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147-709: Bad Robot is an American film and television production company founded on May 27, 1999, and led by Katie McGrath and J.J. Abrams as Co-CEO. Under its Bad Robot Productions division, the company is responsible for the television series Alias , Lost , Fringe , Person of Interest , Revolution , and Westworld alongside the feature-length films Cloverfield , Star Trek , Super 8 , Star Trek Into Darkness , Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol , Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation , Star Wars Episodes VII and IX , 10 Cloverfield Lane , Star Trek Beyond , The Cloverfield Paradox , Mission: Impossible – Fallout , and Overlord . Bad Robot

294-531: A Lost spin-off, but it was finally explained to be promoting S. , Abrams and Doug Dorst 's new novel, as a new trailer for S. was released in the following month. In February 2017, it was announced Julius Avery is attached to direct a Paramount coproduction, the World War II zombie film Overlord , from screenwriter Billy Ray . Bad Robot Productions is currently based in Santa Monica, California , in

441-415: A Portal film adaptation, which has been in development since 2013, was still in production and a script has been written for the film. In November 2021, the company launched its podcast division with a multi-year first-look deal at Spotify . On April 25, 2022, it was announced that Bad Robot will team up with Mattel Films and Warner Bros. Pictures to produce a live-action Hot Wheels film based on

588-505: A Xerox parts warehouse, which had been empty since an employee mass shooting took place there in 1999. In 2006, the sound-stage and production offices moved to the Hawaii Film Office-operated Hawaii Film Studio , where the sets depicting Season 2's "Swan Station" and Season 3's "Hydra Station" interiors were built. Various urban areas in and around Honolulu are used as stand-ins for locations around

735-773: A "one time hit" or an ongoing "entertainment franchise " that can be continued, remade, rebooted , or expanded into other sister industries; such as the video game industry (see Star Wars , Star Trek ). Entertainment projects can be either an original or an adaptation from another industry. In rare occasional cases, a few troubled major studios would also shed their distribution and/or marketing staffs, mainly due to reduced resources, and resort to co-investing and/or co-distributing film projects with larger studios, operating as virtual, production-only movie studios. Notable examples include legendary studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , which, after many years of box office flops (mostly with low budgets), bad management and distribution, and bankruptcy,

882-516: A 12-minute epilogue , " The New Man in Charge ". Lost has regularly been ranked by critics as one of the greatest television series of all time. The first season had an estimated average of 16 million viewers per episode on ABC. During the sixth and final season , the show averaged over 11 million U.S. viewers per episode. Lost was the recipient of hundreds of industry award nominations throughout its run and won numerous of these awards, including

1029-541: A Metascore—a weighted average based on the impressions of 31 critical reviews—of 74 out of 100. IGN reviewer Chris Carbot gave the finale a 10/10, tying it with the initial review of " Pilot, Part 1 ", " Through the Looking Glass ", " The Constant ", and " There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3 " as the best-reviewed episode of Lost . He described it as "one of the most enthralling, entertaining and satisfying conclusions I could have hoped for." Carbot also noted that

1176-470: A building which is incorrectly labeled on purpose as the home of the fictional "National Typewriter Company" because Abrams "likes typewriters — and misdirection." In June 2018, the company announced a spin-off venture formed with the Chinese video game publisher Tencent to launch Bad Robot Games for the development of video games on mobile, computer and consoles, with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment as

1323-524: A con man, James "Sawyer" Ford . Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle , chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business, and Maggie Grace played his stepsister Shannon Rutherford , a former dance teacher. Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker and aspiring artist Michael Dawson , while Malcolm David Kelley played his young son, Walt Lloyd . Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke . Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah . Emilie de Ravin played

1470-405: A contract) or as a subsidiary for an entertainment company, motion picture company, television network, or all, and are generally smaller than the company they are partnered with. A book to film unit is a unit of a book publishing company for the purposes of getting books that they published adapted into film . Films have been using books as a prime source for films for years. In 2012, six out of

1617-609: A development and co-finance plan. Macmillan Films was launched by Thomas Dunne Books in October 2010 under the packaging model similar to Alloy while also moving to get film rights from Dunne's published author. Also that year, Random House changed their strategy to film development and packaging only. Condé Nast Entertainment was started by Magazine publisher Conde Nast in October 2012. In 2013, Macmillan Films became Macmillan Entertainment with an expansion to look at other divisions' book for possible films. A production company

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1764-400: A mainly orchestral score (consisting usually of divided strings, percussion, harp, and three trombones). When it features pop songs, they often originate from a diegetic source. Examples include the various songs played on Hurley's portable CD player throughout the first season (until its batteries died in the episode " ...In Translation ", which featured Damien Rice's "Delicate") or the use of

1911-477: A member of the mysterious Dharma Initiative who appears in the orientation films for its numerous stations located throughout the island. Corporate magnate Charles Widmore ( Alan Dale ) has connections to both Ben and Desmond. Desmond is in love with Widmore's daughter Penelope "Penny" Widmore ( Sonya Walger ). Eloise Hawking ( Fionnula Flanagan ), introduced in the third season, is Daniel Faraday's mother and also has connections with Desmond. The introduction of

2058-600: A middle-aged man dressed in black robes, who was played by Titus Welliver , and in season six, it appears in the form of John Locke played by O'Quinn in a dual role . His rival, Jacob , was played by Mark Pellegrino . Lost was produced by ABC Studios , Bad Robot , and Grass Skirt Productions. Throughout its run, the executive producers of the series were Damon Lindelof , J. J. Abrams , Bryan Burk , Carlton Cuse , Jack Bender , Jeff Pinkner , Edward Kitsis , Adam Horowitz , Jean Higgins , and Elizabeth Sarnoff , with Lindelof and Cuse serving as showrunners . The series

2205-626: A minority investor. Bad Robot Games will develop and publish new and existing IPs including titles related to Abrams' works and other Bad Robot Production content, with Tencent holding the rights for distribution in China. The division was originally helmed by Dave Baronoff, who previously worked on the Cloverfield franchise and was developing Spyjinx as a joint project between Bad Robot Productions and Epic Games (also partially owned by Tencent), while Tim Keenan, who helped develop Duskers , served as

2352-424: A nuclear bomb at the hatch's construction site, the electromagnetic energy below it will be negated; as a result, the hatch would never be built, and their future could be changed. In 2007, Locke apparently comes back to life. He instructs Richard to speak with a time-traveling Locke and tell him that he must bring everyone back to the island. After this, he goes to speak with Jacob. The season finale reveals that Locke

2499-600: A presentation deal, with J.J. Abrams being contracted to Disney. In 2004, Thom Sherman joined Bad Robot Television as president of the studio. The company had developed presentation pitches for ABC and The WB , none of them would eventually got to series. Abrams is Chairman and Co- Chief executive officer of Bad Robot, and Katie McGrath serves as the Company's Co- Chief executive officer . In June 2017, Bad Robot announced that Brian Weinstein would become President and Chief Operating Officer , overseeing daily operations and spearhead

2646-465: A private corporate investment entity (see Legendary Pictures ). Their only source of profit comes from the productions they produce. Because entertainment and media are currently in "high demand", a production company can profit if its management is capable of using its resources to supply good quality products and services to the public. Many entertainment production companies brand their entertainment projects. An entertainment project can either become

2793-451: A production. The entertainment industry is centered on funding (investments from studios, investment firms, or individuals either from earnings from previous productions or personal wealth), projects (scripts and entertainment franchises), and talent ( actors , directors, screenwriters , and crew). Production companies are judged and ranked based on the amount of funding it has, as well the productions it has completed or been involved with in

2940-416: A purported clinical psychologist and formerly mentally ill woman portrayed by Cynthia Watros . Ana Lucia and Libby were written out of the series toward the end of season two after being shot by Michael, who then left the island along with his son. In season three, two actors were promoted from recurring to starring roles: Henry Ian Cusick as former Scottish soldier Desmond Hume ; and Michael Emerson as

3087-435: A red rectangular headed robot running through a meadow silhouetted until it appears suddenly in front of the camera, followed by voices provided by two of Abrams's children, Henry and Gracie Abrams , saying "Bad robot!" Although some fans believe that the name comes from a line in the animated film The Iron Giant , Abrams told Entertainment Weekly that it simply came to him during a writers' meeting. In February 2013, it

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3234-399: A result of the executive producers' liking of various actors. The main character Jack was going to die in the pilot, and the role was planned for Michael Keaton . However, ABC executives were adamant that Jack live. Before it was decided that Jack would live, Kate was to emerge as the leader of the survivors; she was conceived as a middle-aged businesswoman whose husband had apparently died in

3381-457: A sarcastic supposed ghost whisperer; and Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Staples Lewis , a hard-headed and determined anthropologist and successful academic—joined the cast. Michael was written out in the fourth-season finale. Claire, who mysteriously disappears with her dead father near the end of the season, did not return as a series regular for the fifth season but returned for the sixth and final season. In season five, no new characters joined

3528-445: A self-publishing vanity press which are paid services. Both large and small production studios have an editorial board or editor-in-chief , along with other forms of a command hierarchy . Entertainment companies operate as mini conglomerate , operating many divisions or subsidiaries in many different industries. Warner Bros. Entertainment and Lionsgate Entertainment are two companies with this corporate structure. It allows for

3675-426: A single company to maintain control over seemingly unrelated companies that fall within the ranges of entertainment, which increases and centralises the revenue into one company (example: a film production company, TV production company, video game company, and comic book company are all owned by a single entertainment company). A motion picture company, such as Paramount Pictures , specializing "only" in motion pictures

3822-467: A soundtrack featuring music from season 2 of Lost on October 3, 2006. The soundtrack for season 3 was released on May 6, 2008; the soundtrack for season 4 was released on May 11, 2009; the soundtrack for season 5 was released on May 11, 2010; and the soundtrack for the final season was released on September 14, 2010. A final soundtrack, featuring music from series finale, was released on October 11, 2010. The series uses pop culture songs sparingly, and has

3969-416: A story was told." Abrams created the sound opening of the show and its title card being inspired by The Twilight Zone . He withdrew from production of Lost partway through the first season to direct Mission: Impossible III , leaving Lindelof and new executive producer Carlton Cuse to develop much of the overall mythology of the series themselves. However, Abrams briefly returned to help co-write

4116-503: A young Australian mother-to-be, Claire Littleton . Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon , the daughter of a powerful and incredibly wealthy Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband and father's enforcer Jin-Soo Kwon . Dominic Monaghan played English ex-rock star and drug addict Charlie Pace . During the first two seasons, some characters were written out, while new characters with new stories were added. Boone Carlyle

4263-543: Is John Steinbeck 's Of Mice and Men , usually when Sawyer is seen reading it or referencing it. There are also many allusions in characters' names to famous historical thinkers and writers, such as Ben Linus (after chemist Linus Pauling ), John Locke (after the philosopher ) and his alias Jeremy Bentham (after the philosopher ), Danielle Rousseau (after philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau ), Desmond David Hume (after philosopher David Hume ), Juliet's ex-husband (after philosopher Edmund Burke ), Mikhail Bakunin (after

4410-449: Is able to see the future. Kate and Sawyer escape the Others, while Jack stays after Ben promises that Jack will be able to leave the island in a submarine if he operates on Ben, who has cancer. Jack does, but the submarine is destroyed by Locke. Jack is left behind with Juliet , an Other, who also seeks to leave the island, while Locke joins the Others. A helicopter carrying Naomi crashes near

4557-401: Is an American science fiction adventure drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber , J. J. Abrams , and Damon Lindelof that aired on ABC from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, with a total of 121 episodes over six seasons. It contains elements of supernatural fiction , and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner flying between Sydney and Los Angeles , after

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4704-402: Is considered to be a small production company. These companies often work with up and coming talent. Small production companies will either grow to become a major production company, a subsidiary completely owned by another company, remain small, or fail. The success of an entertainment production company is centered on the projects it produces, the talent it can acquire, and the performance of

4851-442: Is only connected with its other counterpart industries through its parent company. Instead of performing a corporate reorganization, many motion picture companies often have sister companies they collaborate with in other industries that are subsidiaries owned by their parent company and is often not involved in the making of products that are not motion picture related. A film production company can either operate as an affiliate (under

4998-410: Is owned by Paramount Global ). Alloy Entertainment while not a unit of a publisher started using a book packaging to film model of film and TV development by developing the property in-house, hire authors for the books and films, so as to own the property. Random House was the first big six book publisher to establish a book to film unit, Random House Films , in 2005 with a Focus Features deal under

5145-552: Is still dead and another entity has taken over his form to manipulate Ben into killing Jacob. In 1977, Juliet detonates the fission core taken from the hydrogen bomb. Season 6, the final season, follows two timelines. In the first timeline, the survivors are sent to the present day, as the death of Jacob allows his brother, the Man in Black , the human alter-ego of the Smoke Monster, to take over

5292-422: Is threatened by a number of mysterious entities, including polar bears, an unseen creature that roams the jungle (the " Smoke Monster "), and the island's malevolent inhabitants, known as "The Others" . They encounter a French woman named Danielle Rousseau , who was shipwrecked on the island 16 years before the crash and is desperate for news of her daughter, Alex . They also find a mysterious metal hatch buried in

5439-448: Is usually run by a producer or director, but can also be run by a career executive. In entertainment, a production company relies highly on talent or a well known entertainment franchise to raise the value of an entertainment project and draw out larger audiences. This gives the entertainment industry a democratized power structure to ensure that both the companies and talent receive their fair share of pay and recognition for work done on

5586-558: The Lost Experience . Lost showed innovation in the use of new advertising strategies in the sector and the transformation of the conventional devices used previously. Lost features an orchestral score performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra and composed by Michael Giacchino , incorporating many recurring themes for subjects, such as events, locations, and characters. Giacchino achieved some of

5733-560: The San Jose Mercury News , and Robert Bianco of USA Today . The second season received favorable reviews, but it was noted that the season "stumbled with some storylines going nowhere and some characters underutilized." IGN also noted the addition of Desmond Hume as a standout new character. The San Francisco Chronicle called Season 2 an "extended, mostly unsatisfying foray into deeper mythology with very little payoff." After winning "Best Drama Series" for season one, Lost

5880-472: The Dharma Initiative , a scientific research project that involved conducting experiments on the island. A man named Desmond Hume had been living in the hatch for three years, activating a computer program every 108 minutes to prevent an unknown catastrophic event from occurring. To recover his son, Michael betrays the survivors, and Jack, Sawyer, and Kate are captured. Michael is given a boat and leaves

6027-813: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005, Best American Import at the British Academy Television Awards in 2005, the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2006, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series . Season 1 begins with the aftermath of a plane crash, which leaves the surviving passengers of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on what seems to be an uninhabited tropical island. Spinal surgeon Jack Shephard becomes their leader. Their survival

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6174-552: The San Francisco Chronicle said that the Season 4 episodes were "roller coasters of fast action and revelation" and that series was "back on track." In a survey conducted by TVWeek of professional critics, Lost was voted the best show on television in the first half of 2008 "by a wide margin", apparently "crack[ing] the top five on nearly every critic's submission" and receiving "nothing but praise." The New York Times said

6321-422: The anarchist philosopher ), Daniel Faraday (after physicist Michael Faraday ), Eloise Hawking (after physicist Stephen Hawking ), George Minkowski (after mathematician Hermann Minkowski ), Richard Alpert (the birth name of spiritual teacher Ram Dass ), Boone Carlyle (after pioneer Daniel Boone and philosopher Thomas Carlyle ), and Charlotte Staples Lewis (after author Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis ). Of

6468-477: The concentration of media ownership , who act as the production company' s partner or parent company . This has become known as the "studio system". Independent studios usually prefer production house (see Lionsgate ), production studio (see Amazon Studios ), or production team (see Rooster Teeth ). In the case of television, a production company would serve under a television network . Production companies can work together in co-productions . In music,

6615-471: The 324 people on board Oceanic Flight 815 , there are 70 initial survivors (as well as one dog) spread across the three sections of the plane crash. Although a large cast made Lost more expensive to produce, the writers benefited from added flexibility in story decisions. According to series executive producer Bryan Burk, "You can have more interactions between characters and create more diverse characters, more back stories, more love triangles ." Lost

6762-553: The Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor, and in the parallel scene in the fourth season's finale, he arrives listening to "Gouge Away" by Pixies . The third season also used Three Dog Night 's " Shambala " on two occasions in the van. The only two pop songs that have ever been used without an on-screen source (i.e., non- diegetic ) are Ann-Margret 's "Slowly", in the episode " I Do " and "I Shall Not Walk Alone", written by Ben Harper and covered by The Blind Boys of Alabama in

6909-405: The Others featured Tom Friendly ( M. C. Gainey ), and Ethan Rom ( William Mapother ), all of whom have been shown in both flashbacks and the ongoing story. Jack's father Christian Shephard ( John Terry ) has appeared in multiple flashbacks of various characters. In the third season, Naomi Dorrit ( Marsha Thomason ), the team leader of a group hired by Widmore to find Ben Linus, parachutes onto

7056-416: The arrival of people from the freighter, who have been sent to the island to reclaim it from Ben. "Flashforwards" continue, in which it is seen how six survivors, dubbed the "Oceanic Six", live their lives after escaping the island. The "Oceanic Six" are Jack, Kate, Hurley , Sayid , Sun , and Aaron. In the present, four members of the freighter arrive and team up with the survivors to escape the island, since

7203-417: The average cost of an hour-long pilot in 2005 of $ 4 million. The world premiere of the pilot episode was on July 24, 2004, at San Diego Comic-Con . ABC's parent company Disney fired Braun before Lost ' s broadcast debut, partly because of low ratings at the network and also because he had greenlighted such an expensive and risky project. The series debuted on September 22, 2004, becoming one of

7350-412: The best of what moves mankind." Robert Bianco of USA Today rated the episode perfect as well, deeming the finale "can stand with the best any series has produced." Hal Boedeker of Orlando Sentinel cited the finale being "a stunner." The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph both reported that "The End" had received negative reviews and disappointed its viewers. Alan Sepinwall of Star-Ledger

7497-416: The biggest critical and commercial successes of the 2004 television season . Along with fellow new series Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy , Lost helped to reverse the flagging fortunes of ABC, and its great success likely caused the network to ignore that the show almost immediately broke Lindelof and Abrams' promises to it regarding Lost ' s plots. Many of the first season roles were

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7644-455: The company's daily activities. In some cases, a production company can be run by only a handful of people. The company's funds are mainly committed towards employing talent, crew, and acquiring new updated production equipment on a regular basis. Many productions often require at least one to two cameras and lighting equipment for on location shooting. Production equipment is either leased or purchased from another production company or directly from

7791-444: The company's growth strategy in its existing businesses, while developing new areas of expansion across the entire Bad Robot platform and pursuing alternative financing options. In May 2015, Ben Stephenson left the BBC where he had been head of drama to helm Bad Robot Television. Lindsey Weber leads Bad Robot's feature film division. The production logo has appeared since 2001, featuring

7938-528: The concept as "parts Cast Away , Survivor , and Gilligan's Island , with a Lord of the Flies element." Many found the idea laughable, but senior vice president Thom Sherman saw potential and decided to order an initial script from Spelling Television . Spelling producer Ted Gold turned to writer Jeffrey Lieber , who presented a pitch to ABC in September 2003 titled Nowhere , which Sherman approved. Unhappy with

8085-525: The conflict between Jacob and the Man in Black, who are revealed to be twin brothers, with Jacob desperate to keep his brother from leaving the island after he is transmogrified by the power of the island and becomes the Smoke Monster. Jacob's machinations are revealed: everyone was pushed by fate and his manipulation to be on the Oceanic flight as many of the members of the flight were deemed "candidates" by Jacob to be

8232-440: The crash, a role later fulfilled by the recurring character Rose. Dominic Monaghan auditioned for the role of Sawyer, who at the time was supposed to be a slick suit-wearing city con man. The producers enjoyed Monaghan's performance and changed the character of Charlie, a washed-up former rock star, to fit him. Jorge Garcia also auditioned for Sawyer, and the part of Hurley was written for him. When Josh Holloway auditioned for Sawyer,

8379-534: The creative director. In 2020, Anna Sweet was brought on as the CEO of Bad Robot Games. Mike Booth also joined in December 2020, managing the company's newly created in-house development studio. By February 2022, he had taken on the role of chief creative officer. In 2006, Bad Robot teamed up with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television for a $ 60 million development deal that lasted through 2018. In late 2018, it

8526-421: The crew of the freighter have orders to kill everyone who stays. Meanwhile, Ben travels with Locke to see Jacob , the island's leader. Locke enters his cabin but finds Jack's dead father, Christian , who says he can speak on Jacob's behalf, and orders Locke to "move" the island. Ben takes Locke to an underground station in which time travel was researched. Locke becomes the new leader of the Others, while Ben moves

8673-498: The current season is the show's willingness to abandon many of the larger and more compelling themes that grounded the elaborate plot: the struggles between faith and reason; the indictments of extreme capitalism, the futility of recovery. All that remains is the reductively limned battle between fate and free will largely playing out, now, in Jack Shephard's belief that returning to the island is his Destiny." The A.V. Club said of

8820-471: The discussions about the episode may never end, saying " Lost may be gone, but it will hardly be forgotten." Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times also gave the finale a perfect score, stating "Sunday's show was an emotional, funny, expertly measured reminder of what Lost has really centered on since its first moments on the prime time TV landscape: faith, hope, romance and the power of redemption through belief in

8967-406: The end and find a big nothing in return for all we've invested in these characters. We don't just need answers, we need justifications. Why has whatever happened, happened? Who has called this particular meeting to order, and does it really matter who showed up?" The episodes " Dr. Linus ", " Ab Aeterno ", " Happily Ever After ", and " The Candidate " opened to highly positive critical reception while

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9114-561: The entire cast as complicit, with the exception of one main actress. Lost has been described by numerous critics as being among the greatest television series of all time. Bill Carter, television reporter of The New York Times , defined Lost as "the show with perhaps the most compelling continuing story line in television history." Entertainment Weekly put the show on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Name another network drama that can so wondrously turn a ? into a !" In 2012, Entertainment Weekly also listed

9261-733: The episode " Confidence Man ." Alternate music is used in several international broadcasts. For example, in the Japanese broadcast of Lost , the theme song used varies by season: season one uses "Here I Am" by Chemistry , season two uses " Losin' " by Yuna Ito , and season three uses "Lonely Girl" by Crystal Kay . In May 2023, Maureen Ryan 's book Burn It Down: Power, Complicity and a Call For Change in Hollywood cited claims made by cast member Harold Perrineau and writers Monica Owusu-Breen and Melinda Hsu Taylor of an alleged toxic and racist environment fostered by Lindelof and Cuse. Perrineau said he

9408-425: The episode(s) that preceded it ... there is no 'Ultimate Mystery' which requires solving." While such statements contradicted their true plans, the ruse succeeded in persuading ABC to purchase the show. The game Myst , also set in a tropical island, was noted as an influence by Lindelof, as in its narrative, "No one told you what the rules were. You just had to walk around and explore these environments and gradually

9555-633: The eventual script by Lieber and a subsequent rewrite, in January 2004, Braun contacted J. J. Abrams, who had developed the TV series Alias for ABC, to write a new pilot script. Lieber would later receive a story credit for the Lost pilot and, subsequently, shared the "created by" credit with Abrams and Lindelof, after a request for arbitration at the Writers Guild of America . The one inviolable edict Braun made to Abrams

9702-440: The exposure, when shooting in public locations, major productions often employ security to ensure the protection of the talent and crew working on a specific production. After filming is completed, the production enters into post production, which is handled by a post production company and overseen by the production company. The editing, musical score, visual effects, re-recording of the dialog, and sound effects are "mixed" to create

9849-467: The fate of the Dharma Initiative. The leader of the Others, Ben Linus , is introduced as well and defections from both sides pave the way for conflict between the two. Time travel elements also begin to appear in the series, as Desmond is forced to turn the fail-safe key in the hatch to stop the electromagnetic event, and this sends his mind eight years to the past. When he returns to the present, he

9996-455: The fifth-season finale, "Me? I found the ending frustrating, but in a good way. This finale was entertaining as all get-out to me, and despite the occasional groaner moment, I think this may be Lost's most purposeful, surprising finale." Season six opened to much hype and curiosity. The A.V. Club asked, "I'm guessing that one of the biggest fears of Lost fans as we ride out this sixth and final season—bumps and all—is that we're going to come to

10143-425: The final film, which is then screened at the final screening. Marketing is also launched during this phase, such as the release of trailers and posters. Once a final film has been approved, the film is taken over by the distributors, who then release the film. For legal reasons, it is common within the entertainment industry for production companies not to accept unsolicited materials from any other company, talent, or

10290-441: The general public. It is also common for filmmakers or producers to become entrepreneurs and open their own production companies so that they can have more control over their careers and pay, while acting as an "in-house" creative and business driving force for their company but continuing to freelance as an artist for other companies, if desired. Lost (2004 TV series) This is an accepted version of this page Lost

10437-449: The ground. While two survivors, Locke and Boone , try to force open the hatch, four others; Michael , Jin , Walt , and Sawyer attempt to leave on a raft that they have built. Meanwhile, flashbacks center on details of the individual survivors' lives prior to the plane crash. Season 2 follows the growing conflict between the survivors and the Others and continues the theme of the clash between faith and science. The four survivors in

10584-426: The guild. Productions with smaller budgets are allowed to use both guild talent and talent from the public. The majority of the talent and crew working in the entertainment industry are members of their professions guild. Most productions in the entertainment industry are guild productions. A production company is responsible for the development and filming of a specific production or media broadcast. In entertainment,

10731-409: The heart of the series is a complex and cryptic storyline, which spawned numerous questions and discussions among viewers. Encouraged by Lost ' s writers and stars, who often interacted with fans online, viewers and TV critics alike took to widespread theorizing in an attempt to unravel the mysteries. Theories mainly concerned the nature of the island, the origins of the "Monster" and the "Others",

10878-503: The island again. Ben finds Locke and kills him. After Locke's death, the Oceanic Six are told to board Ajira Airways Flight 316 to return to the island and in order to go back, they have to take Locke's body in the plane. They take the flight, but some land in 1977, where they meet with the other survivors who are now part of the Dharma Initiative, and others land in 2007. The survivors in 1977 are told by Daniel Faraday that if they detonate

11025-486: The island by turning a frozen wheel, after which he is transported to the Sahara . The six survivors escape in a helicopter as they watch the island disappear and are subsequently rescued by Penny. It is then that Desmond and Penny reunite. In the season's finale, it is revealed that the funeral Jack went to in the "flashforward" was that of Locke, who had been seeking out the Oceanic Six in his efforts to convince them to return to

11172-478: The island himself, Locke is transported to the Sahara in 2007, as the time shifts on the island stop and the survivors are stranded with the Dharma Initiative in 1974. In 2007, Locke contacts the Oceanic Six, but no one wants to return. The last one of the Oceanic Six he finds is a depressed Jack. Locke tells Jack his father is alive on the island. This seriously affects Jack, and he begins taking flights, hoping to crash on

11319-403: The island with his son, while Locke destroys the computer in the hatch, whereupon an electromagnetic event shakes the island. This causes the island to be detected by scientists working for Penny Widmore , and it is revealed that a similar event caused the breakup of the plane. In season 3, the crash survivors learn more about the Others and their long history on the mysterious island, along with

11466-414: The island, a mysterious group of inhabitants whom the survivors called " The Others ", a scientific organization called the Dharma Initiative that placed several research stations on the island, a sequence of numbers that frequently appears in the lives of the characters in the past, present, and future, and personal connections ( synchronicity ) between the characters of which they are often unaware. At

11613-400: The island. Season 5 follows two timelines. The first timeline takes place on the island where the survivors who were left behind erratically jump forward and backward through time. In one of these time periods, Locke speaks with Richard Alpert , one of the Others, who says that to save the island, he must bring everyone back. Locke goes to the same underground station Ben went to. After moving

11760-403: The island. Having assumed the form of Locke, the Smoke Monster seeks to escape the island and forces a final war between the forces of good and evil. The second timeline, called the "flash-sideways" narrative, follows the lives of the main characters in a setting where Oceanic 815 never crashed. In the final episodes, a flashback to the distant past shows the origins of the island's power and of

11907-428: The island. Naomi says her freighter, Kahana , is eighty miles offshore and was sent by Penny, Desmond's ex-girlfriend. Desmond has a vision in which Charlie will drown after shutting down a signal that prevents communication with the outside world. His vision comes true, but Charlie speaks with Penny, who says she does not know Naomi. Before drowning, Charlie writes "Not Penny's Boat" on his hand so that Desmond can warn

12054-610: The island. One member of her team includes the ruthless mercenary Martin Keamy ( Kevin Durand ). In the finale episode " The End ", recurring guest stars Sam Anderson ; L. Scott Caldwell ; Francois Chau ; Fionnula Flanagan ; Sonya Walger ; and John Terry were credited under the "starring" rubric alongside the principal cast. The mysterious black smoke cloud-like entity, known as " the Monster ", appeared in human form during season five and six as

12201-474: The island. They reach the place, but after doing this, The Man in Black becomes mortal. The Man in Black is killed by Kate, but Jack is seriously injured. Hurley becomes the new caretaker of the island. Several of the survivors die in the conflict or stay on the island, and the remaining escape in the Ajira Plane once and for all. Jack returns to the "heart of the island" and turns it on again, saving it. Hurley, as

12348-404: The island; the struggle between good and evil, shown by the relationship between Jacob and the Man in Black, several times by Locke using symbols such as his backgammon set, also the white and black rocks that the Man in Black referred to as an "inside joke"; and references to numerous works of literature, including mentions and discussions of particular novels. One notable reference to a novel

12495-636: The leading music supervisor for the company's films. Artists signed to the label include Cleveland -born rapper Nnena, neo soul singer/songwriter UMI, Nashville, Tennessee -based alternative rock artist Chaz Cardigan , and London -based rhythm and blues artist DWY. On September 12, 2019, Bad Robot officially announced a new five-year overall deal with WarnerMedia . According to The Hollywood Reporter , WarnerMedia agreed to pay Bad Robot at least $ 250 million (plus various financial incentives) to produce feature films, television shows, video games, and digital content. On May 25, 2021, Abrams announced that

12642-860: The main cast; however, several characters exited the show: Charlotte was written out early in the season in episode five, with Daniel being written out later in the antepenultimate episode. Season six saw several cast changes: Juliet was written out in the season premiere while three previous recurring characters were upgraded to starring status. These included Néstor Carbonell as mysterious, age-less Other Richard Alpert ; Jeff Fahey as pilot Frank Lapidus ; and Zuleikha Robinson as Ajira Airways Flight 316 survivor Ilana Verdansky . Additionally, former cast members Ian Somerhalder, Dominic Monaghan, Rebecca Mader, Jeremy Davies, Elizabeth Mitchell, Maggie Grace, Michelle Rodriguez, Harold Perrineau, and Cynthia Watros made return appearances. Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in

12789-414: The main characters; apocalyptic references, including Desmond's pushing the button to forestall the end of the world; coincidence versus fate, revealed most apparently through the juxtaposition of the characters Locke and Mr. Eko; conflict between science and faith, embodied by the leadership tug-of-war between Jack and Locke and their stark disagreements on subjects such as the hatch, the button, and leaving

12936-475: The manipulative leader of the Others, Ben Linus . In addition, three new actors joined the regular cast: Elizabeth Mitchell , as fertility doctor and Other Juliet Burke ; and Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro as background survivor couple Nikki Fernandez and Paulo . Several characters died in the season: Eko was killed off when Akinnuoye-Agbaje did not wish to continue on the show, Nikki and Paulo were buried alive mid-season after poor fan response, and in

13083-440: The manufacturer. In the entertainment industry, in order to secure experienced professional talent and crew, production companies often become a signatory company to that talent or crew members "guild". By becoming a signatory company, it agrees to abide by the guild regulations. All big budget guild productions are exclusive to guild members and non guild members are not allowed to participate in these productions unless authorized by

13230-404: The meaning of the numbers, and the reasons for both the crash and the survival of some passengers. Several of the more common fan theories were discussed and rejected by the show's creators, the most common being that the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are dead and in purgatory . Lindelof rejected speculation that spaceships or aliens influenced the events on the island or that everything seen

13377-503: The moment to moment business of telling an exciting story. Rendered insignificant ... were the particulars of what they had done on the island." David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun gave the episode a highly negative review, writing "If this is supposed to be such a smart and wise show, unlike anything else on network TV (blah, blah, blah), why such a wimpy, phony, quasi-religious, white-light, huggy-bear ending. ... Once Jack stepped into

13524-437: The new protector of the island after his death. The Man in Black's mission since the beginning: kill all of the candidates, thereby allowing him to leave the island once and for all. The ghost of Jacob appears to the last-of-the-surviving candidates, and Jack is appointed as the new protector. Jack catches up with The Man in Black, who says that he wants to go to the "heart of the island" to turn it off and, therefore, finally leave

13671-414: The new protector, asks Ben to help him in his new job, which he agrees to do. Having saved the island, Jack dies peacefully in the same place in which he woke up when he arrived on the island. The series finale reveals that the flash-sideways timeline is actually a form of limbo in the afterlife, where some of the survivors and other characters from the island are reunited after death. In the last scene,

13818-479: The nine best picture Oscar nominees were originally books. Previously, publishers did not develop their books into movie nor receive any of the profits. Neither Scholastic or Little Brown, get any box office revenue from the Harry Potter and The Twilight Saga movies just through book sales. As the publishers faced decreasing revenue due to increased competition from self-published e-books, or Amazon.com moving into

13965-535: The old-fashioned fun." The Los Angeles Times praised the production values and said "it knows the buttons it wants to push (fear of flying, fear of abandonment, fear of the unknown) and pushes them, repeatedly, like a kid playing a video game." IGN noted that the first season "succeeded first and foremost in character development." Lost season one was ranked number one in the "Best of 2005 TV Coverage: Critic Top Ten Lists" by Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe , Tom Gliatto of People Weekly , Charlie McCollum of

14112-417: The other survivors. Meanwhile, the survivors make contact with a rescue team aboard the freighter. In the season's finale , apparent flashbacks show a depressed Jack going to an unknown person's funeral. In the final scene, these are revealed to be "flashforwards", and Kate and Jack are revealed to have escaped the island, but Jack believes they "have to go back". Season 4 focuses on the survivors dealing with

14259-424: The past. If a production company has major funding either through earnings, studio investors, or private investors, and has done or been involved with big budget productions in the past, it is considered to be a major production company. These companies often work with well-known and expensive talent. If a production company does not have much funding and has not done or been involved with any big budget productions, it

14406-427: The pilot, survived the crash and, subsequently, became one of the Others. In the second season, married couple Rose Nadler ( L. Scott Caldwell ) and Bernard Nadler ( Sam Anderson ), separated on opposite sides of the island (she with the main characters, he with the tail section survivors), were featured in a flashback episode after being reunited. The second season also introduces Dr. Pierre Chang ( Francois Chau ),

14553-484: The plane crashes on a mysterious island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean . Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island, augmented by flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved characters. Lindelof and Carlton Cuse served as showrunners and are executive producers along with Abrams and Bryan Burk . Inspired by the 2000 film Cast Away ,

14700-585: The potential of narrative uncertainty and made it a beguiling constant." The fifth season once again received mostly positive critical reception. Season 5 was given a weighted average of 78 out of 100 by Metacritic. Variety said that "The ABC series remains one of primetime's most uncompromising efforts, and this year's latest wrinkle on flashbacks, flash-forwards and island-disappearing flashes of light does nothing to alter that perception." Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger said that season 5 may finally be "a day of reckoning between those viewers who embrace

14847-410: The producers liked the edge he brought to the character (he reportedly kicked a chair when he forgot his lines and got angry in the audition) and his southern accent , so they changed Sawyer to fit Holloway's acting. Yunjin Kim auditioned for Kate, but the producers wrote the character of Sun for her and the character of Jin, portrayed by Daniel Dae Kim, to be her husband. Sayid, played by Naveen Andrews,

14994-464: The production or may accomplish this through a parent company , partner, or private investor. It handles budgeting, scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and resources , the organization of staff, the production itself, post-production , distribution, and marketing . Production companies are often either owned or under contract with a media conglomerate , film studio , record label , video game publisher , or entertainment company, due to

15141-416: The production process begins with the development of a specific project. Once a final script has been produced by the screenwriters, the production enters into the pre-production phase, most productions never reach this phase for financing or talent reasons. In pre-production, the actors are signed on and prepared for their roles, crew is signed on, shooting locations are found, sets are built or acquired, and

15288-486: The production's shooting locations for both privacy and safety reasons. In many cases, the director, producers, and the leading actors are often the only people with access to a full or majority of a single script. Supporting actors, background actors, and crew often never receive a full copy of a specific script to prevent leaks. Productions are often shot in secured studios, with limited to no public access, but they are also shot on location on secured sets or locations. Due to

15435-490: The progressive storyline. Danielle Rousseau ( Mira Furlan )—a French member of an earlier scientific expedition to the island, first encountered as a voice recording in the pilot episode—appears throughout the series. She is searching for her daughter, who later turns up in the form of Alex Rousseau ( Tania Raymonde ). Alex has been kidnapped by Ben Linus and brought to the Others where she was raised. Cindy ( Kimberley Joseph ), an Oceanic flight attendant who first appeared in

15582-552: The proper shooting permits are acquired for on location shooting. Actors and crew are hand picked by the producer, director, and casting director, who often use collaborators or referenced personnel to prevent untrusted or unwelcomed people from gaining access to a specific production and compromising the entire production through leaks. Once a production enters into principal photography, it begins filming. Productions are almost never cancelled once they reach this phase. Codenames are often used on bigger productions during filming to conceal

15729-517: The publishing field, publishers have started to enter the film and TV production business to boost their net income with Amazon attempting to compete there too. More screenwriters are turning to book publishers to get their screenplay published as a book, so as to have a boost in their attempt to have the screenplay turned into a movie, given that it is a known product after the book. Publisher Simon & Schuster , though not involved with film and TV, shares possible film and TV deals with CBS (S&S

15876-421: The raft are ambushed by the Others, and they take Walt, Michael's son. The survivors are forced to return to the island, where they find the tail-section survivors (the "Tailies"). A power struggle between Jack and Locke over control of the guns and medicine located in the hatch develops and is resolved by Sawyer when he gains control of them. The hatch is revealed to be a research station built 30 years earlier by

16023-477: The record player in the second season, which included Cass Elliot 's " Make Your Own Kind of Music " and Petula Clark 's " Downtown " in the second and third-season premieres respectively. Two episodes show Charlie on a street corner playing guitar and singing the Oasis song " Wonderwall ". In the third season's finale, Jack drives down the street listening to Nirvana 's "Scentless Apprentice", right before he arrives to

16170-482: The series' style and characters and also wrote a series bible that conceived and detailed the major mythological ideas and plot points for an ideal four-to-five-season run for the show. The novel idea of a story arc spanning several years was inspired by Babylon 5 . Because ABC felt that Alias was too serialized , Lindelof and Abrams assured the network in the bible that the show would be self-contained: "We promise ... that [each episode] requires NO knowledge of

16317-406: The series. ... There are narrative dead ends in every season of 'Lost,' but it felt like season six had more than usual." Mike Hale of The New York Times gave "The End" a mixed review, as the episode showed that the series was "shaky on the big picture—on organizing the welter of mythic-religious-philosophical material it insisted on incorporating into its plot—but highly skilled at the small one,

16464-456: The show at #10 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years", with a hot-and-cold description: " Lost was initially celebrated as a moving character-driven drama with a broad humanistic worldview that also presented itself as dramatic cryptography that demanded to be solved. The appeal narrowed as seasons progressed and the mythology became more complex, culminating in a still-debated finale that

16611-471: The show is told in a heavily serialized manner. Due to its large ensemble cast and the cost of filming primarily on location in Oahu , Hawaii, the series was one of the most expensive on television, with the pilot alone costing over $ 14 million. The fictional universe and mythology of Lost were expanded upon by a number of related media—most importantly a series of mini-episodes called Missing Pieces ; and

16758-472: The show reveled in critiques of capitalism, using the fictional Mittelos Bioscience and the "malevolent British industrialist" character of Charles Widmore as examples. The critic also said that the show was "in the dark business of exploring just how futile the modern search for peace, knowledge, recovery or profit really is." The critic did go on to say that the series was not as "philosophically refined" as The Sopranos or The Wire but that it "has maximized

16905-407: The show's science-fiction trappings, and those who prefer not to think about them." Sepinwall also related that "I loved every minute. But I'm also a geek who read Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov growing up." Heather Havrilesky of Salon.com criticized the use of time travel, saying that "when a narrator brings magic or time travel or an act of God into the picture, then uses it without restraint,

17052-436: The show, and Nikki and Paulo were killed off . It was also announced that the series would end three seasons after the third season, which Cuse hoped would tell the audience that the writers knew where the story was going. Metacritic gave season four a weighted average of 87 based on 12 critical reviews, For the first time since season one, Lost received an Emmy nomination for 'Outstanding Drama Series'. Tim Goodman of

17199-437: The sounds for the score using unusual instruments, such as striking suspended pieces of the plane's fuselage . On March 21, 2006, the record label Varèse Sarabande released the original television soundtrack for Lost ' s first season. The soundtrack included select full-length versions of the most popular themes of the season and the main title, which was composed by series creator J. J. Abrams. Varèse Sarabande released

17346-409: The story itself but expand the show's literary and philosophical subtext . These elements include frequent appearances of black and white, which reflect the dualism within characters and situations; as well as rebellion in almost all characters, especially Kate; dysfunctional family situations (especially ones that revolve around the fathers of many characters), as portrayed in the lives of nearly all

17493-516: The story loses its anchor to real life." The critic also asked "Why does it matter what Locke and Richard Alpert and Daniel Faraday or anyone else does, when they all seem as clueless and unfettered from reality as we are as viewers? How can these characters have any concrete agenda or strategic approach or philosophical perspective on anything when the rug is pulled out from under them by another Act of God every few seconds?" The New York Times also commented that "what has been most dispiriting about

17640-403: The survivors are all reunited in a church where they "move on" together. Episodes of Lost include a number of mysterious elements ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena. The creators of the series refer to these elements as composing the mythology of the series, and they formed the basis of fan speculation. The show's mythological elements include a " Smoke Monster " that roams

17787-415: The talent. Marketing is also a major factor. All films, as a tradition, are often marketed around the image and the performance of the actors; with an option of marketing the behind the scenes crew such as the directors and screenwriters. Unlike many other businesses, a production company does not rely on an ongoing revenue stream , they operate on ongoing investments; this often requires a parent company or

17934-615: The term production team typically refers to a group of individuals filling the role of " record producer " usually reserved for one individual. Some examples of musical production teams include Matmos and D-Influence . The aforementioned publishing conglomerates distribute said creative works, but it is not uncommon for production companies to act as a publication . For example, The Walt Disney Company and Nintendo act as publisher for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development respectively. Self-publishing , in this case, should not be confused with

18081-462: The third season was criticized for raising too many mysteries and not providing enough answers. Complaints were also made about the limited screen time for many of the main characters in the first block. Locke, played by Terry O'Quinn, who had tied for the highest second-season episode count, appeared in only 13 of 23 episodes in the third season—only two more than guest star M.C. Gainey, who played Tom. Reaction to two new characters, Nikki and Paulo,

18228-403: The third-season finale, Charlie dies a hero. In season four, Harold Perrineau rejoined the main cast to reprise the role of Michael, now suicidal and on a desperate redemptive journey to atone for his previous crimes. Along with Perrineau, additional new actors— Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday , a nervous physicist who takes a scientific interest in the island; Ken Leung as Miles Straume ,

18375-478: The third-season premiere along with Lindelof. The development of the show was constrained by tight deadlines, as it had been commissioned late in the 2004 season's development cycle. Despite the short schedule, the creative team remained flexible enough to modify or create characters to fit actors they wished to cast. Lost ' s two-part pilot episode was the most expensive in the network's history, reportedly costing between US$ 10 and $ 14 million, compared to

18522-449: The third-to-last episode " Across the Sea " was the episode with the most negative reception. The time spent at the Others' temple was criticized. E! Online described the show as "lightning in a bottle" and picked it as "Top TV Drama of 2010." The series finale opened to highly polarized critical and fan reception. According to Metacritic, "The End" received "generally favorable reviews" with

18669-472: The time performing in the musical Spamalot and was unable to travel to Hawaii. Extensive archives of filming locations are tracked at a repository at the Lost Virtual Tour. During its six years of broadcasting, Lost developed an extensive collection of promotional tools ranging from the traditional promotions of the TV show made by the channel, to the creation of alternate reality games , such as

18816-530: The toy line of the same name. Production company Generally the term refers to all individuals responsible for the technical aspects of creating a particular product, regardless of where in the process their expertise is required, or how long they are involved in the project. For example, in a theatrical performance, the production team has not only the running crew , but also the theatrical producer , designers , and theatrical direction . The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising

18963-504: The winter were filmed on Merchant St., with crushed ice scattered everywhere to create snow and Russian store and automobile signs on the street. Several scenes in the Season 3 finale, " Through the Looking Glass ", were shot in Los Angeles, including a hospital set borrowed from Grey's Anatomy . Two scenes during season four were filmed in London because Alan Dale , who portrays Widmore, was at

19110-527: The world, including California, New York, Iowa , Miami, South Korea, Iraq , Nigeria, United Kingdom, Paris, Thailand , Berlin, Maldives, and Australia. For example, scenes set in a Sydney Airport were filmed at the Hawaii Convention Center , while a World War II-era bunker was used as both an Iraqi Republican Guard installation and a Dharma Initiative research station. Scenes set in Germany during

19257-537: Was a fictional reality taking place in someone's mind. Carlton Cuse dismissed the theory that the island was a reality TV show and the castaways unwitting housemates, and Lindelof many times denied the theory that the "Monster" was a nanobot cloud similar to the one featured in Michael Crichton 's novel Prey (which happened to share the protagonist's name, Jack). There are several recurring elements and motifs on Lost , which generally have no direct effect on

19404-540: Was also announced that Bad Robot would be co-producing a remake of the British series The Wrong Mans for American network Showtime along with BBC Studios , but Showtime later cancelled the project. Bad Robot launched a subsidiary record label called Loud Robot in late 2018, in partnership with Capitol Music Group . Loud Robot is headed by co-general managers McKee Floyd and Nicky Berger along with Charles Scott, who currently heads Bad Robot's music division and has been

19551-428: Was also not in the original script. Locke and Michael were written with their actors in mind. Emilie de Ravin, who played Claire, was cast in what was supposed to be a recurring role. In the second season, Michael Emerson was contracted to play Ben ("Henry Gale") for three episodes. His role was extended to eight episodes because of his acting skills and eventually, for the whole of season three and later seasons. Lost

19698-416: Was announced that Bad Robot was leaving Paramount and seeking a new overall deal. In January 2019, it was announced that Universal , Disney , and Warner Bros. were the top three studios battling it out for what could be a record breaking overall deal including theme parks, music labels, TV, merchandising, and streaming services as Bad Robot plans on ramping up production significantly in the coming years. It

19845-589: Was announced that Bad Robot would be partnering with the Valve Corporation to produce possibly a Half-Life or Portal film in the distant future. In August 2015, Valve released a new beta game mode to Team Fortress 2 , PASS Time , which Bad Robot worked on. On July 7, 2016, the PASS Time game mode became official. In August 2013, Bad Robot released a trailer on YouTube entitled "Stranger", rumoured to be Abrams' next film or television project, perhaps even

19992-572: Was conceived by Lloyd Braun , head of ABC at the time, while he was on vacation in Hawaii during 2003 as a television adaptation of the 2000 Tom Hanks film Cast Away , crossed with elements of the popular reality show Survivor . Braun later pitched his ideas for Cast Away – The Series at the network's gathering of executives at the Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa in Anaheim, California , describing

20139-596: Was deeply meaningful to some and dissatisfying poppycock to others." In 2007, TV Guide ranked Lost as the #5 cult show. In 2013, TV Guide ranked it as the #5 sci-fi show and the #36 best series of all time. In September 2019, The Guardian ranked the show 71st on its list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century. The first season received critical acclaim. USA Today said a "totally original, fabulously enjoyable lost-at-sea series", Lost had taken "an outlandish Saturday-serial setup and imbued it with real characters and honest emotions, without sacrificing any of

20286-470: Was filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely on the Hawaiian island of Oahu given the easily accessible, wide diversity of filming locations. The original island scenes for the pilot were filmed at Mokulē'ia Beach, near the northwest tip of the island. Later beach scenes take place in secluded spots of the famous North Shore . Cave scenes in the first season were filmed on a sound stage built at

20433-465: Was fired by Lindelof after he asked about his character's death. In response to the allegations, Lindelof stated "my level of fundamental inexperience as a manager and a boss, my role as someone who was supposed to model a climate of creative danger and risk-taking but provide safety and comfort inside of the creative process—I failed in that endeavor". Recurring cast member Mira Furlan also recalled an abusive on-set experience in her memoir. She regarded

20580-491: Was generally negative, and Lindelof even acknowledged that the couple was "universally despised" by fans. The decision to split the season and the American time-slot switch after the hiatus were also criticized. Cuse acknowledged that, "No one was happy with the six-episode run." The second block of episodes was critically acclaimed, however, with the crew dealing with problems from the first block. More answers were written into

20727-548: Was less enthusiastic of the finale, stating "I'm still wrestling with my feelings about 'The End'... I thought most of it worked like gangbusters. ... But as someone who did spend at least part of the last six years dwelling on the questions that were unanswered—be they little things like the outrigger shootout or why The Others left Dharma in charge of the Swan station after the purge, or bigger ones like Walt—I can't say I found 'The End' wholly satisfying, either as closure for this season or

20874-417: Was originally based at Touchstone Television , but was moved by J.J. Abrams to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television , after his contract with ABC expired in 2006. Bad Robot produced Lost in association with ABC Studios , formerly Touchstone Television. The two companies jointly produced Six Degrees and What About Brian . The deal was first recommended and presented in 1999 as part of

21021-541: Was planned as a multicultural show with an international cast. The initial season had 14 regular speaking roles that received star billing ; though most of these actors remained on the show for the duration of its run (including flashbacks and alternate timelines), no single actor appeared in all 121 episodes. Matthew Fox played the protagonist, a troubled surgeon named Jack Shephard . Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen . Jorge Garcia played Hugo "Hurley" Reyes , an unlucky lottery winner. Josh Holloway played

21168-630: Was restructured at the end of 2010 under new management and currently struck deals with some of the Big Six studios (most notably the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group and Warner Bros. ); Miramax , which was downsized by former owner Disney into a smaller division. Because a production company is only operational when a production is being produced and most of the talent and crew are freelancers , many production companies are only required to hire management staff that helps to oversee

21315-714: Was snubbed by the Emmy Awards in Season 2. Nearing the end of the second season, USA Today listed the most popular fan theories during Season 2—the island as a psychological experiment, that the hatch had electromagnetic properties, string theory of time, and that everyone on the island had developed a "collective consciousness" that allowed them to appear in each other's past. One fan interview by USA Today said that "Real suspense comes from answers, not questions. Suspense comes not from wondering what's going on but from wondering what happens next. If you withhold answers, it becomes impossible to satisfy." The first block of episodes of

21462-457: Was that the show's title must be Lost , having conceived of the title and being angry at its change to Nowhere by Lieber. Although initially hesitant, Abrams warmed to the idea on the condition that the series would have a supernatural angle to it and if he had a writing partner. ABC executive Heather Kadin sent him Damon Lindelof , who had long intended to meet Abrams as he wished to write for Alias . Together, Abrams and Lindelof created

21609-508: Was written out near the end of season one, and Walt became an intermittent character, making occasional appearances throughout season two after he is captured by The Others in the season one finale. Shannon's departure eight episodes into season two made way for newcomers Mr. Eko , a former Nigerian militia leader and fake Catholic priest played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ; Ana Lucia Cortez , an airport TSA guard and former LAPD police officer played by Michelle Rodriguez ; and Libby Smith ,

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