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J.J. Abrams On FRINGE: ‘I'm Going To Be Deeply Involved’!!

I am – Hercules!!



Fox’s TCA “Fringe” session was held this morning, and James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter offers some highlights:

* "I'm going to be deeply involved in the show,” said pilot co-scripter J.J. Abrams, who by his own admission largely abandoned “Lost” after he landed his gig writing and directing “Mission: Impossible III.” “I feel jealous I didn't get to [direct] the pilot."

* “You don’t have to watch episodes one, two and three to watch episode four,” said Abrams. “Fringe,” he says, “doesn’t require the sort of insane, absolute dedication” one might need to follow shows like “Alias” and “Lost.” (Hibberd has an interesting quote about Abrams finding an old “Alias” episode “impenetrable.”)

* Abrams said the version that was leaked online is not the version to be broadcast this fall. (Hopefully this doesn’t mean we’ll see a less scary or gory version of the pilot’s opening.) “We” didn’t leak the pilot, said producer Bryan Burk.

* "It wasn't like, 'Let's do "The X-Files" again,'" said Abrams. “We started and made a list of all the shows we like ... certainly 'Twlight Zone,' 'Night Stalker' are ones I really like," said Abrams.

* "'X-Files' was an inspiration as well, but that's not where we started. ... I wanted to do a show with geniuses solving problems," said co-scripter Roberto Orci.

For those just joining us, "Fringe" is about a hot FBI girl who teams with a father-son team of geniuses to investigate a growing wave of paranormal activity engulfing the globe. It hits Fox this autumn. One can read my review of the leaked version of the pilot here

Read all of Hibberd’s story on the TCA event here.


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Yikes!
by fishpillow
Jul 14th, 2008
02:39:53 PM
This is bad news...
by andtheflesh
Jul 14th, 2008
02:41:34 PM
3rd?
by RokurGepta
Jul 14th, 2008
02:43:15 PM
LOST
by Thunderbolt Ross
Jul 14th, 2008
02:44:24 PM
"A Show with Geniuses Solving Problems"
by Squashua
Jul 14th, 2008
02:44:42 PM
"not a great writer or director."
by Hercules
Jul 14th, 2008
02:46:03 PM

by andtheflesh
Jul 14th, 2008
02:46:34 PM
Dy-No-MITE!!!
by holyguacamole
Jul 14th, 2008
02:47:58 PM
Fix it like this
by Diagnostic
Jul 14th, 2008
02:48:16 PM
fringe=X Files + House
by j2talk
Jul 14th, 2008
02:49:14 PM
Herc
by andtheflesh
Jul 14th, 2008
02:49:54 PM
I only watched Alias and Lost...
by CrazyGnome
Jul 14th, 2008
02:54:04 PM
Leaked episode...
by viranth
Jul 14th, 2008
02:56:02 PM
The pilot has me interested in watching more
by RokurGepta
Jul 14th, 2008
03:09:56 PM
he didn't say which night stalker
by RaveX
Jul 14th, 2008
03:12:32 PM
People get so hung up...
by aversiontherapy2
Jul 14th, 2008
03:14:54 PM
"I hope IT'S because it goes"
by RaveX
Jul 14th, 2008
03:15:49 PM
Inspired by The Night Stalker... just like Chris Carter!
by tonagan
Jul 14th, 2008
03:33:07 PM
It can't be the same version, viranth
by GregoryHarbin
Jul 14th, 2008
03:52:13 PM
The teaser commercial has me intrigued
by skimn
Jul 14th, 2008
03:57:31 PM
Of Course they leaked the Pilot
by SamBlackChvrch21
Jul 14th, 2008
04:09:47 PM
GregoryHarbin
by viranth
Jul 14th, 2008
04:12:11 PM
you guys are fucking morans sometimes
by RokurGepta
Jul 14th, 2008
04:18:25 PM
Abrams is the most overrated guy working today.
by Holeman
Jul 14th, 2008
04:19:56 PM
RokurGepta
by Inglorious Bastard
Jul 14th, 2008
04:24:34 PM
Great Glam is blowing it's ad budget.
by Quin the Eskimo
Jul 14th, 2008
04:28:08 PM
ok with limited commercial interruption....
by RokurGepta
Jul 14th, 2008
04:28:29 PM
Holeman
by MetiphisLabs
Jul 14th, 2008
04:28:31 PM
So is Abrams taking our advice from these Talkbacks?
by Jim Jam Bongs
Jul 14th, 2008
04:37:52 PM
But i like the insane, absolute dedication
by newc0253
Jul 14th, 2008
04:41:32 PM
"Limited" commercial interruptions doesn't mean "less" commercia
by Jim Jam Bongs
Jul 14th, 2008
04:45:16 PM
Holeman
by billypilgrimisunstuck
Jul 14th, 2008
04:55:34 PM
Nuked the Fringe.
by mrfan
Jul 14th, 2008
05:21:15 PM
Lacked the originality and ambition of the Lost pilot..
by brolly
Jul 14th, 2008
05:34:23 PM
"Deeply Involved" placates FOX
by G100
Jul 14th, 2008
05:37:24 PM
threshold
by Dradis Contact
Jul 14th, 2008
05:37:28 PM
John Noble and Lance Reddick are all Win
by G100
Jul 14th, 2008
05:43:14 PM
Not the version...
by the_patriot
Jul 14th, 2008
05:47:12 PM
Nuked the Fringe...
by br1947
Jul 14th, 2008
05:50:01 PM
JJ is a deceitful liar.
by V'Shael
Jul 14th, 2008
05:54:16 PM
Fox is heading back to genre TV from reality crap
by Yeti
Jul 14th, 2008
06:01:10 PM
JJ
by snowpuff
Jul 14th, 2008
06:02:19 PM
I agree that the pilot should be cut to 1 hour
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Jul 14th, 2008
06:12:37 PM
"Geniuses solving problems"
by photoboy
Jul 14th, 2008
06:21:12 PM
Commercials: you guys must have missed all the news
by GregoryHarbin
Jul 14th, 2008
06:24:40 PM
John Noble better stay on this show
by performingmonkey
Jul 14th, 2008
06:46:09 PM
No Star Trek at ComicCon????
by Bones
Jul 14th, 2008
06:51:10 PM
GregoryHarbin
by RokurGepta
Jul 14th, 2008
07:53:34 PM
Rokur
by GregoryHarbin
Jul 14th, 2008
08:06:11 PM
GregoryHarbin
by RokurGepta
Jul 14th, 2008
08:10:34 PM
nvm
by RokurGepta
Jul 14th, 2008
08:25:26 PM
They need to keep jaw-falling-off guy.
by Christopher3
Jul 14th, 2008
08:43:35 PM
After 4 months, 14 days, Kristen Bell is officially with Heroes
by Pennsy
Jul 14th, 2008
09:00:26 PM
Yeti, TSCC, does give some hope
by br1947
Jul 14th, 2008
09:00:28 PM
"They pull LOST out of their ass on a weekly basis"
by Thunderbolt Ross
Jul 14th, 2008
09:05:31 PM
I Was Deeply Involved In How Much CLOVERFIELD Sucked Ass
by LaserPants
Jul 14th, 2008
10:10:15 PM
Bell's character Elle will be killed off...
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Jul 14th, 2008
10:13:40 PM
And The Sad Thing Is It Could Have Been Good, Nay, GREAT
by LaserPants
Jul 14th, 2008
10:16:21 PM
I Know A Way To Put Kristin Bell On Hiatus
by LaserPants
Jul 14th, 2008
10:20:27 PM
83 minutes??? what version did you people download?
by Holodigm
Jul 14th, 2008
10:32:54 PM
83 minutes = 1 minute of end credits
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Jul 14th, 2008
10:56:36 PM
Published on Wednesday, December 31, 1969 - 7:00pm
by couP
Jul 14th, 2008
11:40:28 PM
FUCK THIS!!! Bring back Miracles, dammit!!!
by Han Cholo
Jul 15th, 2008
01:47:56 AM
MI:3 was utter shit
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 15th, 2008
03:13:04 AM
Kurtz and Orci
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 15th, 2008
03:14:20 AM
Then I'm deeply uninterested
by gruntybear
Jul 15th, 2008
10:05:58 AM
kwisatzhaderach
by Boborci
Jul 15th, 2008
01:17:34 PM
Twilight Zone and Night Stalker...inspirations?
by brokemart
Jul 15th, 2008
04:50:23 PM
holodigm.. um...
by soup74
Jul 16th, 2008
02:01:16 AM
Yeah ummm... Lost and Alias were horrible?
by claytron5000
Jul 16th, 2008
01:56:09 PM

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