More money for Matthew Fox
We mentioned that Matthew Fox (along with Evangeline Lilly) was in negotiations for a higher salary. Well, it looks like he got it. Fox will now be earning about $225,000 per episode of Lost, as opposed to the approximately $150,000 per episode he was making before.I guess Jack Shepard will be with us through the rest of the season (and likely the rest of the series). If the character were more disposable, it's likely he would have gone the way of other now-dead Lost characters such as Charlie.
The article also states that he's now making as much as each of the cast members of ABC's other hit Desperate Housewives. I didn't know the wives of Wisteria Lane made so much. I thought Lost was a more popular show than Desperate Housewives. In that regard, I can understand why Fox would want to renegotiate his contract.
The rest of the Lost core cast is in the process of renegotiating their deals. Once that is done, I guess we'll know better who is staying and who will meet some sort of grizzly fate.

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