The next writer of Iron Man appears to be Justin Theroux, the same man who recently wrote another Robert Downey Jr. flick 'Tropic Thunder,' according to Variety || Jonathan Murphy will follow 'October Road' producers Josh Applebaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg to 'Life On Mars' to play Detective Chris Skelton, according to TV Guide || Kristen Bell will return to the third season of 'Heroes' to play Elle Bishop in a multi-episode arc, according to People magazine || Ntare Mwine, who most recently starred in 'The Riches,' will do a nine-episode stint as an 'artistic African' during the third season of 'Heroes,' according to The Hollywood Reporter || Tricia Helfer, who plays Number Six in 'Battlestar Galactica,' has been cast in the Fox pilot 'Inseparable,' according to The Hollywood Reporter || The next writer of Iron Man appears to be Justin Theroux, the same man who recently wrote another Robert Downey Jr. flick 'Tropic Thunder,' according to Variety || Jonathan Murphy will follow 'October Road' producers Josh Applebaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg to 'Life On Mars' to play Detective Chris Skelton, according to TV Guide || Kristen Bell will return to the third season of 'Heroes' to play Elle Bishop in a multi-episode arc, according to People magazine || Ntare Mwine, who most recently starred in 'The Riches,' will do a nine-episode stint as an 'artistic African' during the third season of 'Heroes,' according to The Hollywood Reporter || Tricia Helfer, who plays Number Six in 'Battlestar Galactica,' has been cast in the Fox pilot 'Inseparable,' according to The Hollywood Reporter ||

Fox Picks Up 'Fringe,' Cancels 'New Amsterdam'

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By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May-12-2008

J.J. Abrams may be doing post-production on the next "Star Trek" movie, but he's still staying quite busy in television.

Fox has given a series greenlight to Abrams' latest project "Fringe," according to The Hollywood Reporter, which will join "Dollhouse" from Joss Whedon on the network's schedule. "Dollhouse" has already been given a seven-episode order, and is expected to be a mid-season show. It's not clear when "Fringe" will premiere, but that likely will take place in the fall.

Those pickups mean that "New Amsterdam," however, is finished, according to TV Guide. The show which didn't carry a lot of confidence to begin with despite premiering with an overnight rating of an 8.3 rating/12 share. However, by the time the show wrapped up, it had lost more than half its audience, finishing below a 4.0 household rating, according to Fast National data from Nielsen Media Research.

ABC is looking to give a greenlight finally to the British series remake "Life on Mars" now that it has struck a deal with rights-holder David E. Kelley that involved renewing the William Shatner vehicle "Boston Legal" for a fifth season. That, of course, means that Kelley will not be the showrunner for "Mars," and that the network will have to bring someone else in.

The original British series starred John Simm, who recently played The Master in a three-part season finale episode of "Doctor Who." The show is about two cops from different time periods after Simms' character of Sam Tyler suffers an accident and wakes up in 1973.

The American version stars Jason O'Mara as Sam Tyler as well as Rachelle Lefevre and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's" Colm Meaney.

"Fringe" centers around an FBI agent who has to work with a group of scientists to help solve some rather strange cases. It stars Joshua Jackson, Charlotte Rampling and Kirk Acevedo.

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