J.J. Abrams

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A new TV spot for J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 was recently released, and I will now officially admit that this is my most anticipated film of the year, after The Tree of Life. I’m a huge fan of Spielberg and the whole throwback to his earlier career is quite appealing. Here is the plot synopsis …

It’s coming up on March and fans of J.J. Abrams know what that means. Since the release of a teaser during the Super Bowl for Super 8 (Abrams’ latest effort with producer Steven Spielberg), fanboys everywhere have scoured the interweb to find all the footage and dissecting every frame of it for clues about the plot and its …

J.J. Abrams is a very busy man lately.  His new movie Super 8 will be released this summer and he’s still working on the follow up to Star Trek.  In addition, he’s got a few television pilots brewing. For about a year, there’s been rumours about the possibility of a new television show to be …

For the first time – and following the release of two trailers, the second of which aired on the Super Bowl – Super 8 writer/director JJ Abrams has opened up (a little) about the film’s plot. Speaking to the LA Times, Abrams gave a brief, just-specific-enough synopsis to sate most curious fans: “Super 8 takes its …

Well the super mysterious Super 8 has a release date: June 10th, 2011. There are only questions surrounding JJ Abrams’ new film, and /Film has kindly rounded up all of the small bits of information that we know for sure, which I have included below. 1.   Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning lead the cast along …

According to /film, J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) and Korean director Bong Joon-ho (Mother, Memories Of Murder) are rumored to be collaborating on an undisclosed film with Bong  directing and Abrams producing. Again this is just a rumor, but the idea of the team-up is exciting news. Abrams, an inventive screenwriter and television producer created some …

It was only four years ago that Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone vowed that Tom Cruise would “never work” with Paramount Pictures again. Well, never say never. Paramount announced its plans this week to release a fourth in the Mission Impossible saga.  While I think they are highly overestimating the interest of fans, Paramount has seen …

As the summer winds down, I decided to make my list of my ten favorite films so far in the year. With TIFF and Oscar season on their way, there’s a good chance that only half these films will make my top ten come the end of the year, but I felt the need to …

Star Trek Directed by J.J. Abrams The greatest challenge of taking on any known cultural property in the world of film is that of fulfilling the “fan-service” requirements held by the stalwart fans of said property. Take too many liberties in pursuit of making a more interesting film, and you’ll attract ire (Ang Lee’s Hulk); …