Usually official comments on the new season are very generic at this stage in pre-production, but in an unusual move exec Howard Gordon has given quite a candid interview about the new season. Answering questions about the aborted Africa setting and storyline, and why the decision was taken. He also talks about his feelings about season 6. Of course there are spoilers, but it is a very interesting interview so unless your completely blocking out all spoilers, then it’s a recommended read.
Some Series 7 news, which is strictly speaking spoilers, but really is too big to ignore. Still, don’t read if you don’t want too.
According to reports on TV Guide, the writers grand plans for next year included filming many episodes on location in Africa, yes, Africa. A Plan which Fox executives quickly deemed too costly, and after trying to find shooting locations near L.A. which could double for Africa and coming up short, the decision has been made to dump the entire Africa storyline, and start all over again. Reportedly this has pushed the start of production back three weeks.
It’s started again, the stream of rumours and spoilers is about to begin again, and if previous years are anything to go by some of it will be wildly inaccurate and some of it will be spot on. Still you’ve got to make up your mind if you want to read such reports. Links below have some generic character and location/plot rumours.
That has been the poll question for the better part of three weeks now, although the results have been pretty clear for a little while. First and Second don’t come as a huge shock to me, but placings after that may surprise.
Chloe O’Brian – 41%
Bill Buchanan – 21%
Mike Doyle – 9%
Nadia Yassir – 7%
Wayne Palmer – 7%
Tom Lennox – 6%
Morris O’Brian – 4%
Marilyn Bauer – 3%
Karen Hayes – 1%
Sandra Palmer – 0%
I didn’t expect Karen Hayes to do so badly, or for Mike Doyle to win the race of the also rans (though I am pleased with the latter).
The new poll asks for your opinion on how S6 compared with previous days.
I’ve been running a “best episode of the season poll” for the last two weeks, and Episode 4 won it by a whisker (by one percent of the vote), just pipping Episode 24. Episode 17 came third.
The new poll asks which of this years supporting cast do you most want to return next year.
“At the beginning of every season, we sit down – maybe eight or nine of us – in a room,” says Evan Katz. “We talk for about two hours a day for weeks and weeks. It’s draining, but what emerges are ideas about story construction, and villains, and settings. We leave that room with a good idea about the first four episodes.”
Evan Katz has been a writer on the show since series two, in this interview he offers some frank answers about the writing process on the show and it’s future.
