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According to Entertainment Weekly, Joshua Jackson, better known for his role as Pacey Witter in Dawson's Creek, has just been cast as one of the leading men in J.J. Abrams' latest TV project, Fringe. Fear not Grey's Anatomy fans, Fringe is shooting its 2-hour pilot this month (with a tiny budget of $10 million dollars), so it's likely that the actor will be able to free himself to shoot his guest stint on the ABC show when production resumes.

Around mid-November, it was revealed that the actor was set to guest star in a few episodes of Grey's Anatomy as a potential love interest for Cristina. When news of the strike arrived, his stint was delayed. As of mid-January, insiders were reporting that Jackson was still set to appear on the show. But now that he is officially attached to the new sci-fi mystery FOX series, I guess his storyline on GA may be trashed or that they will recast the role if they can't make shooting schedules match.

Fringe should appeal to fans of shows like The X-Files. The series revolves around a unit investigating sci-fi cases. Jackson is set to play a member of that team. EW reports that the show also features a "gifted yet possibly insane scientist dad" played by John Noble and a FBI agent played by Anna Torv. IMDb.com reveals that actors Lance Reddick, Charlotte Rampling, Kirk Acevedo, and Blair Brown are also attached.