Tue Jun 17, 2008 — by Mike Gold

DC Comics On The 'Fringe'

Abrams TV to DC, See?

According to USA Today, DC Comics is going to break its long-standing tradition and actually commit to a new series based on a teevee show before it goes on the air. 

J.J. Abrams, instigator of the series Alias and Lost and director of the upcoming Star Trek: The Next Damn Movie, has a new show going up on the Fox Network called Fringe, which is supposed to be in the X-Files vein. The show debuts August 27th; DC's book – which reportedly is without writer or artist -- is supposed to ship the first issue August 13th. We're not taking bets on that.

Fringe stars Charlotte Rampling (Zardoz), Mark Valley (Boston Legal), Blair Brown (Altered States) and a bunch of others. Abrams' writing posse of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who huddled over Mission Impossible 3 and the aforementioned Alias and Star Trek: The Next Remake, have hooked up for the new series.

Maybe they'll knock out the comic book while they're at it.

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