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J.J. Abrams' Top-secret Sci-fi Show Lands at Fox
Following a heated bidding war, Fox backed up the Brinks truck and made a series commitment to Fringe, which was until now a super-hush-hush new project from J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Fox reportedly will pony up some $10 million for a two-hour pilot — that's on par with Lost's own debut — as well as pay a sizable $2 mil-per-episode licensing fee to Abrams' Bad Robot.
Oh yeah, the premise: Fringe concerns a young female FBI agent (my favorite kind) who in the name of investigating a rash of unexplained phenomena teams with an institutionalized scientist whose life's work may be at the heart of the strange goings-on. The series' previous working title? "The Eureka Files."
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Oct 5, 2007 8:37 AM
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Oh boy! Not to sound too cynical but what if this show flops? I mean, they're dropping a ton of money expecting it to be a giant hit but the premise doesn't sound so amazing. Though JJ Abrams does seem to have the midas touch.
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Oct 5, 2007 11:39 AM
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young female FBI agent
hmmm I wonder who could play that role?  (Kristen Bell for those who don't understand, lol)
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Oct 5, 2007 11:47 AM
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I second the nomination of Kristen Bell. For the scientist, why not Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni)?
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Oct 5, 2007 1:02 PM
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So basically Sydney Bristow if whe was working with Milo Rambaldi?
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Oct 5, 2007 1:25 PM
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put the Terminator series with Fringe on Thursday at 8 & 9pm and the other networks will get killed. FOX can own Thursday next season if they go this way.
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Oct 5, 2007 1:32 PM
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Scorned1, I have to disagree with you. I've seen the Terminator pilot, which so far is easily the best pilot of any new shows this season, and I don't think it's an 8pm show. Furthermore I think Terminator and Smallville would target similar core audiences. For that matter Fringe and Supernatural sound like they'd have a good bit of audience overlap.
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Oct 5, 2007 2:03 PM
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Ditto on Kristen Bell and Enrico Colantoni.
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Oct 5, 2007 2:26 PM
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NO Kristen Bell. How about we add some "diversity" to the TV line up. She's already got her job (Heroes), let's give some up and comers a chance!!!!
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Oct 5, 2007 4:36 PM
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kinda sick about hearing the name Kristen Bell
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Oct 6, 2007 1:34 PM
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Is this not X-Files re-done?
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Oct 6, 2007 4:06 PM
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