Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof‘s post-island career is taking off nicely, as well as his involvement in the currently-filming sci-fi-cum-western Cowboys and Aliens he will soon be resuming his producer duties on the sequel to 2009′s Star Trek reboot. Speaking to E about the project, Lindelof has revealed that inspiration for the follow-up may come from the second entry of another successful franchise reboot, namely superhero behemoth The Dark Knight. Read the full story

He is leaving the island and heading into the extraterrestrial. Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof will be doing rewrites for 20th Century Fox on Ridley Scott‘s upcoming directing gig, the Alien prequel. Read the full story

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In case those reading this aren’t tired of the slew of graphic novel/comic book adaptations happening in Hollywood (one would assume that if you’re reading you are, in fact, not tired of it) then get excited. Sarcasm aside, actually get excited, because Cowboys and Aliens looks to be one of the more promising studio comic book adaptations getting made right now. Don’t believe me? Keep reading.
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Heat Vision is reporting that House star Olivia Wilde will saddle up alongside Daniel Craig, who replaced Robert Downey Jr., in Cowboys & Aliens. She will play Ella, a character that “joins up with mysterious gunslinger in an unlikely uprising against an alien invasion.” Transformers and Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci worked with Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof to form the script. Kurtzman and Orci, as well as Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are producing the film along with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the writer of the original graphic novel. Read the full story

Last night at the DVD/Blu-Ray premiere of Star Trek ScifiWire got some scoops on Star Trek 2. First, off Producer/writer Damon Lindelof stated why the time frame for the next installment won’t be until 2012. Read the full story

Way back in February 2007, it was announced that J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, the original team behind ABC’s mega-hit Lost, would be adapting author Stephen King’s seven book epic The Dark Tower into film, most likely as a series. News was trickling out on it piece by piece, even though not much was known as time went on, it was at least assumed that development would really pick up after Lost concluded in 2010 and Lindelof would have his hands free to work on the multiple scripts that would be required. Abrams was expected to possibly co-write the movies and direct all of them, something that would certainly take up much of his time, and for somebody who has multiple projects on his plate, including the sequel to his Summer hit Star Trek, and he has a tall order. But now it seems as if he won’t have to worry about that. Read the full story