According to Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly, actress Elizabeth Mitchell will not be back in Season 6 as a full-time castmember. However, Ausiello also says, “Multiple sources confirm that the actress is expected to appear in an unspecified number of episodes next season.” I have no idea what that means for the fate of Juliet Burke, but I’m glad she’s not gone forever.

In related news, ABC announced in its “upfront” presentation of new shows for Fall 2009 that its remake of the alien invasion saga V has been picked up as a series and will debut sometime midseason. Which, by the way, puts it right smack-dab around the same time that Lost returns for Season 6. (Would you watch a two-hour block of Lost and V back-to-back?) Also included in the presentation was news that Elizabeth Mitchell is not a mere guest star, as previously reported, but is in fact the ensemble’s lead character, Erica Evans. Evans is rumored to be the leader of the human resistance against the alien invasion. The full cast is shown in an ABC promotional image, at right. Some early peeks at the pilot episode for V are below.

Not included in ABC’s renewals for Fall is Harold Perrineau’s new cop drama, The Unusuals. Perrineau is remembered by Lost fans as Michael Dawson.

Still wondering if we’ve seen the last of Juliet? Take a deep breath and get used to it — you’re supposed to be pondering that question until 2010.

The good news, according to E! Online, is that actress Elizabeth Mitchell will appear as Juliet on Lost next year. But what capacity she appears in… That’s the question. Full time cast member? Recurring or guest star? And how will her appearance be explained?

Did Juliet change history and allow herself to live? Will she appear as someone dead, like Christian Shephard? Will she somehow survive what happened at the bottom of that hole?

Settle in, the wait for answers is going to be a long one.

Image: Newscom.

Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) will appear as a guest star on ABC’s upcoming revamp of V, the alien invasion saga from the mid-’80s. No word yet on what part she’ll play in the TV movie (which is being made as a pilot for a potential series), but she will appear alongside headlining stars Scott Wolf (Party of Five), Joel Gretsch (The 4400), and Morena Baccarin (Firefly).

The announcement of Mitchell’s casting as part of a potential new series, made by EW’s Michael Ausiello in a worried frenzy, has set the blogosphere aflame with knee-jerk speculation that she’s leaving Lost, aka, that Juliet could be the major character death that we know is coming before the end of the year.

All the bloggers out there (Ausiello included) need to take some deep, cleansing breaths, and lay off the Red Bull. Mitchell’s joining V — as a guest star, in nothing more than a movie at this point — in no way negates her ability to be part of Lost. Keep in mind that Lost’s filming schedule is like its on-air schedule, leaving a majority of months open throughout the year for Lost actors to engage in other projects. It’s become quite common for Lost’s breakout stars to take on other roles during the show’s downtime. Also, let’s not forget that any show that starts out as a TV movie with the option to go to series, based on viewer numbers for that movie, can require up to a year or more after the movie was filmed for the series to enter production. (It’s happened that way with countless shows, the recent Battlestar Galactica being a prime example.)

So if V gets great ratings and goes to series, and if Mitchell were to join the cast in a more permanent way… The TV show V probably wouldn’t begin filming until after Lost’s sixth and final season next year, anyway.

Does that mean Juliet isn’t the major character death at the end of this season? Not at all. It just means this little bit of casting news shouldn’t increase her chances either way.

Image: CTV.ca.

Lyly Ford Blog comes through once again with some MAJOR SPOILERS for an upcoming episode of Season 5, most likely episode #8, “LaFleur,” from the looks of it. The spoilers come in the form of on-set spy photos which are very revealing. Click through for the link and discussion of what can be seen in the photos. Stay away if you don’t want to be spoiled!

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Lyly Ford Blog turned up ten new promotional pictures for Season Five. The pics are individual profile shots that match the cast shots from the Season Five poster (that “Destiny Calls” one you’ve probably seen a dozen times by now), which were obviously Photoshopped together to create the poster. Here’s your chance to see each character image from that poster solo, if that strikes your fancy. Note that these are not official ABC images, but instead appear to be the cut-and-paste (but still very professional looking) concoction of a TV network in Brazil, using the Destiny Calls poster as source material. But they still turn up a few interesting tidbits…

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With the continuation of Lost week, Kristin at E!Online sat down with Elizabeth Mitchell.

Kristin immediately asks Elizabeth about Ben. “As brilliant as he is, you can’t really tell if he’s creepy!” Elizabeth says. They also chat about Ben’s motivation in bringing Juliet to the island and whether or not Ben is killing the mothers on the island to keep Juliet there. “I really just find him delicious. It’s so easy to do with him,” Elizabeth says when it comes to filming scenes with Michael Emerson.

“I’ve always thought Juliet would die. I think it’s really great. I think it’s interesting,” Elizabeth says!!

A clip from the latest Mitovich Mega Minute saying that we’ve not seen the last of Jack/Juliet kisses.

Lost
Character Profile
Juliet Burke

Actor: Elizabeth Mitchell

On the Island: Juliet was one of the Others.

Profession: Fertility Doctor

Prior to the Crash:
Before the crash, Juliet had been on the island for approximately three years.

Juilet’s history prior to the island was working on fertility experiments in Miami. There she secretly, and successfully, impregnates her sister, who is stricken with cancer. She is then approached by Dr. Alpert to work for Mittelos Bioscience. Juliet begins to cry and says that the only way her ex-husband [Edmund Burke] would let her go if is he got hit by a bus. Well, he got hit by a bus! Juliet takes the job, even though she is worried about leaving her sister and knows she would have no contact for six months.

Once on the island it is Juliet’s task to determine what happened with the pregnant women. Unfortunately she can’t solve the problem and they continue to die. Ben tells Juliet that her sister’s cancer has returned. If Juliet stays and helps them, Jacob will make the cancer go away. Juliet stays and begins an intimate relationship with Goodwin. Goodwin’s wife is the island therapist, Harper. Harper learns of their relationship and isn’t very happy.

Ben also learns about the relationship and sends Goodwin off to join the Losties when the plane crashes.

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According to DarkUFO - one of the following will die by the end of Episode 3.09:

• Claire
• Desmond
• Jin
• Juliet
• Miles
• Sawyer
• Sun

I admit to being a little sad to lose any of them! Who do you think it will be? Vote in our poll on the right hand side of the page.

Lost
Episode 4.06: The Other Woman
Spoilers

Michael Ausiello said that in Episode 6, Juliet will be “getting some nookie” with a “male character who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation, but who got his big break in a prime-time drama I was scarily obsessed with.”

DarkUFO says that he can confirm that the person who Juliet sleeps with is Goodwin.

Source: DarkUFO