Land of the Lost Movie News


Land of the Lost On-Set Interviews Part 1	Land of the Lost On-Set Interviews Part 2

Anna Friel on Land of the Lost - From canmag.com

Land of the Lost - Set Visit and Will Ferrell Interview - From Movieblog

Land of the Lost On Set Interview: Director Brad Silberling - From the Inland Empire Strikes Back

Land of the Lost On Set Interview: Danny McBride - From the Inland Empire Strikes Back

Set Visit: Land of the Lost! - From JoBlo.com

SET VISIT REPORT: LAND OF THE LOST - From CHUD.com

Time To Enter The Land Of The Lost Week! First Up, The Set Visit! - From Latino Review

Moriarty Visits The LAND OF THE LOST, Part 1! - From Aint it Cool News

Capone, of Ain't it Cool News fame, interviews Brad Silberling shortly after the Comic-Con 08 LOTL panel. Not much new here except that Silberling seems to reveal the Land of the Lost in the movie is an alternate Earth!

Be mindful while navigating Hollywood Boulevard during the Hollywood premiere of Land of the Lost on May 30, 2009.

Report From the test screening of LAND OF THE LOST

Will Farrell as Dr. Rick Marshall has written and performs a very familiar song in this video spoiler from the film.

Watch the Land of the Lost trailer:

Thanks to madeofstars.org!

	Introducing Cha-ka, as portrayed by Jorma Taccone



Echichi Surisatakani Read the January 2009 issue of Toy Collector Magazine (page 37 begins the Krofft article). Notice the accompanying photo of the Krofft brothers on the LOTL movie set...looks like it must be the Sleestak egg chamber. Also, Los Bros. Krofft confirm that not only does Kathy Coleman have a cameo in the film as reported previously, but so does Wesley Eure.



	*A New Land of the Lost* Promo Pic!** From Entertainment Weekly



Land of the Lost Movie Teaser Poster Revealed The first Land of the Lost movie teaser poster is out! And here's a glimpse courtesy of Cinematical! I've been against this movie being a comedy ever since the plan was announced, but I have to admit the production values appear to be there and this poster kicks ass! I presume that's Grumpy chasing the raft and there's a nice Altrusian head carved into stone in the background. Click the image at right to see the full poster.

An anonymous Lostie sent me a summary of a 10/31/07 revision of the Land of the Lost movie script. It appears the summary was originally posted on the Inland Empire Strikes Back website (hi, guys--I live in the Inland Empire myself!) but was removed some time ago "as a courtesy to Universal Pictures"...which basically means they were told to by Universal or their attorneys. So I think I'll refrain from posting the script summary here, but I did find it still on one forum, so you may want to do a search for it.

Reading the review, my worst fears seem to be realized...the script appears to be just as goofy as I'd hoped it WOULDN'T be; though as a Will Farrell flick, admittedly, there wasn't much hope of that. But there are some cool elements in it as well that would have made a pretty cool story in a more dramatic presentation (including homages to scenes from various episodes of the series from both first and second season). It also has a dramatic twist in it I DON'T like, involving a character we're all familiar with, but I won't spoil it for you. And though the script review is not specific, I get the impression that the Pakuni are not ape-like proto-humans, but just a primitive tribe of humans...unless the character of Will is into beastiality because there is a mention of him being in heaven, surrounded by beautiful Pakuni women!

Universal has released a slightly more detailed description of the plot of the movie:

Space-time vortexes suck.

Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, sucked into one and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world—a place of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy known as the Land of the Lost.

Sucked alongside him for the adventure are crack-smart research assistant Holly (Anna Friel) and a redneck survivalist (Danny McBride) named Will. Chased by T. rex and stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks, Marshall, Will and Holly must rely on their only ally—a primate called Chaka (Jorma Taccone)—to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they’re heroes. Get stuck, and they’ll be permanent refugees in the Land of the Lost.
Based on the classic television series created by Sid & Marty Krofft, Land of the Lost is directed by Brad Silberling and produced by Jimmy Miller and Sid & Marty Krofft.

It seems the author of the above linked article didn't do any research to refresh his memory of the show and find the details of the upcoming film. He makes the somewhat common mistake of referring to Enik as an evolved Sleestak from the future (real Losties know Enik's from the past). As for his details of the movie, he seems to believe that Marshall, Will and Holly are still related and that Rick Marshall is still a forest ranger (in the film he'll be an archaeologist and Will and Holly his unrelated assistant and guide). He also apparently has not seen the Sleestak photos that have been released and that the Enik picture recently released depicts how the Sleestak will look as well.

This is an old article, when Sony had the rights to do a movie that never materialized until Universal came into the picture.

Sony Snags Krofft Series
Sony Entertainment is continuing to move forward with acquisitions that they seem intent on turning into movie franchises, the latest of which are two old cult favorite TV shows created by Sid and Marty Krofft: H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost.

According to Variety, the properties were picked up from the programs’ creators for an amount in the high-six figures. In addition, both projects are being placed on the fast track and will be developed as live-action feature films. An unnamed source tells the trade that both projects are "open writing assignments." The Krofft brothers will act as producers on the films.

H.R. Pufnstuf was a live-action kids show that appeared in the late ‘60s on the NBC TV Network’s Saturday morning kid vid offering. The program told the story of a young boy named Jimmy who finds himself trapped on Living Island, a place where virtually everything is alive (courtesy of some outlandish costumes). Jimmy also has a gold flute that is alive named Freddie, something which is desired by the island’s witch, Witchiepoo. The only thing that stops the witch’s attempts to steal the flute is the island’s mayor, a multi-colored friendly dragon with a country twang voice whose name is Pufnstuf, and the other good residents of the island. Truly, only the ‘60s could have spawned something this strange.

Meanwhile, The Land of the Lost is more familiar terrain, though still very strange. Launched in the ‘70s, also for NBC Saturday morning fare, the series told the ongoing adventures of the Marshall family; a father and his two kids; who fall into an other-dimensional world where dinosaurs still live alongside various bizarre and/or threatening creatures, most prominent of which are the hissing reptilian Sleestaks. Beyond just surviving, the stories followed the family as they learned the strange science involved in this pocket universe as well as their attempts to find a way out and back home.

Way back in April, 1998, Variety reported that scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Man on the Moon) were interested in Pufnstuf. Wonder if they’re still thinking about a return to Living Island?

'Land of the Lost' isn't dumb fun, it's just dumb

Land of the Lost - A film review by Sean O'Connell