smash wrote:Anything 'Lost' scares me. It's going to be a long time before I start trusting dramas that try to bank on the 'Lost' angle of jerking around the viewer with the story/mystery.
Well, just wanted to pass this on; I just saw Jason Ritter on Jimmy Fallon, talking about The Event. He mentioned that the creator/head writer started this project like 7 years ago, but didn't offer it to any studio. So over the last 7 years he basically wrote 5 seasons worth of script/story, and sold it as a complete 5-season package to NBC. While it's not 100% sure 5 seasons will be made, NBC owns the rights to all 5 seasons worth of script/story.
This is awesome for several reasons; the first being, they aren't going to get stuck in a corner like Lost did a few times, and have to make shit up. Secondly, if it's successful, and I don't see why it won't be, nobody has to go "oh shit, how to we top that next season?" because it's already penned. Thirdly, as long as NBC breaks even, or makes a profit, they will continue to produce seasons of The Event. Fourth; it's not going to run and run forever. There is an end already written, so there should be very few "filler" episodes or just plain BS.
JR also mentioned that every episode that they are filming, each cast member gets a unique folder with information that they cannot share with any other cast members, and they just wrapped episode 7. He currently has NO idea what The Event really is.
