Fringe Interview: Joshua Jackson on Peter and Walter

E!'s Kristin Dos Santos has an exclusive interview with Joshua Jackson where he discusses Peter's daddy issues.


The E! Online article also has my Fringe Preview video for "Inner Child" (Hi Kristin!), which you can also find in the Fringe Spoilers section, along with some spoilery screenshots.

Fringe Promo: Walter Has The Answers

Here is a fun new Fringe promo titled "When strange things happen...Walter has the answers."

There is also another new promo in the Fringe Spoilers section, which has some scenes from the next Fringe episode "Inner Child", which airs April 7th.

Fringe Viral Marketing in Germany

German television station Pro7 (ProSieben) began showing Fringe last week, and to promote the show, they aired these fake news stories featuring scenes from The Same Old Story and The Dreamscape. Apparently, some people in Germany were offended, since they are not used to that type of viral marketing over there.

UPDATE: Here are transcripts of the two videos, translated to English by Kosmopol!

A fascinating and cruel phenomenon was experienced by an midwife and two medical specialists in the birth room of a New York clinic yesterday. After they had delivered the freshly born baby, they witnesses the newborn rapidly age. A colleague was able to catch these terrible scenes with a camera. The body of the new-born grew so quickly that it was able to be born only through a need of a Cesarean section. Its body soon became the size of a fully grown man. The head of the clinic explained they were not clear yet whether it would due to a genetic defect or a rare illness. It's clear that this was an unprecedented medical case, and medical and science specialists were informed. The debate on this highly mysterious case continues. On March 16th, a special unit will be assembled, and will investigate this phenomenon. You learn more information about these unusual events after the News and exclusively on PRO7.

It happened at a US research center in NY. After a meeting of Massive Dynamic employees, a 43 years old man was attacked in the office building by butterfly-like insects and was injured. As his colleagues were about to help him, he was assaulted by an entire swarm of butterflies. Another colleague made these recordings with his mobile phone. According to witness testimony the man was injured so strongly with facial cuts that he had to be hospitalized. The man is seriously injured and in shock and could not report about this incident yet. One of the aggressive animals was caught and will be examined. The debate on this highly mysterious case continues. On March 16th, a special unit will be assembled, and will investigate this phenomenon. You learn more information about these unusual events after the News and exclusively on PRO7.

[source: Kosmopol, video: worldofpromises0, ASiMAlMassiva]

Why No Fringe?

Only three more weeks to go until Fringe returns on April 7th, but don't worry... there's plenty to do until then!

If you've missed any episodes, you can catch up for free online:

• Watch and comment in our Fringe Episodes section
• Watch at FOX On Demand at Fox.com
• or at Hulu.com/Fringe

It's listener appreciation week at the Fringe Podcast Network:

• FRiNGEcasting With Wayne And Dan discusses listener theories
  
• The Fringe Podcast features listener feedback

Also, there's always things to learn about Fringe and The Pattern over at Fringepedia, the best Fringe Wiki around!

What Would You Ask: Jeff Pinkner and JR Orci?

Excited about the return of Fringe? So are the writers and producers.

Writer and Supervising Producer J.R. Orci will join "Showrunner" Jeff Pinkner in an exclusive FringeTelevision.com interview to answer your questions about the future of Fringe.

What would you ask? We'll be accepting questions until tomorrow (3/17) at midnight (EST).

Happy Birthday J.R. Orci

Happy Birthday to Fringe supervising producer / writer J.R. Orci!

Orci has also worked on Alias, Vanished, and Journeyman, and is the brother of Roberto Orci, who also works on Fringe.


For more Fringe Birthdays, check out the Fringe Birthday Calendar!

Fringe May Not Move To Canada After All

To quote NY Yankees legend Yogi Berra, "It ain't over till it's over."

There was a huge "Save NY Film & TV Tax Credits" rally in Albany, New York yesterday, and reports are coming in that it went "very well", and there is a good feeling that NY will end up with a tax credit of some sort.

A confidential source at Warner Bros. indicated that Fringe "is considering staying in New York if some kind of tax credit is passed."

It makes you wonder if the Canada move was just a bluff, because there will definitely be pressure on WB to keep Fringe in NY if the tax credits do in fact get renewed. I discussed this with my informant, who confided "if you wanted to scare New York into a tax credit, would you not take the biggest show shooting there and say you're moving it?" Bluff or not, hopefully this strategy works, because there is more at stake than just the few hundred Fringe jobs that would be lost.

Of course, this is all predicated on Fringe getting renewed for a second season, which almost everybody presumes at this point. However, I don't think it's a coincidence that Fox has not made any official announcements yet, instead waiting for the NY tax credit mess to sort out.

Fringe #4 & Fringe #5 Comics Announced

DC Comics' Wildstorm has announced the street dates of the next two Fringe Comics:

• Fringe #4 — April 29, 2009
• Fringe #5 — May 27, 2009

You can preorder them at your local Comic Book Shop

For more info, check out the Fringe Comics page at Fringepedia.net.

Where's My Fringe?

Only four more weeks to go until Fringe returns on April 7th, but don't worry... there's plenty to do until then!

If you've missed any episodes, you can catch up for free online:

• Watch and comment in our Fringe Episodes section
• Watch at FOX On Demand at Fox.com
• or at Hulu.com/Fringe

There have also been two new Fringe Podcasts since the hiatus:

• The Fringe Podcast discussing the Fringe Comic #3
• Following The Pattern podcast discussing Fringe at the NY Comic Con
  

Also, there's always things to learn about Fringe and The Pattern over at Fringepedia, the best Fringe Wiki around!

Fringe Nominated for Saturn Awards

The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films nominated Fringe for TWO Saturn Awards, which honors the best in Science-Fiction TV and Film.

Fringe was nominated under the Best Network TV Show category, along with Heroes, Life On Mars, Lost, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Supernatural, and Anna Torv was nominated for Best Actress In Television, along with Lena Headey, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Evangeline Lilly, Mary McDonnell, Anna Paquin, and Kyra Sedgwick.

Lost, that other J.J. Abrams show, led the field with 11 nominations. For the complete list of nominees, visit SaturnAwards.org.

BTW, unlike the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which gives out Oscars and Emmys respectively, the ASFFHF is open to the public.

No 'Glee' For Fringe Fans, Season Cut to 20 Episodes

Fringe Executive Producer J.R. Orci confirmed today that the Fringe season has been officially cut to 20 episodes.

The two main culprits for the shortened season are the Osbournes: Reloaded special on March 31st, and the High School Musical/Bring It On ripoff called Glee, which "previews" May 19th, following the American Idol season finale. This leaves room for only six new Fringe episodes before the end of May 'Sweeps'.

It should be noted that Fringe has still not been renewed for a second season yet, but Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly did have some nice things to say when speaking to The Hollywood Reporter:

THR: What is the future of RemoteFreeTV?

REILLY: The jury's still out. We've gotten outstanding viewer feedback. I think the year hasn't helped. Fortunately, "Fringe" was a keeper. Can you sell the real estate for free? If we don't do it on a full series, we might use it for a special episode or stunt something. So we'll keep it in the mix in some fashion.

THR: There's a perception that "Lie to Me" and "Fringe" have been dependent on being paired with strong lead-ins. Is that fair? And even if it is fair, does it matter?

REILLY: No, it's not fair, and no, it doesn't matter. That's good television. "Fringe" has established a really dedicated audience, and "Lie to Me" is also very charming. Look across the board at 10 o'clock. Look at Thursday night, with the "Grey's Anatomy" lead-in and the "CSI" lead-in. Nobody forces anybody to watch a show even with a lead-in.

Fringe Comic #3 - The Escape / Run Away

I just received an email from DC Comics letting me know that Fringe Comic #3 was released yesterday. They also sent me an official preview of Fringe Comic #3, which you can download as a PDF here, or check out the pages below.

To get your own copy of Fringe #3, head out to your local comic shop.

Fringe # 3 (of 6)

Written by Mike Johnson, Alex Katsnelson, Matthew Pitts and Danielle DiSpaltro; Art by Tom Mandrake

The FOX television phenomenon Fringe continues in this special tie-in comic series from creators J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Don't miss any of the clues as the mysteries of FRINGE unfold here!