The prolific writer-producer told TelevisionWeek on Monday that, yes, he has penned the theme song for “Fringe.”TV Guide on helping confused fans:
The string-heavy introduction to “Fringe” came to Mr. Abrams while he was getting ready to go to bed one night.
“Fringe is in many ways an experiment for us,” says Abrams. “We’re trying very deliberately to do a show that doesn’t require the insane absolute dedication to a series that if you miss an episode, you have no idea of what is going on.”
“Yes, the cow is now a regular,” executive producer Jeff Pinkner said drily, “but we now have a new cow because we weren’t able to travel our cow down from Canada (where the pilot was filmed). We had to recast the one from the pilot. We literally had a conversation about making up the cow, in case anyone notices the spots are different.”From STL today on the Fringe pilot being leaked:
Viral marketing? “It’s hard to believe, but we didn’t put it out there,” says executive producer Bryan Burk, adding that they hate to have anything seen before it’s finished.From LA Times Show Tracker on the images we’ve put out to promote the show:
The team will solve a mystery in each episode, even as they try to sort out the larger force behind the phenomena. Clues are sprinkled through the series in reoccurring images: a six-fingered hand, a leaf, smoke that reveals a secret pattern.From The TV Addict on J.J.’s future involvement:
“It’s part of the code of the show,” (show co-creator and executive producer J.J.) Abrams said.
J.J. revealed that he’s trying to split his time between post-production on STAR TREK, while continuing to be involved with FRINGE. He co-wrote the pilot, and plans to stay as involved as he can with the writing and the story arcs and even plans on directing one of the episodes. Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that J.J. also hoped to direct an episode of LOST for oh, the past two seasons.From iFMagazine on the 24 prequel TV movie:
As for the story, (Fox Entertainment President Kevin) Reilly explains, “it tees off the season — it’s a separate day.”
“It’s the day of the election of the president and swearing in,” he adds. “It’s a self-contained two hours.”
(T)hese are first impressions and not meant as a review or hit-or-miss declaration. Pilots at this stage of the game are still works in progress.
Over at Fox, J.J. Abrams “Fringe” looks like a lock after an enthusiastic response from the network’s brass during the weekend. Fox already has given its blessing for staffing to begin on the Warner Bros. TV-produced sci-fi drama.
“Fringe,” which has the scope of Abrams’ “Lost,” is rumored for a fall launch as a key weapon in Fox’s effort to shake off its fourth-quarter ratings blues. It could be paired with “Prison Break” or “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”
Fox’s other high-profile new entry, Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse,” which is still in production, is eyed for midseason. Meanwhile, the Bernie Mac starrer “Starting Under,” which also was delivered to the network during the weekend, looks good to join Fox’s multicamera comedies “Back to You” and ” ‘Til Death.”
Also set to be hot at Fox are comedies “Outnumbered” and “Spaced.”
“In The X-Files the explanation is always that it could be real or it could be some other thing when they’re dealing with like the vampire episode or the werewolf episode… but ours comes at it from the perspective that there’s a scientific explanation, but there’s so much more happening in our own physical world than what we’re seeing.”Then he explains why a hot guy can also be intelligent on the Sci Fi Wire:
“Usually, if you’re smart, you are inert,” he said. “And if you are capable, you are a moron. Well, this character is a smart, capable person. He puts the two together, which is unfortunately not often the case. You hire the lunkhead guy to go do the stuff, and the guy with the glasses to go figure the stuff out.”
Loading...