Joshua Jackson is on the 'Fringe'

Joshua Jackson has been cast as one of the leads in the new FOX drama, Fringe, according to EW.

Writer-producer J.J. Abrams (Felicity, Alias, Lost) cast Jackson, 29, as a member of a unit investigating sci-fi mysteries.

Fringe is shooting a two-hour pilot with a reported $10-million-plus budget this month.