J.J. Abrams

Maybe I missed this before or maybe it's new information, but did you know that J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot are co-producing the feature film version of Samurai Jack ? Apparently, that's the skinny from Frederator Films : Abrams has the project lined up at Paramount, which should be good news for fans of animator Genndy Tartakovsky . As for when this thing might be ready for public consumption...don't get your hopes up for a while. Progress is being described as "glacial," which might be a great adjective for a wintergreen gum ad campaign, but it's not terribly promising in moviedom. Tartakovsky is still ... Read Full Story

So this has been rumored for sometime that Lost co-creator, Damon Lindelof, would develop the acclaimed fantasy series from Steven King. Now its coming out that he and his partner in crime, JJ Abrams, will not be adapting the acclaimed series. In a story from MTV.com , Abrams had to say on the matter: “ The Dark Tower thing is tricky. It’s such an important piece of writing. The truth is that Damon and I are not looking at that right now.” In an in interview with USA Today in October Abrams forewarned, “You’ll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of The Dark ... Read Full Story

Even though A Christmas Carol didn't earn as much money as it was expected to, there was still big box office news over the weekend. The probable Best Picture nominee Precious only played in 18 theaters and still nearly made two million bucks. That's a record. We're also getting to the end of the decade, which means a lot of lists you're sure to disagree with. And we found one of those on Saturday. Also, Natalie Portman talks about her upcoming Black Swan lesbian scene, and Peter Berg's Battleship might be attacked be...aliens. Sigh/head shake. Portman calls sex scene "extreme" Telegraph 's Top 100 ... Read Full Story

It seems that the director of Tom Cruise’s last mission won’t helm his next one. We had known for sometime that JJ Abrams was going to produce the next installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. According to MTV , Abrams won’t likely be on board to direct the film though. “I’m producing with Tom,” he said recently. “My guess is, given other things, that I will not be directing the movie.” Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec are currently writing the script . Meanwhile Abrams was also asked of the rumors that a younger actor might step into star, but he of course didn’t reveal ... Read Full Story

Should this news turn out to be true and a movie version of Micronauts happens, I'm pretty glad J.J. Abrams would be involved. The Wall Street Journal says Abrams is in talks to produce a film based on the old Japanese interchangable toys - a precursor to Tranformers, Go-Bots , and Alexis Arquette. Hasbro recently acquired the property, and we know that Hasbro has put itself on the forefront of this whole toys n' games movie tie-in business. While I don't want to necessarily take this one to the bank just yet, it's a powerful combination of a company on the move and filmmaker ... Read Full Story