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American TV series or program| Fringe | |
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| File:Fringe poster figure.jpg | |
| Created by | J.J. Abrams Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman |
| Starring | Kirk Acevedo Tomas Arana Blair Brown Joshua Jackson Jasika Nicole John Noble Charlotte Rampling Lance Reddick Anna Torv Mark Valley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | J.J. Abrams Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman Bryan Burk Jeff Pinkner Alex Graves |
| Production locations | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Original release | |
| Network | FOX |
| Release | pre-production |
Fringe is the fourth TV Series co-created by J. J. Abrams (Felicity, Alias, Lost) and also his fourth collaboration with co-creators Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Alias, Mission Impossible III, Star Trek). It is produced by Warner Bros./Bad Robot, and deals with a research scientist named Walter Bishop (who Orci describes as "Frankenstein mixed with Albert Einstein"), his son, and a female FBI agent who brings them back together. The show is being described as a cross between The X-Files, Altered States and The Twilight Zone. Like Abrams' previous TV shows, it will have an overarching mythology. A two-hour, $10,000,000 pilot is being produced, where Walter is in a mental hospital. Jeff Pinkner will serve as executive producer/showrunner. The Fringe series premiere is scheduled for August 26, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Casting
On January 17, 2008, it was revealed that Kirk Acevedo, Tomas Arana and Mark Valley would be playing main characters in the pilot episode. Acevedo and Valley will play FBI agents. Arana's part is unknown.
On January 24, 2008, it was announced that John Noble and Lance Reddick would be playing main characters in the series. Noble will play one of the three lead characters: Dr. Walter Bishop. Reddick will play Phillip Broyles, a special agent for Homeland Security who heads the special Fringe division, which is established to investigate a series of terrorist/paranormal events. Charlotte Rampling has also joined the cast.
On January 31, 2008, Anna Torv, Blair Brown and Jasika Nicole had joined the cast. Torv will play one of the three lead characters: Olivia Dunham, a young, tough FBI agent who is forced to confront the spread of unexplained phenomena and work with Dr. Walter Bishop. Brown will play the brilliant Nina Cord, a 16-year veteran at Prometheus Corp., a cutting-edge research facility. And Nicole will play the recurring role of Astrid, a stunning federal assistant.
On February 8, 2008, they announced that Joshua Jackson had joined the cast. He will play Peter Bishop, a smart high-school drop-out with gambling debts, who is one of the lead characters in the show.
On April 12, 2008, it was announced that Jeff Pinkner will be the head show runner. J.J. Abrams said he trusts him after working with him in Alias and Lost.
Future episodes
- 1x01 - Pilot (2-hour series premiere)
From J.J. Abrams ("Lost"), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team behind "Star Trek," "Mission: Impossible III" and "Alias," comes a new drama that will thrill, terrify and explore the blurring line between science fiction and reality.
When an international flight lands at Boston's Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (newcomer Anna Torv) is called in to investigate. After her partner, Special Agent JOHN SCOTT (Mark Valley, "Boston Legal"), is nearly killed during the investigation, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to DR. WALTER BISHOP (John Noble, "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"), our generation's Einstein. There's only one catch: he's been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son PETER (Joshua Jackson, "Dawson's Creek") in to help.
When Olivia's investigation leads her to manipulative corporate executive NINA SHARP (Blair Brown, "Altered States"), our unlikely trio along with fellow FBI Agents PHILLIP BROYLES (Lance Reddick, "The Wire"), CHARLIE FRANCIS (Kirk Acevedo, "Oz") and ASTRID FARNSWORTH (Jasika Nicole, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent") will discover that what happened on Flight 627 is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.
References
- Pinker Reunites with Abrams for Fringe
- Fringe - TV.com
- Cast Set For Abrams' Fringe
- Noble and Reddick Board Abrams' Fringe
- Catch of the day: Cloverfield, Star Trek and now Fringe
- Fringe Cast Fills Out
- BBC News Creek star 'set for sci-fi role'
- http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/new/fringe.htm