Below is the actual blurb from Variety regarding FOX’s pickup of FRINGE:
Drama “Fringe,” from Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros. TV, revolves around a young femme FBI agent who works with an offbeat scientist to tackle cases involving unexplained medical and scientific phenomena. Pilot was penned by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and helmed by Alex Graves. Skein’s cast includes Aussie thesp Anna Torv, Mark Valley and Joshua Jackson.
FRINGE has officially been picked up by FOX for the 2008-09 television season. That’s all I know at this point. Will post more information as it is made available.
Can I get a “HELL YEAH!!!”? 
According to The Hollywood Reporter (and as ganked from SciFiWire) - we will be getting our FULL serving of LOST episodes as originally contracted last Summer. ABC announced that we will get 17 hours of LOST in Season 5 and 17 hours in Season 6, rather than 16 per.
So here is the math:
Pre-Strike Deal: 16 hours per remaining three seasons (4-6) = 48 hours
Post-Strike Season 4 actual hours = 14 (was 13 until Darlton fought for the extra hour for the finale)
Difference = 2 hours
This announcement essentially means that we will get those missing hours - one in S5 and one in S6.
Post-Strike Episode Division: 14 (Season 4) + 17 (Season 5) + 17 (Season 6) = 48
Now all is right with the world 
This coming Tuesday, April 29, 2008, Michael Giacchino’s brilliant piece “ROAR!” - which can be heard during the end credits for CLOVERFIELD will be available for purchase on iTunes, according to Soundtrack.net.
You can never have too many Giacchino downloads in your library.
In case you have been living in a cave (like me) for the past week or so, ABC has given LOST another hour for the Season 4 Finale. The season finale will now be airing on Thursday, May 29th from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.. Due to Grey’s Anatomy also getting an extra hour for its finale, THERE WILL BE NO LOST ON MAY 22nd!
As has happened before, they are actually calling the LOST S4 finale a “three-hour finale” - which just means they’re going to leave us dangling precariously over a precipice at the end of the May 15th episode Sneaky devils.
The word is that Jeff Pinkner has been brought in to be the showrunner for FRINGE. I would say this shocks me, but of course it doesn’t. JJ’s nepotism is notorious, so bringing in Pinkner - who has previously worked on ALIAS and LOST - makes perfect sense.
I would hazard a guess that we will recognize many more names as the FRINGE staff fills out - and that is fine by me.
According to this interview of Joshua Jackson by SciFiWire, the filming of the pilot of my next obsession (aka FRINGE) should be completed in the next week or so (they’re filming in Toronto, fyi). He also talks about how the dense 2-hour pilot script is what really drew him into the show. His character, Peter Bishop, is not your typical genius - don’t think Marshall. He’s not the geeky guy in the corner with the glasses and the pasty white skin - he’s much more of a reluctant (and somewhat snarky) genius.
If I haven’t mentioned it here before, THIS SHOW WILL BE YOUR NEXT OBSESSION. I’m literally bouncing in my seat with anticipation.
According to this interview with Joshua Jackson over on SciFiWire, he turned the part of Peter Bishop on FRINGE down THREE times before finally caving in and signing a 6-year deal to do the show. I’m amazed that anyone could turn down the charming and engaging JJ - at least JJ uses his power of persuasion for good Wonder if HEROES knows about him…
Also, you guys have no idea how PERFECT Joshua Jackson is for this role. Seriously, just trust me on this. This show will be your next obsession. Bank on it.
There are few examples of perfection in this world. Fewer still examples of it within the realm of a television series. But for me personally, and for the group of you who know what “DHAF” means, the announcement that I’m about to make will be the closest thing to perfection we’ve seen in quite some time. In fact, I haven’t gotten this kind of a tingly “OMG THIS IS PERFECT” sensation since I first heard about some show called LOST
There is no official announcement for me to link to, but I got it straight from the source and y’all will just have to trust me. Here goes (in H-font, because I’m that damn excited):
Rick is a dear friend of mine and is wicked mad talented. From what I know about FRINGE, he is PERFECT for this show - and the show needs someone like him on it. Just trust me on that.
Congrats, Rick. You’ll never get rid of me now
Here is the link for the second part of The Associated Press interview with the wonderful Terry O’Quinn.
Click HERE.
He talks about Locke’s journey this season, as well as revealing some behind-the-scene tidbits. Enjoy!!
According to Variety, Dominic Monaghan has been added to the cast of the X-Men Origins movie “Wolverine”:
Monaghan will play Barnell, a mysterious character from Wolverine’s past who has the ability to manipulate energy and electricity…
Soooo…he’s the X-Men version of Elle? Seriously though, congrats to Dom!
If you haven’t heard already, LOST will be getting an additional FIVE episodes, post-strike, for a total of 13 episodes this season. Of the original EIGHT finished before the Strike, we will see through 4.07 before we get a FIVE-WEEK break. LOST will then resume on April 24th (moving to its new time slot on Thursday nights at 10 p.m. EST) with episode 4.08. Assuming they are still planning on running the episodes week-to-week with no break, that would put the Season 4 Finale on May 29th.
Just got sent this link from The Associated Press of an interview with Terry O’Quinn. Half the interview is in that vid, with the other half coming out on Thursday, I believe. He talks about Locke and his Island obsessionlove
I couldn’t hear it, but am assuming there are spoilery bits for Season 4.
From Variety:
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Paramount is pushing back the release of “Star Trek” from Dec. 25 to May 8, 2009.
Par also is moving DreamWorks’ Ben Stiller summer comedy “Tropic Thunder” from July 11 to Aug. 15.Move was part of a major reshuffling to the studio’s release calendar, as well as DreamWorks’ release calendar.
Studio insiders said “Star Trek” has the potential to gross more in May than in December.
All the majors are likely to revisit their 2008 and 2009 release skeds in the wake of the writer’s strike now being over. There’s an abundance of films slated for release this year, and particularly comedies. It’s likely that Par won’t be the only studio pushing back films to 2009.
“Star Trek” has no competition in its new slot–at least not so far. One week earlier, 20th Century Fox bows “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
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That should give the boys some breathing room…
I know I am woefully behind on updating - I do have a good reason, which I hope to share with y’all shortly. But had to pop in and give Michael Giacchino a big CONGRATULATIONS on winning a Grammy tonight. Here is the category he won for:
Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Ratatouille,” Michael Giacchino, composer.
Will update y’all soon on some awesome stuff coming down the pipe. Stay tuned!