Lost spinoff series ruled out by co-showrunner Carlton Cuse
Carlton Cuse also has a message for those wanting to continue the property
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In a time where writers are mining completed television shows for creative ideas, one series a cult fanbase have been pinning their revival hopes on is Lost.
One of the mystery drama's showrunners, however, has poured water on potential plans for a spinoff or reboot.
During New York Comic-Con last month, Cuse was reported as saying: "Damon and I are pretty adamant about the fact that we don’t have any intentions of rebooting Lost. I know that there are a lot of shows that have been rebooted lately, but we are not on that path.“
The 'Damon' that Cuse is referring to is his co-showrunner Damon Lindelof who co-created the series alongside JJ Abrams in 2004. Lindelof went on to oversee HBO's little-seen standout The Leftovers which drew to a conclusion earlier this year after a season many hailed as one of the greatest in recent memory. He'll next tackle an adaptation of Watchmen for the premium cable service.
Cuse now oversees Jack Ryan and Colony having ended successful series Bates Motel, a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho.
If Lost was continued, however, Cuse has some wishes.
"[I] hope that when that happens, whoever is doing it, doesn't take the characters from the original Lost and put them in the new one. Because we worked so hard to end that show and to give [the survivors] some level of closure. I know there was some debate as to whether or not there was enough closure.
Lost changed the face of network television upon its debut in 2004 running for six seasons and culminating in what could well be the most widely misunderstood series finale of all time - one that the showrunners recently teased almost ended in an altogether more fiery manner.
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