JJ Abrams will once again team up with “Lost” director and producer Jack Bender for another project. This time it’s a feature film and it’s called 7 Minutes in Heaven. The title may take you back to your junior high days but this is serious stuff that covers more that just making out in a closet — people die. Lots of people die! Check out the details…
JJ Abrams is one of the reigning kings of the sci-fi genre and his latest project will really test his talent. According to THR, he’s purchased the rights to Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel, a graphic novel-picture book hybrid by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett. He’s looking to produce a film based on the material that centers on a robot in the Victorian age…
Let the geek times roll! Star Trek‘s J.J. Abrams and Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Joss Whedon are about to chit-chat on the future of pop culture for an hour or so. EW is promising an in-depth conversation about how technology, gaming, and global culture are reshaping how Hollywood tells stories through TV, film and the web. Who better to elaborate of the subject than these two guys? We’re here at The Visionaries panel and it’s time for the nerdgasms to begin…
3:43 pm: Abrams and Whedon have taken the stage. Their talking about when they first met each other back in their WB days during “Felicity” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
3:44 pm: Whedon says there was never any doubt that he would be a storyteller. Abrams says when he was a kid he was the idiot who loved to do magic tricks for his family. And he revealed that he thinks magic nerds are worse than comic nerds.
We’re on to JJ Abrams’ latest scheme! There’s a lot of mystery surrounding his top secret sci-fi project Super 8 and yesterday a casting call was sent out from his studio (Paramount) for a new film, which they refuse to name. What’s up with that? It’s been duly noted that Super 8 is supposed to be a throw back to Steven Spielberg’s (who’s a producer on the movie) old school sci-fi films from the 80′s. That means we’ll probably have a young, oddball protagonist taking on adult responsibilities all while gaining a deep-rooted sense of self. This casting call seems to fit that bill…
Last week the top secret trailer for the JJ Abrams, Steven Spielberg project Super 8 premiered in theaters in front of Paramount’s Iron Man 2. Literally hours later a grainy bootleg version popped up online, but today we’ve got the real deal. The studio has released the official HD trailer for the film on Itunes and you can watch it right here, right now…
Now that production on “Lost” has wrapped TV and film producer JJ Abrams can fit another show into his busy schedule. According to THR, his latest project entitled “Undercovers” has been picked up by NBC and is slated to debut this fall. The pilot will mark the first episode that Abrams’ has directed since “Lost’s” 2004 premiere.
JJ Abrams has already made his mark on the legendary Star Trek franchise, and now he has his eye on another iconic series, Superman. We all know that over the past few years, the Man of Steel has been treated like the red headed step-child at Warner Bros, and to many of his fans that’s unfortunate. Abrams recently spoke up about his interest in making a film featuring the hero, and how he already has a script in place.
JJ Abrams is the man behind some of the most thought provoking science fiction TV shows on the air, as well as several blockbuster films. According to Variety, the already highly successful producer/director/screenwriter has inked a multimillion dollar deal for an untitled project that will unite the creative minds behind The Devil Wears Prada and Sherlock Holmes.
Yesterday, we posted some Star Trek sequel news from director JJ Abrams, but what about his other long awaited follow up? It’s confirmed that Mission Impossible 4 has been green lit for production and will reunite Abrams with Tom Cruise for another no nonsense action fest. Over at Sci-Fi Wire, Abrams gave a little update on the status of MI:4, and spoke on whether or not he plans on directing the film.
