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J.J. Abrams confirms Star Wars filming plans!
1 week ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Production for the new Star Wars film, Star Wars Episode VII, will begin in the beginning of 2014 for a summer 2015 release date.
Director JJ Abrams confirmed that they will be moving to London to film the Star Wars films – as it was set to film in the UK before he signed onto the film. He would More >
Star Trek: Vengeance?
1 month ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
JJ Abrams recently spoke to MTV News about an alternative title for Star Trek Into Darkness.
They were looking to place the title with Star Trek: Insert word here.
Star Trek: Vengeance was considered a name.
Abrams reveals:
There’s an intimidating giant black ship in this thing called the ‘USS More >
‘Are You The 1701?’ releases new stills and featurette
1 month ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Are You The 1701, the viral campaign for Star Trek Into Darkness, has released new photos from the film and a featurette that features JJ Abrams‘s vision.
The stills features Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Carol Marcus (Alice Eve) in the newly designed Starfleet uniforms. I know I More >
New Star Trek Into Darkness international poster!
2 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Paramount Pictures has just released a new international poster for Star Trek Into Darkness. It features Benedict Cumberbatch front and center in front of destruction.
Paramount also released twelve new photos from the movie including one of JJ Abrams on the set. These photos still do not give More >
Star Trek 3 could come out in 2016
3 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Of course there has to be a third part of JJ Abram‘s Star Trek movies! With the anticipated sequel Star Trek Into Darkness coming out in May, producers are talking about a third movie.
Producer Bryan Burk revealed to Digital Spy, “We’re definitely talking about the next one… We don’t wait to wait More >
Mark Wahlberg could have been Kirk’s dad in Star Trek
3 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Mark Wahlberg was once offered a role by JJ Abrams to portray James T Kirk’s father, George Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek reboot.
I remember him asking me to play Captain Kirk’s father in ‘Star Trek’ and I tried to read the script and I didn’t understand the words, the dialogue or anything… I said, More >
Paramount releases teaser trailer featurette of Star Trek Into Darkness
4 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Paramount released a new teaser for Star Trek Into Darkness. It features JJ Abrams, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, and Zoe Saldana talking about the upcoming movie. Abrams sounds so excited about this movie.
Abrams says with pride:
The goal of this movie is to up the ante as much as we could. There More >
J.J. Abrams, please get John Williams for Star Wars: Episode VII
4 months ago
J.J. Abrams, I hope you’re reading this. I know you love to collaborate with Michael Giacchino. He’s done some great works including the Medal of Honor theme, Up, Star Trek and Ratatouille. With Star Trek, it was okay that you went with Giacchino, since the Star Trek franchise has had many More >
Disney confirms Star Wars stand-alone movies
4 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Disney has confirmed they will be making a series of spin-off films based on different existing Star Wars characters. Although not yet confirmed which characters, people have been speculating Yoda would be one to have a film.
Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, said both Lawrence Kasdan (screenwriter for
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Keri Russell possibly in Star Wars?
4 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Keri Russell (Felicity, Mission Impossible III) sat down with TV Line and spoke about the possibility of joining JJ Abrams on Star Wars. Abrams and Russell have worked together on Felicity – which launched both of their careers – and Mission Impossible III in 2006.
“It spoiled me to work with JJ More >
So this is how J.J. Abrams was convinced to do Star Wars
4 months ago
by John 'Spartan' Nguyen
in Movies
Before the official announcement that J.J. Abrams was set to direct Star Wars: Episode VII, Abrams said in an interview that he wasn’t interested in doing a Star Wars movie. He was already busy working on Star Trek Into Darkness, plus he wanted to work on other original projects – not franchises. More >
Disney officially announces that J.J. Abrams will be directing Star Wars: Episode VII
4 months ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Movies
Earlier this week, we announced that J.J. Abrams was selected to direct the next Star Wars film. At that time, there had been no official word and it was speculation. Well Disney has just released an official announcement confirming that Abrams will helm the next Star Wars project. The statement More >
JJ Abrams set to direct the next Star… Wars film!
4 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Whaaaat?!?! Fanboys and girls are screaming everywhere!
Star Trek and Super 8 director, JJ Abrams, will take on Disney’s Star Wars Episode VII slated to be released in 2015.
Originally not interested in the job, Abrams has been courted heavily by LucasFilm Chief Kathleen Kennedy.
According to his More >
More villian spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness…
6 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
I’ve been gathering any potential spoilers from any forums, articles, twitters, and our sources.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the unknown villain – whose name John Harrison was given by Paramount.
A lot of forums have been speculating Cumberbatch will be playing Gary Mitchell from the second pilot More >
Official Star Trek Into Darkness synopsis revealed!
6 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
Paramount Pictures has finally released the synopsis for Star Trek Into Darkness.
In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness.
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of More >
Update: Star Trek Into Darkness needs more likes to see trailer is a fake
8 months ago
by Laura Sirikul
in Movies
UPDATE: 4.00 PM
The fake Facebook page has been deleted. It was, indeed, a fake.
UPDATE: 12.03PM
According to Paramount Pictures, this facebook page is a FAKE.
This is indeed depressing.
[Source: Comicbookmovie.com]
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ORIGINAL More >
Star Trek 2 may be holding back the sequel to Cloverfield
1 year ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
One of the hit films of 2008 was JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves‘ found-footage monster movie, Cloverfield. The film gained a huge cult following and was a smash hit at the box-office. Since its release, many fans have been wondering when there would be a sequel.
Recently, Co-writer Drew Groddard gave an More >
Star Trek 2 – Five Things JJ Abrams Would Say
1 year ago
by Steve Ahmad
in Movies
As action packed, energized, mysterious, insatiable, and alien-like JJ Abrams may be, his movies are quite calm and humanizing. You’d think that with all his success he’d call a quits and live life in the Caribbean jammin’ out with Rhianna over a cup of some rasta holistic tea. I mean, he does do More >
Nerd Reactor Podcast – Super 8 Review
1 year ago
One of the highly anticipated movies of the summer is JJ Abram’s love note to Steve Spielberg, Super 8. A group of kids stumble upon a government secret that is out of this world and all hell breaks loose on their small town. With both, Abrams and Spielberg behind it, this is sure to be one hell of More >
Nolan and Abrams Together At Last in Person Of Interest
2 years ago
by Mike Villarreal
in TV
Well it’s not Christopher Nolan but it is a Nolan alright. A new series created by Dark Knight co-writer Jonah Nolan and J.J. Abrams will appear this fall on CBS. Person of Interest stars Michael Emerson, who many LOST fans will remember as Benjamin Linus. Jesus himself, Jim Caviezel also joins the More >
The Dinosaur Man Says Jurassic Park 4 is Extinct….Literally
2 years ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
Hey, remember how awesome Jurassic Park was. Remember how you stomached through The Lost World just because Steven Spielberg was still behind the wheel and then it all came crashing down with the 3rd movie. As if that wasn’t the nail in the coffin, there have been rumors of the 4th film in the work More >
Super 8 Monster Details Revealed
2 years ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
Over in Australia, press and bloggers were treated to 30-minute sneak peak from J.J. Abrams new film, Super 8. Attendees were shown 3 clips with an introduction from J.J. himself. The first 2 scenes expanded on what we had already seen in the trailer but the 3rd scene is what people left talking More >
Hey, There’s an Interactive Super 8 Trailer in Portal 2!
2 years ago
Who would have thought that hidden with the new Portal 2 was a interactive trailer for the new film Super 8? Shortly after the games release, reports began to pop up of people who had stumbled upon the hidden teaser.
Apparently, this trailer is has only been seen on the PC Version. Hidden within More >
Nerd Reactor Podcast – Episode #4 “Our Best One Yet?”
2 years ago
Things get awkward when we start talking about the Xperia Play’s gingerbread OS and whether or not it comes with frosting. Also, Narvin gets a little too into a talk about Tom Hanks and Warren Beatty. They’re his dream-team for life, if you catch my drift.
Warning: May Contain Strong Language More >
It’s Here: A New Full-Length Super 8 Trailer
2 years ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
Well, I guess I was half right. I originally thought a new Super 8 trailer would be attached to Battle: Los Angeles. It turns out the trailer just comes out the same day as the movie. The new trailer give us a much deeper look at the Spielberg/Abram’s project. You can be assure that by the end of More >
