J.J. Abrams is hot stuff right now.  He’s got that little Lost show that’s still doing oh so well, he’s got a super-secret Cloverfield movie coming out in January that has fans foaming, and then Star Trek on the horizon beyond that. 

Well, add on to that a couple of pilots that he’s just sold, and you’ve got a very promising time for Mr. Abrams.  It’s been confirmed that FOX has picked up the script for Fringe, a sci-fi drama that follows a young FBI agent as she tries to figure out the cause of “the spread of powerful and unexplained phenomena”.  In doing so, she must enlist the help of an institutionalized scientist whose life’s passion may be closely related to the current crisis.  Few details are being let out about the deal, but it’s said that FOX has dropped $10 million for the pilot, with episode license fees up to $2 million.  Yowzah.

The second is a little less…conventional.  Boundaries, which was picked up by ABC this week, “centers on a psychologist who hosts a cable-access show and is way down on her luck. As a result, she takes a job as a notary public, which helps her get her life back on track.”  So…yeah.  Notary publics are hot stuff right now, too.