J. J. Abrams

Fresh off the financial success of Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, director JJ Abrams is set to bring a new DC Comics property to HBO Max. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Abrams is developing three new shows, one of which is being described as a “major” title set in the Justice League Dark […]

There is probably no other franchise as highly revered as Star Wars. With the third trilogy in the massive decades’ old franchise coming to an end with Star Wars: Episode 9, fans are eagerly waiting for any new information or reveal from the new movie. A recent We Got This Covered report now shows a […]

The highly anticipated Star Wars IX is still shrouded in mystery yet fans are already hoping that the cast would offer some insight on the upcoming J.J. Abrams film. Daisy Ridley has been pestered with questions about Episode 9 although the actress insists that she has yet to learn what will happen in the sequel. […]

J.J. Abrams might have just seriously jinxed Mark Hamill. That’s because the director, who previously oversaw The Force Awakens, which ever so briefly starred Mark Hamill, has joked that this time next year the actor will be in contention for an Academy Award for his performance in The Last Jedi. While J.J. Abrams isn’t returning […]

Star Trek Beyond has received some of the highest scores and most positive reviews for any film in the franchise in a very long time. It is being seen as the best of the new batch since J.J. Abrams took over, and rightfully so. The only problem is that it could end up hurting the […]

It may be only a matter of a few months until the first official Star Wars anthology film, Rogue One, hits theaters, but The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams has a different story in mind that he’d like to see, one that turns a little more toward the dark side of the Force. Abrams made […]

JJ Abrams recently went on the record saying that there would be no Pavel Chekov character in the next Star Trek film since the young actor playing him — Anton Yelchin — died in a tragic accident last month. According to Yahoo Movies, the director of the first two rebooted Star Trek films said there […]

Avatar creator James Cameron garnered attention early this week for offering his own opinion of the J.J. Abrams directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens, sharing an unpopular, if honest, opinion about the seventh installment in the Star Wars film franchise. The Force Awakens was the first film to not bear the name George Lucas in […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the seventh installment in the Star Wars franchise. It was released in December, 2015, by Disney, and since its release, it has grossed over $2 billion worldwide. Fans were largely delighted by the new release as it brought together old characters from the original trilogy and introduced new characters […]

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has grossed approximately $2 billion, making it the highest grossing film in the Star Wars franchise. Comparatively, the lowest grossing film in the Star Wars franchise is Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, at $475 million. (That’s pretty good, considering Episode VI had a budget of […]

J.J. Abrams is now in the record books of Disney stardom thanks to the monstrous work done on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Well, he was almost in their good graces long before that and it would have come due to a film that has become a cult classic. It appears Abrams once spoke to […]

The new film 10 Cloverfield Lane is a film that doesn’t know what it wants to be. Said to exist in the same universe as the 2008 sci-fi alien film Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane makes you wonder why it exists at all. If you have seen Cloverfield first, you will certainly leave the theater confused […]

10 Cloverfield Lane is the long-awaited sequel to 2008’s surprise hit, Cloverfield, and it officially opens in theaters today. However, the film isn’t literally a sequel, but it certainly takes place some years after the events of the first film. AVOID SPOILERS for 10 Cloverfield Lane at all costs!! It is worth a pure viewing. […]

Last year, the Star Wars crew went to Ireland to choose a location for the next installment in the latest Star Wars trilogy, Episode VIII. The place they visited was Malin Head, Ireland’s most northerly point, where they were scouting for locations. The Derry Journal reported that the cast and crew of Star Wars Episode […]

After the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its subsequent success, Disney is reportedly planning an additional 10 Star Wars movies. In addition to planning a new slew of titles, they’re also reportedly planning a new group of character spin-offs. The Daily Mail UK reported that director and executive producer J. J. Abrams […]

Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow has announced that the ninth installment of the Star Wars saga will be shot on film. Trevorrow, director of Jurassic World, claimed that film is the best choice when shooting a movie such as Star Wars. “I could never shoot Star Wars on anything but [film], because it’s […]

Wondering why The Force Awakens VFX look so good? A superb amount of work went into crafting the look and feel of The Force Awakens VFX. That’s one reason why it looks so much like the original three Star Wars films. There isn’t any denying that this feels like it directly follows the late 70s […]

While theories continue to bounce around the internet about who, exactly, Supreme Leader Snoke might be in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the realization has hit that The Force Awakens is not performing as well as people had hoped in Chinese markets. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, of course, is the seventh in the much-lauded […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J. J. Abrams responded to criticism from fans that said the latest movie relied too much on plot elements from the original Star Wars trilogy. As reported in the Verge, Abrams spoke about the plot line in a podcast with the Hollywood Reporter. He said that the plot line […]

Star Wars opened in theaters on December 18, 2015, to great success. There are a number of awesome aspects of the new blockbuster movie that simply must be discussed and dissected. But be forewarned, what lies ahead contains nothing but spoilers! First and foremost – and perhaps most heartbreaking – is the death of Han […]

More shows are coming to streaming services in 2016, headlined by a reboot two decades in the making and the third Defenders installment, Time reported this week. The list of shows coming to streaming services run the gambit from comedies to dark dramas with several options in between these extremes. Here is a look at […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened on Friday to record breaking audiences and revenues. For fans, it was a chance to return to the original Star Wars cast, while for Disney Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger, he could boast in a letter to staff about the film being one of the proudest and exciting […]

Daisy Ridley was the beautiful centerpiece of The Force Awakens. For Director J.J. Abrams, having Daisy Ridley was critical to making this all work. Never for a moment did her wonderful performance leave room for any doubts about the new cast. Ridley was impressive and on par with a young Luke Skywalker. As Episode VII […]

Only a handful of days remain until the release of the seventh Star Wars movie The Force Awakens and diehard fans have already been waiting in line for days to see the first midnight showing. A full 12 days before the film’s release date, 143 fans from a group dubbed “The Line Awakens” set up […]

Daisy Ridley, who stars in this December’s highly anticipated new movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has become a textbook overnight sensation, as Access Hollywood explained in a recent article. The 23-year-old British actress had only made one other movie before Star Wars: The Force Awakens – an indie film directed by her college professor. […]

Did Lupita Nyong’o struggle with becoming her character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens? According to a report from The Sun, the 12 Years a Slave actress struggled to grasp her character, which resulted in having to re-record her lines. The report also suggests that some of Nyong’o’s scenes were cut as a result. According […]

A collection of Star Wars: The Force Awakens set photos were released, and they are nothing short of amazing, making fans even more excited to watch the blockbuster which will be released next December 18. As the big day nears, Disney is in an all-out PR campaign which so far has included a couple of […]

A brand new international trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been uploaded to Disney’s Japanese YouTube account, and the clip is full of new scenes from the movie, as yet unseen. The trailer is no doubt set to fire off another round of debate regarding The Force Awakens, as it reveals several tantalizing […]

The release of the second Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer last week saw movie fans across the world weep and rejoice in its majesty. The latest clip amped up the anticipation for the blockbuster immeasurably ahead of its release in around a month and a half’s time. But when is the next trailer for […]

Two months ahead of the December 18 release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens news is coming fast and furious. This is what you need to know so you don’t miss a thing. As the Star Wars: The Force Awakens release date nears — it’s only two-months away — we are excited to have some fresh […]

One of the exciting new characters in The Force Awakens is the Stormtrooper Finn, played by John Boyega. Star Wars is serving as the launching pad for his career, and he called his role “dope” in a recent interview. Following in George Lucas’ footsteps, director J.J. Abrams cast relative unknowns for his new main characters, […]

Watch a new Star Wars 360 video of a scene in the plannet Jakku, where Rey (Daisy Ridley) lives. This is a new feature launched by Facebook and used to get fans even more excited. If you are not on board with all the hoopla surrounding the release of The Force Awakens, this Star Wars […]

Wired magazine has recently published an article on how fans of the original Star Wars movies [Ep. IV: A New Hope, Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back and Ep. VI The Return of the Jedi] are engaging in a campaign of online hate against the direction of the Star Wars franchise. Issues with Star Wars […]

Jimmy Fallon loves having young guests on his show. Last Tuesday, the talk show host invited Elle Fanning, the teen star who took Hollywood by storm back in 2011 when she starred as Alice Dainard in J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi blockbuster Super 8. Now 17-years-old, Fanning is gradually making her way to the list of Hollywood’s […]

The running time for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will apparently follow Star Wars tradition. During Disney’s D23 expo convention, one of the biggest highlights covered was the highly-anticipated seventh installment of the Star Wars franchise. According to multiple reports, director J.J. Abrams confirmed that the initial cut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is […]

A much-anticipated first look at a Luke Skywalker photo shows Mark Hamill as the legendary Jedi in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. One of the hottest topics of conversation when it comes to Disney’s The Force Awakens, is what is going on with Luke Skywalker. No photos of the original character have been released and […]

Entertainment Weekly‘s Fall Preview issue made waves earlier this week when it revealed a raft of new images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but it also details exactly how director J.J. Abrams came up with some of the names for the franchise’s newest characters. The identities of the new Star Wars characters have been […]

New Star Wars: The Force Awakens photos have surfaced and, despite the disappointment that we won’t get another trailer until the fall, we have some interesting things to ponder. One of them is what exactly made director J.J. Abrams join the franchise. First, we have some new, exciting Star Wars: The Force Awakens photos of […]

J.J. Abrams has revealed that he injured himself during the production of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, literally breaking his back while helping Harrison Ford during the actor’s widely-publicized on-set accident. Abrams was a guest on the The Daily Show Thursday night, as Entertainment Weekly reports, and it was there that he made the admission […]

There are a lot of rumors floating around, but this particular Han Solo spoiler is something fans have long been discussing. However, a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens rumor suggests it has nothing to do with Harrison Ford’s character after all. When we found out Star Wars original cast members Ford, Mark Hamill (Luke […]

The Star Wars saga is set to be shown theatrically in its entirety for the first time in China, ahead of the worldwide premiere of the newest installment, The Force Awakens. Both the original Star Wars trilogy and the prequel films will be shown at the upcoming 18th edition of the Shanghai International Film Festival, […]

Ask any Star Trek fan — there’s hardly a film or TV series that comes out that isn’t amid some sort of drama. Consider how many false starts the 2009 reboot Star Trek film before it finally got made. And Star Trek: Into Darkness, despite the overall quality of the film, is one that’s had […]

British star Daniel Craig is a Stormtrooper in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, if we can believe an indiscretion from fellow Brit, Simon Pegg (Star Trek: Into Darkness). If fans aren’t already super excited to see what director J.J. Abrams is doing with the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens or Episode VII, […]

Watch Star Wars trailers, for episodes I through VI in the order in which the films were released, to see how much the saga has really changed since 1977. If you remember seeing the first of the Star Wars trailers in a movie theater, you may remember it was nothing like what we saw when […]

A new report has shed some light on what George Lucas’ version of Star Wars: Episode VII would have been, and how far the project had been developed before Disney purchased the franchise, paving the way for The Force Awakens and its unnamed sequels. The recent issue of Vanity Fair features a number of photos […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens not only makes fans excited beyond belief, those directly involved in the movie’s production feel it too. Such was the case when director J.J. Abrams and original cast member Harrison Ford (Han Solo) walked on the set for the first time. Abrams is a self-confessed Star Wars fan who grew […]

Fans assume The Force Awakens will be at least loosely related to the Star Wars original trilogy, since we will see several of the cast members that started it all. However, it may not be as closely linked as many expect, especially after director J.J. Abrams cut out several obvious references to the first series […]

Annie Leibovitz’s new images of Star Wars: The Force Awakens reveal Adam Driver and Lupita Nyong’o’s characters, which we haven’t seen before and just in time to celebrate Star Wars Day. We have already met Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), and Oscar Isaac (Pom Dameron), who were introduced by director J.J. Abrams at the […]

Did Josh Trank leave or was he fired from directing the second Star Wars Anthology film? Directing any Star Wars movie is an honor most directors won’t shy away from, but it comes with a lot of responsibility and dedication. The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams had a hard time accepting the position since it […]

Star Wars merchandising has always been a key part of the Star Wars story. It’s also part of the reason that George Lucas is so filthy rich. When Lucas made the initial deal for Star Wars, he took less money than he could have demanded (following the success of American Graffiti) in exchange for the […]