"Laguna Beach," MTV's popular reality series, will be back for a third season. The show follows the trials and tribulations of various groups of real teens who live and love in one of the ritziest neighborhoods in Orange County, Calif.
"We're gearing up right now to sort of roll right back into production," says Tony DiSanto, the show's executive producer. "The idea is since these kids who live there go off to college, they come home occasionally so it will be similar to this [second] season in that you'll see a lot of familiar faces coming through, but the story will focus on a whole new batch of high school juniors and seniors."
"Laguna" uses multiple cameras and special editing techniques that make it look more like a scripted drama than a reality show. One of the most noticeable aspects of "Laguna" is its slick, network-TV appearance, as opposed to the videotaped, single-camera style of reality shows like "The Real World" or "Survivor."
Besides the unique look of the show, its stars have become so popular with fans that producers want to keep the phenomenon going. At the moment they are in the final stages of casting the latest batch of "Laguna" kids. "When we interview [potential castmembers] we look for stories — and not just individual stories. We try to figure out how the kids are going to relate to each other," says DiSanto.
DiSanto also said he hopes to be able to film scenes for the show in the local high school, an area that the school board deemed off limits to the crew since "Laguna" began. "I would be open to discussions," he says. "After season one we decided to stay out of the school so as not to disrupt education and classes. Maybe now there is an opportunity to get into the school for a couple of key events, a sporting event would be great," he says.
MTV also officially revealed a rough debut date for its previously announced Laguna Beach spin-off, 8th & Ocean, which will kick off early next year. That show will be set in Miami Beach and will be shot like its sibling series, but will follow vapid, empty models instead of vapid, empty rich teenagers. Those 10 models, both men and women, will “live in a South Beach apartment complex,” Zap2it.com reports.
Tony DiSanto, the series’ executive producer, says, “Our goal with ‘8th & Ocean’ is to pull back the curtains on this seemingly glamorous business and present the real life drama of this dynamic group of young models. We are going for a unique cinematic style with a narrative which will allow the viewers to feel as though they are there, eavesdropping on the lives of these up-and-coming models.”
Posted by Lawren at October 10, 2005 08:55 AM
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Who gives a FUCK???
Who???
What crack-addled fruitbag watches this CRAP???
FUCK!
That is all.
Nice.
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Johnny Chicago at October 10, 2005 07:35 PM
Um, I watch it. I'll admit it.
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Lawren at October 10, 2005 10:02 PM
MTV lost me about seven or eight years ago. The last straw was that nonsense they called Live8 coverage.
I can't relate to 20-somethings whining anymore.
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Kevvy the Unnamed Source at October 10, 2005 10:20 PM
Johnny Chicago . . . I watch it also!!
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3L Student at October 11, 2005 04:00 PM
I watch!
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Kelly at October 11, 2005 06:10 PM