Roberto Orci-related stories
Posted Sep 2nd 2009 2:29PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Industry, TV on DVD, Interviews, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Fringe
If you ask J.J. Abrams about his master plan for
Fringe, he'll tell you the plan went out the window a while ago.
The creators and cast of Fox's top new series from last year's fall season gathered with press in Vancouver Monday to
celebrate the release of the show's first season on DVD and to look ahead at the upcoming second season.
When
Fringe left the airwaves last spring, J.J. Abrams, Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman introduced fans to a parallel universe -- setting up a war between our world and that new Earth on the edge of the fringe.
According to Abrams, a long-range plan for the show had him, Orci, Kurtzman and their writing staff revealing the other Earth as the source of
Fringe's anomalies maybe three or four seasons into the show's run.
Continue reading Set Report: Fringe looks to season two's 'war of worlds'
Posted May 5th 2009 1:25PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
Actually, talk about a sequel to J.J. Abrams
Star Trek reboot started a few months ago. In March, Paramount announced
plans to hire Abrams' pals Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman (
Fringe, um,
Star Trek) and
Lost producer Damon Lindelof to pen the sequel.
Now, the writing trio is
talking about ideas for the sequel. One idea they have is possibly casting Javier Bardem as frakkin' Khan!
I like the idea, but I doubt it's gonna happen. As Lindelof said in a recent interview with Crave, Bardem as Khan -- originally played by Ricardo Montalban in
Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan -- would probably eat up the entire film and possibly push characters like Kirk, Spock and Bones to the sidelines. It would be too big.
Continue reading Let the Star Trek sequel talk begin
Posted May 4th 2009 7:13PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free, Fringe
We all knew this was a lock.
Fans of Fox's
Fringe can now
officially look forward to season two.
The show was a hit right out of the gate, garnering huge numbers for its series premiere. It's currently the "number one show for adults 18-49," according to Fox. If that doesn't guarantee you a renewal, then I don't know what will.
Aside from the show's great cast, its quirky sense of humor, and its compelling mysteries, there are two reasons I'll stick with
Fringe through season two: Producer J.J. Abrams and Leonard Nimoy.
Star Trek's Nimoy is slated to be around for an episode or two (hopefully more) next season as Massive Dynamic founder William Bell. Nimoy's return to television is reason enough to tune in.
Continue reading Fox renews Fringe for season two
Posted Apr 9th 2009 9:03AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free, Fringe
I liked that super expensive, two-hour-long
Fringe series premiere, but I found it hard to stay awake throughout the following episodes. My love for Pacey Witter aside, I haven't felt compelled to watch the series in a while, but this news might get me to tune in.
Star Trek's Mr. Spock himself,
Leonard Nimoy, will join the show as the mysterious William Bell, the founder of sci-tech creep house Massive Dynamic, in
Fringe's May 12 season finale.
Looks like Mr. Nimoy enjoyed his recent collaboration on the
Star Trek movie with
Fringe producers J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
Orci recently talked about what viewers can expect from the character of William Bell when he finally appears on the show.
Continue reading More details about Leonard Nimoy's Fringe role
Posted Mar 31st 2009 10:01AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Casting, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
Arguably the twelfth movie in the franchise (or the second movie in the rebooted franchise), Paramount and J.J. Abrams are showing a lot of faith by already
hiring the writers for the Star Trek "sequel". These scribes are frequent co-conspirators of Abrams: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof.
Orci and Kurtzman wrote the upcoming "first" movie (and are also responsible for the first
Transformers movie, although the bulk of the blame for that should go to Michael Bay). Lindelof is a co-creator of
Lost. Abrams is "staying within the family", as it were.
(And since the franchise is being rebooted from scratch and all the rules can now be broken, can we have Kirk fight the Borg? I've always wanted to see that.)
I know that advanced planning like this is normal in Hollywood, but In the event the movie bombs (not bloody likely, admittedly), they're going to have eggs on their collective faces for their presumptuousness.
Posted Sep 11th 2008 3:41PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Reality-Free, Fringe
Maybe it's because of
Lost, but TV viewers seem to be interested in the secrets behind a show at an accelerated rate these days. For example, there has only been one episode of
Fringe so far but viewers are already wondering about the what the big secret is, what's going on with Blair Brown's robotic arm, who is going to play William Bell, why there's a cow in the lab, whether or not people can be reanimated on the show, and (most importantly) when
Heroes star and J.J. Abrams buddy Greg Grunberg is going to show up as a janitor or a corpse. Well,
TV Guide has some of the answers for you.
Yes, some
SPOILERS are ahead, so click with caution.
Continue reading You have some questions about Fringe, so here are some answers
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 11:01AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Video, Early Looks, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Fringe
Wow, I really like this show! But darn, I'll have to wait to see what happens next, because
FOX only sent us the pilot episode. I hope the continuing episodes are just as good. I expect nothing less from writer/producer J.J. Abrams, who already has a slew of hits on
his IMDB page, including
Lost and
Alias (and I have high hopes for the upcoming
Star Trek feature film, which he's directing and producing). Also on board for
Fringe are the writers of
Transformers:
Alex Kurtzman and
Roberto Orci. Good combo there.
Let's see ... what can I tell you about
Fringe without giving away any spoilers? The first scene hooked me and wouldn't let go until ... well, it still hasn't let go, because I can't wait to see what happens next. The show is equal parts
Lost,
Heroes,
CSI, and
The X-Files, and the pilot episode covers a lot of ground in the set-up, but also ends with lots of questions.
Continue reading Fringe - an early look - VIDEO
Posted Jul 28th 2008 5:18PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free, Comic-Con, Fringe
By the time the
Fringe panel started, I wasn't the only one who was exhausted. This was one of the final television panels of the day, with the exception, I believe, of
MythBusters -- a panel I regret having to miss but, since I literally hadn't eaten anything but two Clif Bars all day, I had no choice. Otherwise you would have heard about the guy who passed out in Room 6B.
Since I'd already seen the
Fringe pilot, I considered not attending the panel. I think a lot of people felt the same way, as Ballroom 20 wasn't even full for it. I'm glad I did attend, however, because it was interesting to hear what people wanted to ask of J. J. Abrams.
Continue reading Fringe - Comic-Con Report
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