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'Lost' producer Pinkner joins Fox's 'Fringe'
By Kimberly Nordyke and Nellie Andreeva
"Lost" executive producer Jeff Pinkner has been tapped to run
"Fringe," Fox's high-profile sci-fi drama from J.J. Abrams, Alex
Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
Meanwhile, Emmy winner Thomas Schlamme has come on board to direct and
executive produce "Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas," Tom Wheeler's
drama pilot for ABC.
On the Warner Bros.-produced "Fringe," Pinkner will serve as exec
producer/showrunner. The project centers on FBI agent (Anna Torv), who
teams with a guy (Joshua Jackson) and his scientist father (John
Noble), to confront the spread of unexplained phenomena.
Endeavor-repped Pinkner's relation****p with Abrams extends beyond
serving as exec producer/writer on "Lost," Abrams' ABC series. He also
served in the same capacity on Abrams' "Alias," also for ABC.
"Atlas," from WBTV, centers on a young girl who finds a magical atlas
that reveals a secret world. Schlamme will exec produce the pilot with
Wheeler. Endeavor-repped Schlamme most recently directed "Life on
Mars," David E. Kelley's pilot for ABC.
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