Stars get at fabric of 'Fringe'

NEW YORK — The vibe was out there Monday night at the premiere party for Fox's Fringe, the hotly anticipated new series from Lost creator J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (the team behind Star Trek, Mission: Impossible III and Alias).

The paranoid, procedural drama, filmed at Silvercup Studios in Queens, works the twilight zone between science fact and science fiction much like The X-Files.

At The Xchange on West 28th Street, Fringe stars made their way down the carpet. Among them: John Noble (The Lord of the Rings), who plays mad scientist Walter Bishop, and Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), who is cast as Bishop's estranged and troubled son, Peter.

The two, along with Anna Torv, who plays FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, are at the heart of Fringe, charged with tracking reality-bending events and left wondering: "Is there a message, and, if so, ...