The Boone Docks...

Rumor has it Ian Sommerhalder (Boone) was seen in Hawaii practicing lines with Terry O'Quinn (Locke). It would seem that unless the producers really are starting the 'Zombie Season' ahead of time, Boone just might be popping up in a flashback very soon...

Jack not Kate

It seems our spoilers in internetland have done a flip flop. The season premier will apparently now be JACK-centric, instead of Kate-centric. We will apparently learn more of the divide that existed between Jack and his father, Christian Sheppard. More info as it comes...

Only three weeks away...

LOST fans worldwide, rejoice. We are entering our final few weeks before we have our first 'pod' of new LOST episodes. Theories are abound as we will apparently see the underwater hatch become a reality, among other exciting happenings this year on LOST island.

For those of you who haven't heard - the first five episodes, titles included, are shaping up to be:

October 4, 2006 - A Tale of Two Cities (Kate Centric)
October 11, 2006 - Further Instructions (Claire Centric)
October 18, 2006 - The Glass Ballerina (Sun Centric)
October 25, 2006 - Every Man For Himself (Desmond Centric)
November 1, 2006 - The Cost of Living (Eko Centric)
November 8, 2006 - Untitled Mini-Finale

Apparently it appears that we will be seeing very little of Jack during the first six episode arc, mainly because he is off filiming movies, perhaps Rambo 4?

Anyway, I know you are all as excited as I am for the new season. To plan for it, get ready for much more frequent blog updates, with as much information as I can gather together.

I will also be reviewing the extra features on the LOST Season Two DVD's very shortly.

Until then...

A new 'SPECIES' on the LOST island

Courtesy of www.thetailsection.com, news has been leaked that actress Natasha Hentstridge has been inked to join the cast of LOST for season 3.

Henstridge got her big break starring as the lead alien in the science fiction film, "Species". Most recently she had a part on the ABC "Commander In Chief".

It is believed she will play one of the crash survivors who will step out of the background to take a leadership role, while Jack, Kate and Sawyer are being held captive by the Others.

It will be interesting if that pans out, or if she joins the show in another capactiy. More info as it becomes available.

More Gossip Abound

Things are starting to get juicy, as more gossip starts to come out.

Today, we have a few tidbits courtesy of Kristin at E! Online, and also courtesy of the Sci-Fi Newswire:

Among the revelations to come: Viewers will learn more about Desmond and Penny, why Locke was paralyzed, why Libby was in the asylum, and why the island has healing powers.
The smoke monster is definitely not made of nanobots.

Kate will "make her choice" in the first six episodes of the season. Her choice is presumably between Sawyer and Jack.

The word "clone" will never be heard on the show.

The Powers That Be all but confirmed Libby will be appearing in flashbacks, most logically Desmond's or Hurley's.

If you're asking about daddy issues, you're asking the right questions.

Strong implication that an underwater hatch might exist and that it might be explored this season.

The producers say the hieroglyphics on the timer translate to "underworld".

More as it comes...

News From the Cuse

Finally we have some tasty morsels courtesy of the last Ask Ausiello Report, and an interview with LOST producer, Carlton Cuse:

"During an interview Carlton Cuse revealed: We almost view the first six as a miniseries. And it's going to answer what we left hanging at the end of the finale. Obviously, we're going to explain what happened to Locke and Desmond and Eko, and sort of deal with the fact that Sawyer and Kate and Jack are in captivity. We would love to sort of finish up [Libby]'s story. We're casting two female roles and one new male role. I can't tell you where the characters are going to come from, but obviously, one of the things we're doing this year on the show is... learning a lot more about the Others, and their society and their history. So it might be fair to say that you're going to learn more about some other characters who are also Others. I wouldn't call it the season of sex, but I will say that romance will play a much more active part of the show this year... We actually meant to get to it last year. We didn't really get to the romance as fast as we thought we were going to. So this year that's definitely on our agenda. I think actually one of these new female characters is going to be a romantic interest, possibly for Jack. There will be several new romances on the show this year... I think that this year we're looking to make the show a little bit brighter, a little bit more vibrant, a little bit more on the action-adventure axis, a little bit more on the romance axis. I don't think the show will be as dark and as intense this year [as it was last season]. And it will be, I think, even more on the character axis than on the mythological axis. John Locke will be a very different person in Season 3. All of his questions and his doubts and his uncertainty have been answered. In fact, the button did mean something. And there was something at stake. And I think that will bring about a change in that character. Penny is an important character in the overarching mythology of the show. The interrelationship between the outside world and the island will be something that will be a part of Season 3. The monster will be a part of Season 3, as will the polar bear. People are asking what happened to the polar bear, so we will be doing some polar-bear stories. The smoke creature and the monster are one and the same. I hope Cindy shows up at some point. Let's just say we have many actors on our show; she is not at the top of the list of actors we're servicing"

I can't wait to hear more.

2 newsbits...

I have just learned that according to Amazon.com, the release date of the LOST Season 2 DVD package has been pushed up nearly a month to September the 5th. This is good news for those of us who want to watch a few of the episodes again before Season 3 begins.

I've also heard that Matthew Fox has been cast as the lead villian in get this - the newest sequel to the Sylvester Stallone series, Rambo. Here's hoping that Foxey is finally the one to off the post-war veteran.

More news as it comes...