I don't know when exactly AMCtv.com's Sci-Fi Scanner blog came about, but after bringing us the news last week that Mathieu Kassovitz wasn't exactly happy over the final product that was Babylon A.D., they've continued their hot streak by landing an interview with "Lost" and Star Trek producer Damon Lindelof, who fessed up that he'd be just as eager to adapt Stephen King's series as he would be to see someone else do it.

"The Dark Tower is to me every bit as daunting an adaptation as the Lord of the Rings trilogy must have been for Peter Jackson, except we've got seven books we're looking at," said Lindelof, who then explained that doing that doing the films alongside the closure of Lost would be too challenging a task at the moment.

Not unlike Watchmen, King's series remains among the literary works that everyone else insists to me are positively OMG!-awesome and that I have yet to get around to (I know, I know). With any luck, I'll get to them before someone gets to the movies, which seems to be an inevitability with or without Lindelof's involvement.

[by way of Bloody Disgusting]

The cool thing to do these days is start a rumor about your TV-show being turned into a feature film. The newest cool guy is Damon Lindelof, who isn't announcing a Lost movie, but is simply throwing the idea out there as something he's really interested in doing. Basically his plan is to do five seasons (that would mean three more) and then do a movie, partially so the studio can't drag the show out longer than it should run. What I'm imagining is that in the summer of 2009 the show will have a cliff-hanger finale on TV and then conclude in theaters. Sure, it is a bit of a money-making scheme and some people might be annoyed about having to spend $10 (or maybe in three years it will be $13?) to see the end of the show, but as a fan, I'm very welcome to this idea. Of course, I'm one of the people who keeps wanting Landmark Theaters to show episodes on the big screen, first-run, the night they air on TV, for $5 a pop.

After the rumors of the Alias movie, it might be wise to wait for the official response from Lost's other co-creator J.J. Abrams. He might not have as much to do with the show lately, but I figure he would have some say in the matter, and it is likely people would expect him to direct the film. Unless Darren Aronofsky, who is sad that he wasn't able to shoot an episode this past season, wants to do it. It is also likely that people in charge will want to wait and see how the 24 movie does before making a commitment. That film is expected in 2008, so it might be a few years before we know for sure.