Entertainment Weekly reports.

J.J. Abrams is adding another J.J. to his team: The writer-producer has just cast Joshua Jackson as one of the leads of his new Fox drama, Fringe. Jackson — best known as wise-cracking Pacey from Dawson’s Creek — will play a member of a unit investigating sci-fi mysteries.  

We all know that it seems like this show is an X-Files wannabe, even though we haven’t seen a lick of footage, and we are only judging by the synopses of the show, which makes it so easy to judge. Personally, I think that the only thing the X-Files and Fringe will have in common is the premise.

As far as Jackson’s casting goes. I don’t mind, even if I am having a hard time getting his teenage melodramatic Dawson’s Creek/WB stink out of my head. I’m sure he’ll do fine.