ABC to Produce "Lost" Spin-Off Episodes for Mobile Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2005 - 3:25am.

Los Angeles - The producers of the ABC TV drama "Lost" plan to offer a spin-off of the show, "Lost Video Diaries," that will be distributed exclusively to video-capable cell phones early next year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Lost" executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will handle production of 20 "mobisodes," set to begin shooting next month, without involvement from ABC or Touchstone Television. The spin-off will introduce two new characters not featured in the TV series. While no carrier partner has been announced, Verizon this week began offering several mobile applications based on content from "Lost" and ABC's "Desperate Housewives." ABC also recently began selling 99-cent full episodes of the two series for download to iPods, PCs and other devices, through Apple's iTunes Store.
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