As we mark the 10th anniversary of the LOST series premiere, many media outlets have aired retrospectives on the iconic ABC series created by J.J. Abrams. Showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse endured a lot of flack for questions the series left unanswered while both have gone on to other projects. Lindelof stills draws the ire of fans but Carlton Cuse has developed new fanbases on his series BATES MOTEL and THE STRAIN.
During a recent appearance on ABC in America, Cuse was asked about the lasting legacy of LOST and whether or not we may see a return to the island in the future.
“Disney owns the franchise, it made them a lot of money, it's hard to imagine it will just sit there idly forever.
“Damon (Lindelof) and I told our story in that world and I assume someone will come along, hopefully having been inspired by our story, or our version of the story, and want to tell their own story.
“It's like the Narnia chronicles. There are seen books, they were all written by CS Lewis, but they all visit Narnia at different times and different configurations and different ways.
“Someone is going to come up with a way to tell another Lost story. I think it's inevitable. I don't know what it is or how it would work, but I can't imagine something else won't be done with the franchise.”
In his novel UNDER THE DOME (now a series created by former LOST writer Brian K. Vaughan), Stephen King theorized a future sequel series called THE HUNTED ONES. Many have thought about the child characters from the series ending up on the island and enduring their own mysterious journey. The concept is broad enough that any number of ideas could work. The question remains: would anyone watch it?
LOST brought the highly-serialized format back to television in a way that no other recent series has matched. While some detractors disliked the finale (I loved it), LOST will forever rank as one of the greatest TV shows of all time. I am all for a sequel or companion series, just not a reboot. Make it happen, ABC.
