get the prize.

"Now the actors have been told about a film deal they're overjoyed. There are lots of ideas about how the story could end but it's thought that who ever is left will be found."

 

[Crothian]

would that be end of the second season? Second series makes it sound like there is going to be a spin off.....

 

[reveal]

would that be end of the second season? Second series makes it sound like there is going to be a spin off.....

I'm not sure. It's a British author (I'm assuming it is because he included pounds) so I'm unsure of what a "series" is.

 

[fett527]

Very interesting...

I never saw the X-Files movie, how was that handled in accordance with the series?

 

[sniffles]

"Serenity" notwithstanding, I think turning a tv series into a movie is generally not a good idea. TV actors and movie actors are apples and oranges for the most part. I'm not sanguine about the success of this. But maybe they'll buck the odds and make something decent.

 

[Rykion]

What those in the US call TV "seasons" those in the UK call "series." So the story is talking about the end of the 2nd or 3rd season of Lost.

 

[Crothian]

Very interesting...

I never saw the X-Files movie, how was that handled in accordance with the series?

a 2 hour kinda lame episode.....

 

[Crothian]

"Serenity" notwithstanding, I think turning a tv series into a movie is generally not a good idea. TV actors and movie actors are apples and oranges for the most part. I'm not sanguine about the success of this. But maybe they'll buck the odds and make something decent.

Ya, also a movie needs to be pretty much self contained, a movie that asusmes people have watched 2 or 3 seasons of a series and will need to watch more of the series when the movie is done is nbot a really good idea.....

 

[Hand of Evil]

I love the show but I just don't know about this.

 

[Fast Learner]

I wouldn't treat this as more than an internet rumor. First, I've not heard of "WENN" or "monstersandcritics.com," so there's no veracity there.

And second, perhaps more importantly, is this chunk:

"Three studios have said they are keen to make a Lost blockbuster. The show is seen in more than 70 countries, so it's guaranteed box-office success. Whoever puts in the best bid will get the prize.

I call BS on that. You're telling me that Disney, who owns ABC, won't use one of its own studios automatically? And that it won't just pick the one that best makes that type of film?

I don't believe it.