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Fringe Co-Producers and Writers, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (affectionately known as “Korci”) recently spoke to Vanity Fair: Here’s an extract below:
VF Daily: Can you describe how your team operates?
Roberto Orci: We write every word together. Unlike some teams, we actually sit across the table from each other and our conversations are our scripts. We [...]

Fringe producers Alex Kurtzman, Jeff Pinkner and Roberto Orci tease us with “7 insights” into Fringe, and show us a glimpse of what’s coming up in the next episode. It’s a fantastic watch but contains possible hints, which some readers might consider spoilery, so watch at your own discreation!:
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THR held a Q&A session with Fringe co-creators Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Here are the mostly Fringe-related parts:
Hollywood Reporter: Has your trajectory as writers and producers followed any kind of plan?
Roberto Orci: At the very least, it was always our intention of breaking into movies by first going through television, so that worked out.
Alex Kurtzman: [...]

Monsters & Critics have an insightful interview with Fringe co-creators, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and show-runner, Jeff Pinkner (right to left):
How do you feel about the shift from Toronto for the pilot to New York City for the series?
A. Kurtzman I think we were very excited to be able to shoot in Manhattan because it [...]

Contains some spoilers:
Fringe Co-Creators Roberto Orci and Alex Kurztman have released their first Official Fringe Podcast (Yay!), where they discuss the pilot episode and answer fan questions.
The guys reveal some interesting things, including confirmation that the GlowingMonkeys.com website that appeared in the pilot episode is not viral, but a shout out to one of their inspirations.
They also [...]

Thanks to TrekMovie for this really good interview with Fringe writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. This is one of the better Fringe/Comic-Con interviews that I’ve seen. I’ve dubbed this the ‘future is now’, because I really like the answer that they gave the the final question:

Let’s face it, we all love, like or admire JJ. Abrams, he’s given us rabid sci fi-drama-action-thriller loving fans so much to chew on over the past few years. But the great thing about JJ, is that he knows how to magnify his own strengths through the strengths of others - from Lindelof to Pinkner to Burk..now he’s [...]

Fox have released 2 more official videos to promote Fringe. This first one features our lead actress Anna Torv, and focuses on her arrival into the Fringeverse and the “Bulldog” character she’ll be portraying, Olivia Dunham. Take a look:

This next video features Joshua Jackson, he talks about his Fringe character, Peter Bishop, and the world he finds himself being dragged into. The [...]

Jeff Pinkner tells Jason C. why there are cows in Comic-Con 2008’s scavanger hunt and on the show itself:

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have worked together for 17 years. Here they reveal to Jason C. what this is like and who enjoys writing what.  
 

Jeff Pinkner talks about the role airplanes play in both Fringe and [...]

Fringecreators, JJ. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Burk and Jeff Pinkner, spoke about their upcoming series, in a news conference in New York, before attending the Fringe premiere party later that evening.
How did this show come together?
Orci: I call this a planned pregnancy. Which means we literally said, “Let’s sit down in a room [...]