There might be a Fringe movie, at least if members of the cast have their way. “The film is very possible down the line,” John Noble said today at the show’s Comic-Con panel. “The show will live on in some form or another,” added fellow cast member Joshua Jackson. It was Fringe’s last turn at Comic-Con today but if the packed Hall H was any indication the fans certainly don’t want the sci-fi series to even think about ending. That dedication was evident right near the beginning of the session as hundreds in the crowd held up print out of white tulips in tribute to the show’s 18th episode and the flower’s role as a
symbol of forgiveness. Beyond the actor’s speculation and fond hopes, not a lot was revealed in where things were going in season five or down the line.
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“It’s only 13 episodes so I’m going to be careful with what I say because I really want you guys to experience it. I’m going to be tight lipped,” said executive producer J. H. Wyman near the end of the session. The panel today included Wyman as well as cast members Anna Torv, Jackson, Lance Reddick, Jasika Nicole and Noble. Blair Brown was supposed to be there but it was announced she couldn’t make it due to a cold. The panel started off with a 5-minute video, which
mixed footage from season four and the upcoming final season five, which debuts in late September. The video showed the universe-jumping series moving to the future and the series Fringe Division main characters coming out of an Amber state of animation for the final battle with the Observers, drew cheers almost from the get-go.
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The video also showed the daughter of Jackson’s Peter Bishop character and Torv’s Olivia Dunham character, who was pregnant near the end of season four. Wyman reveled that the preview the crowd saw
today was actually the sales tool they used to get Fringe one last season and a 13-episode order. Wyman told the fans that the new season is “going to pick up exactly where we left off in 419, the next day.” The EP also revealed that he worked out the show’s conclusion about “two or three months ago” and unlike past seasons, he “let the case in on what’s going to happen.” He wanted the actors to have “enough time to know where we and they are going.” Jackson added, “just as you guys want the show to end well we want the show to end well,” Wyman made a point of thanking the fans but also the network for not cancelling the show despite it’s “middling numbers.” “Yea, Fox, you have to really say thank you, Wyman said. The producer added, “we tend to forget it’s a business but they stuck with us.” The fifth and final season of Fringe debuts on September 28.
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Ay yi yi… Let it go folks.
Exactly. I’m sure it will come out around the same time as that Veronica Mars movie. The 4th of Never.
make it a double feature, baby!
Right…because “SERENITY” never happened and “Arrested Development” is NOT finding new life as a series and movie on Netflix…This aimless cynicism is sick making. If you can’t make room for the possibility of something magical happening, at least keep the spoutings of your dead, hopeless soul to yourself.
“If you lose track of what’s spectacular in you, you give others license to treat you as a bottom, which places you at the mercy of their satisfaction (absent any interest in yours).”-Kenyatta Ali Chapple (copyright 2012, all rights reserved)
Fringe has to be one of the best shows on TV. Sad to see that the end is near, but the prospects of a movie are exciting. Glad FOX had the guts to stick with the show as long as they did.
Most of their pilots came in like poo… this wasn’t so much a choice as it was the lesser of two evils.
That movie might make a million dollars.
It’s a longshot for any Fringe film to happen of course, but it’s not for lack of possible material, certainly. This show has succeeded in world-building more than almost anything else on TV right now, kind of like layers of an onion where you could imagine spinoff after spinoff (they never even got into the Bishop family’s scientific past, for starters, and Walter and William Bell’s whole research-lab backstory could be a prequel series in itself). This is really not a “Lost” type show they built that is supposed to move from point A to Z and then finish up neatly. It feels open-ended, and actually draws more on classic science fiction tropes than what we’ve seen coming out of comic-book-obsessed Hollywood lately. If classic science fiction ever comes back in style, who knows.
Done right it maybe more successful as a series of films then a TV show. We’ll see if J.J. and Warner Brothers wants to take a chance.
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My goodness, how freakin’ gorgeous is Anna Torv in person!!
That Mark Valley is one lucky guy!
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Mark Valley WAS a lucky guy…They divorced within months of his guest starring role ended on Fringe. }-)
Yeah, sure. I’m still waiting for HBO to produce the ‘Deadwood’ movie they promised.
Fringe was defenitly the best sci-fi tv series that i have ever seen and i hope in one way or the other it ll go on(with the main cast)
I am reading everything Fringe oriented since its now ended. I can’t let go of this wonderful distraction. Walter makes everything possible for this family of characters. What ambition. What writing. What great acting. Bring on the movie and it will pay off – just give it a little time for the buzz to build.