14 DAY TRIAL // When there is a lot of money to be made, you can bet your last ten bucks that the words “reboot,” “sequel” and “spinoff” are always going to be relevant. Such is the case with one of the best sci-fi drama series on television in the last few years – “Lost.”
Producer Carlton Cuse, who has also taken the time to explain to viewers why the ending didn't answer all the mysteries that the show had built up for several seasons, is now saying that a reboot of the show is coming, and it might be sooner than you think.
“Lost” ended in 2010 and, for some, if left way too many questions unanswered, and the general thought is that a reboot will address those issues and hopefully provide some satisfying answers.
“I think it’s likely that at some point, ABC will want to reboot Lost because it’s a valuable franchise,” said Cuse and added that “I do not begrudge ABC the opportunity to do something more with the franchise.”
However, he pointed out that he already told the story that he had planned from the very beginning and that it's brought him closure “But we told the story we wanted to tell, and I think there’s kind of a wonderful sense of closure for us.”
He goes on to explain that “[The series finale is] called ‘The End’ for that reason. It is the end of the story that we wanted to tell and we had no plans to go back and revisit it.”
Of course, for a reboot to take place, the original cast of the series would also have to be taken into consideration, but, as of now, there is no indication that Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Jorge Garcia or Josh Holloway have any intention to reprise their characters.
Cuse also addresses the issue of finales in series these days, and he seems to think that there is an enormous amount of pressure put on the producers and writers to come up with the most audience-pleasing ending, which is almost never the direction in which they want to take the action.
“There’s this almost crazy expectation about finales. Somebody might say to you, ‘Well, I love Breaking Bad but the finale wasn’t the best episode of the show.’ Like, really? … I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of Lost, is that whole experience ruined by the fact that you might not agree with everything that we did in the finale? I would hope not!”