J J Abrams Reviews, Interviews & More

You’ve got to hand it to the Star Trek Into Darkness marketing department—the more we learn about the upcoming second film in the rebooted Star Trek franchise, somehow the less we know and more confused we become.  Today is no different—we now have the official plot synopsis for Star Trek Into Darkness from Paramount Pictures.  And with that plot synopsis...

Taking a cue from The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, the unfortunately titled Star Trek Into Darkness will be getting an IMAX preview of its first nine minutes six months before its official premiere on May 17, 2013.  That’s right—one of the most secretive and mysterious films of 2013 will be getting a nearly 10-minute IMAX preview, in just one month...

So what do we know about the upcoming film Star Wars: Episode VII?  Well, it’s set for a 2015 release date, Disney owns it, George Lucas will—at best—be a consultant, and Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3) will write it.  And that’s about it.  At this point, we could define the film more with who won’t be involved rather than who will, as yet...

For months now, we’ve agonized over the ludicrously titled Star Trek reboot sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness—will Khan be in it?  Will Captain Kirk be as much of an overacted cartoon character as he was in the first film?  Will there be another villain motivated by another ridiculous reason for revenge coupled with massive plot holes?  None of that is for certain. ...

For several months now, we’ve been referring to the untitled Star Trek reboot sequel as Star Trek 2, as not official title for the film has existed.  That changed, though, with the 46th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise this weekend, in which the new official title was announced.  And guess what?  It’s horrible.

Edgar Wright is a busy, busy man of late.  In addition to recently announcing that he would direct the final entry in his Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy (The World’s End) as well as Marvel’s Ant-Man project, it was leaked today that Wright will also helm the J.J. Abrams’ mysterious (is there any other kind of Abrams project?) new sci-fi film,...

One of the more fervent movie geek debates throughout 2012 has been  this—will Chris Pine be screaming “KHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAANNNN!!!!!” in Star Trek 2, the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek reboot?  At one point, it was all but confirmed that Khan would be the villain, and then Simon Pegg later denied it.  Then, director J.J. Abrams dropped a preview of the...

Well, sort of.  At Sunday night’s MTV Movie Awards, there was a small skit about the preponderance of archery in the film’s of 2012.  In it, we saw a brief talking head segment from J.J. Abrams, and in the background, well, let’s just say there was a distinctively lumpy-headed person from Star Trek 2 in the background.

When Star Trek 2 was casting its villain, it was unknown who the big baddie would be. Sure, there are the Klingons, the Romulans and more to play with. But as for human villains, the only name that means anything to mainstream audiences is Khan Noonien Singh, villain of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.  However, Simon Pegg says that Benedict...

One of the more hotly debated elements concerning the upcoming sequel to J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot was who, exactly, was the villain?  After Eric Bana's not so memorable turn as a pointy-eared tattoo enthusiast hellbent on traveling through time to destroy the home planet of a guy who just couldn’t save Bana’s civilization in time (so, what, revenge for someone’s...

Though we still have no idea what the film is about and who Benedict Cumberbatch is playing, the first photos from Star Trek 2 have arrived (from MTV), and they show that Cumberbatch must be some kind of villain. He seems to be in conflict with Zachary Quinto's Spock, but maybe Spock is just trying to restrain him because he's super upset about getting a parking...

It's amazing how fast rumors become truth, but as of now this is what's known: Benedict Cumberbatch has joined the cast of Star Trek 2. What isn't know is the role he's playing, though it's quickly gone from rumor to confirmation that he's the villain of the piece. To be fair, most bigger casting decisions on a film like this are going to be for the new antagonists,...

This week has offered a flurry of news on J.J. Abrams's Star Trek reboot sequel - tentatively titled Star Trek 2 - which is scheduled for release May 17, 2013. Though we've yet to see a replacement for the main villain since Benecio Del Toro dropped out on Monday, there are more things to relay about the cast and the villain.

J.J. Abrams latest TV puzzle box Alcatraz  is going to start in January on Fox, so let's see if Losties have forgiven the man. There's a teaser that gives up the show's initial premise: 324 men went lost one day, and Sam Neill seems to think they might be coming back, and hey, isn't that Hurley, err, Jorge Garcia? It is! Check out the teaser.

Get ready to start yelling “KKKHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!” all over again, Star Trek fans—looks like Benicio Del Toro is the only guy in the running to play the villain in the upcoming sequel to the Star Trek reboot… and fans are already speculating he’ll play Khan, the villain from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan....

There are about two schools of thought on J.J. Abrams and his love of "Puzzle Box" movies. One is that it's great to see a film where you know little to nothing about what the film is besides a vague impression going in. The other is that Abrams is the master of leading audience's to P.T. Barnum's famous Egress, where the mystery is just a way to con the audience. Abrams is back at his mystery...

In what may have been inevitable, J.J. Abrams has finally signed on to direct Star Trek 2. Though Paramount was hot for the sequel after the first film's impressive domestic showing, Abrams went on to direct Super 8, and Hollywood considered turning Chris Pine into a movie star (there were a number of rumors about what he would do next, but...

Though his career went through many iterations (he started writing scripts for films like Taking Care of Business, Regarding Henry and Gone Fishing), it was TV where J.J. Abrams found his groove. There he masterminded Felicity, Alias, and helped launch...

Though we'll have a review next week, when a film is as shrouded in mystery as J.J. Abrams's Super 8, it's worth giving a heads-up peak at the film. Reviews are now starting to pop on line, and the plot has finally become revealed. A group of kids are making a horror movie when a late night shoot leaves them a witness to a trainwreck, and on that train is an alien....

A new TV spot for the mysterious new J.J. Abrams / Steven Spielberg film Super 8 has been released, and it includes a few slivers of new footage. First off, let me say that I have absolutely no idea what this film is about. Secondly, it looks awesome.