| Lost: Missing Pieces | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Directed by | Jack Bender |
| Starring | Michael Emerson Matthew Fox Jorge Garcia Daniel Dae Kim Yunjin Kim Elizabeth Mitchell Harold Perrineau |
| Composer | Michael Giacchino |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Damon Lindelof Carlton Cuse Barry Jossen J. J. Abrams Bryan Burk Jack Bender Jeff Pinkner |
| Production locations | Oahu, Hawaii |
| Cinematography | John Bartley Michael Bonvillain |
| Editor | Robert Florio |
| Running time | 1–4 minutes |
| Production company | ABC Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | V CAST ABC.com |
| Release | November 7, 2007 – January 28, 2008 |
| Related | |
| Lost | |
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Lost: Missing Pieces is a series of thirteen video clips ranging in length from one to four minutes that aired during the hiatus between the 3rd and 4th seasons of the television show Lost, from which this series is a spin off.[1] They generally became available to Verizon Wireless users on Mondays from November 2007 to January 2008 and were uploaded onto ABC's website a week later for free streaming.[2] The "mobisodes", or "webisodes", were shot in Honolulu, Hawaii, and produced by the same crew with the same cast as the television series; thus, all content is considered to be canonical.[3] Lost: Missing Pieces were included as special features in the fourth season's 2008 DVD releases.[4]
The project was announced in November 2005 as the Lost Video Diaries; however, production was delayed several times due to contractual restrictions. Lost's writer-producers originally proposed the mobisodes as a self-contained story that would focus on two previously unseen characters of the Lost fictional universe. These characters would be played by actors who were not part of the Screen Actors Guild; however the entertainment guilds refused to support such a project. After months of unsuccessful negotiating, the series was seemingly shelved by ABC. In June 2007, it was announced that the mobisodes, which would be renamed Lost: Missing Pieces, would star the regular characters of Lost in thirteen short video clips unrelated to each other.[5] Twelve scenes were newly shot; one was a deleted scene from the television series. Critical response to Lost: Missing Pieces was mixed. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2008.
- ^ "Lost: Missing Pieces Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine", ABC. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.
- ^ Jensen, Jeffrey "Doc", (November 8, 2007) "Lost "Mobisodes" Will Release as Webisodes Nov. 12 Archived 2008-10-01 at the Wayback Machine ", Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on January 26, 2008.
- ^ ABC, (November 12, 2007) "About Lost: Missing Pieces Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved on January 26, 2008.
- ^ Spurlin, Thomas, (December 6, 2008) "Lost: The Complete Fourth Season", DVD Talk. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.
- ^ Strause, Jackie, (January 31, 2008) "Lost is Found Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine ", New York Post. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.