Lost: 'lost' Co-creator Abrams to Produce New Sci-fi Show for Fox

During the 90s, the Peabody and Emmyon Lost. The new show also represents a break
Award-winning television series The X-Files wasin a long line of historic partnerships between
considered the pinnacle of science fiction andAbrams and his standard network ABC, on series
conspiracy theory storytelling, with a sprawlingsuch as Alias, What About Brian, and Six Degrees.
mythology that helped earn its place as one ofBut on the other hand there's also the newly
the Fox network's heaviest hitters. With its recentannounced show Boundaries between ABC and
acquisition of producer J. J. Abrams' new showAbrams, which is penned by Jill Soloway, a writer
concept titled Fringe, the network is seemingly setfor Six Feet Under.
on backing a potential all-new science fiction hit inFringe is a creation that stems from the
the same vein. According to a report fromcollaboration between Abrams and the
Reuters, Fringe was the central target of anscriptwriters for the summer blockbuster film
intense bidding war for ownership and productionTransformers, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman,
rights in Hollywood during the past few months,and they've stated that the main plot will be
with Fox coming out the victor and taking hold ofabout the darker side and dangers of science.
the property.According to Orci, science can be both enlightening
Bad Robot Productions, a company owned byand frightening simultaneously, with the ability for
Abrams, is set to start shooting and producingdestruction as well as positive advancement. In a
the pilot episode at Warner Brothers studios.premise similar to The X-Files, the new show will
Fringe is being backed with a budget of $10 million,focus on an FBI agent who is looking into an
making it comparable to the amount being spentabrupt surge in paranormal activity.