Posts Tagged ‘Abrams’
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Several of the actors from Star Trek Into Darkness spoke about their characters and the movie while on a promotional tour in Japan.
The Japanese press saw the first nine minutes of the movie, but have to keep mum on what they saw until the preview officially debuts on December 14 at the IMAX screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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Tags: Abrams, Cumberbatch, Japan, Pine
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012

God Particle, a doomer movie written by Oren Uziel and to be produced by J.J. Abrams, now has a director.
Julius Onah, a Nigerian-born director (Big Man, Little Girl Blue) will be taking on the assignment.
In God Particle, “After a physics experiment with a large Hadron accelerator causes the Earth to seemingly vanish completely, the terrified crew of an orbiting American space station is left floating in the middle of now-even-more-empty space. When a European spacecraft appears on their radar, the Americans must determine whether it’s their salvation, or a harbinger of doom.”
Tags: Abrams, God Particle, Onah
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Monday, November 26th, 2012

The latest Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Conversations Series will feature Star Trek‘s J.J. Abrams.
Tomorrow at noon, Abrams will be the featured speaker, and the event will be webcast for those unable to attend the event in person.
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Tags: Abrams, MIT, webcast
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Monday, November 12th, 2012

Recently, J.J. Abrams‘ name came up on a list of potential directors for the new Star Wars sequel, but Abrams has removed himself from that list.
The names included Abrams, Jon Favreau (Iron Man) and Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed).
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Tags: Abrams, Star Wars
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Monday, November 5th, 2012

In a recent video interview, J.J. Abrams gave an update on Star Trek Into Darkness and officially confirmed the villain.
“We’re just editing now,” said Abrams of Star Trek into Darkness, which will appear in theaters next May.
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Tags: Abrams, Cumberbatch
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek XII | 7 Comments »
Friday, November 2nd, 2012

J.J. Abrams has purchased both the film and the animated series rights to Beastlies; little hand-sculpted monsters.
Made of polymer clay, Beastlies are the creation of Leslie Levings, who sculpts them individually.
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Tags: Abrams, Beastlies, Levings
Posted in Cast & Crew, Merchandise | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

A new J.J. Abrams comedy pilot based on forthcoming book will possibly be aired by Fox.
The pilot, Adulting, is taken from Kelly Williams Brown‘s Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 387 Easy(ish) Steps, which is due out next May.
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Tags: Abrams, adulting
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Thursday, October 4th, 2012

For J.J. Abrams, the relationship between human beings and machines is something that fascinates him.
Abrams’ newest show, Revolution, shows what happens when mankind is involuntarily disconnected from modern technology. “When the power goes out, the structure of society would shift enormously,” he said. “The people who are in control are more likely to fall by the wayside and not know how to handle anything. The have-nots will know how to live in that world and will become the most powerful.”
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Tags: Abrams, Revolution
Posted in Cast & Crew | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Two shows, one produced by J.J. Abrams, and another in which John Cho has a role as a regular, have received full season orders from NBC.
The shows are Revolution and Go On.
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Tags: Abrams, Cho, Go On, Revolution
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Monday, September 24th, 2012

Benedict Cumberbatch has joined the many actors who have had words of praise for J.J. Abrams.
Cumberbatch spoke briefly about Star Trek 2 first, claiming that working on the sequel was “an amazing experience.”
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Tags: Abrams, Cumberbatch
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Monday, September 24th, 2012

The ever-busy J.J. Abrams has a new pilot in progress, this one featuring a girl with special powers.
The NBC pilot will be directed by the Oscar-nominated Alfonso Cuarón, and written by Mark Friedman (Home of the Brave).
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Tags: Abrams, Burk, NBC, pilot
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Monday, September 17th, 2012

Revolution, the new “doomer” drama by J.J. Abrams, premieres tonight.
In Revolution, people in a futuristic world struggle to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where there has been no electricity for fifteen years.
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Tags: Abrams, Revolution
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Thursday, September 6th, 2012

J.J. Abrams has sold another pilot and this one is about robot cops.
Set in Los Angeles, the series will be produced by J.H. Wyman and executive produced by Wyman, Abrams and Bryan Burke.
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Tags: Abrams, robot drama
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek XII | 7 Comments »