Wednesday, February 6, 2008

"Fringe" Gets More Cast Members




Australian actress Anna Torv is J.J. Abrams' latest discovery.

The newcomer to the U.S. has been tapped as the lead in "Fringe," Fox's high-profile sci-fi drama from Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.

Veteran TV and stage actress Blair Brown and Jasika Nicole also have joined the cast. "The Wire" co-star Lance Reddick also has been cast in the project.

The two-hour pilot centers on Olivia Warren (Torv), a young, tough FBI agent who is forced to confront the spread of unexplained phenomena and work with Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble), an institutionalized scientist whose work might be at the center of a coming storm.

Brown will play the brilliant Nina Cord, a 16-year veteran at Prometheus Corp., a cutting-edge research facility. Nicole will play the recurring role of Astrid, a federal assistant.

Abrams is known for breaking new female talent on his TV series with the casting of Keri Russell on "Felicity," Jennifer Garner on "Alias" and Evangeline Lilly on "Lost." [x]

I'm assuming this will be airing sometime in September. I can't wait. I love all of J.J. Abram's work. Lost is set to finish in 2010, so I guess he's gearing up for his next big television show.

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