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J.J. Abrams’ supernatural D-Day film Overlord finds a director

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World War II to seems to be back in fashion of late with Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge receiving a lot of praise and Christopher Nolan’s much anticipated drama Dunkirk arriving this summer. And now the D-Day film from J.J. Abrams has found its director. Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) will be the film’s director […]

Daisy Ridley to star in spy drama A Woman of No Importance

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress Daisy Ridley has put yet another project on her growing schedule, signing on to star in A Woman of No Importance. Per Deadline, this isn’t an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play, but rather an adaptation of Sonia Purnell’s biography of Virginia Hall, an American heiress and spy. Before World War II, Hall […]

J.J. Abrams says he’s moving away from sequels and reboots to original ideas

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With a C.V. that includes the likes of Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams has amassed quite the reputation for his franchise work. However, it seems he’s grown a little tired of working on sequels and remakes, and is now looking to focus on […]

J.J. Abrams developing space colonization series Glare for HBO

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Hot off the heels of the highly successful first season of Westworld, HBO is turning once again to J.J. Abrams (who served as executive producer for the show) to shepherd a new sci-fi drama series. According to THR, the Star Wars: The Force Awakens director has been tapped to develop Glare, an hourlong drama exploring the colonization of another planet. Not […]

Blu-ray Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s Edition

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s Edition Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, and Lupita Nyong’o SYNOPSIS: The cast from the original Star Wars trilogy meets a new generation of heroes […]

Daisy Ridley comments on Rey being called a Mary Sue in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Last year when Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, one character many fans new and old alike identified with was newcomer Rey, a young woman trapped on a desert planet who discovers she is Force sensitive. Rey could not only use the Force, but had an affinity for mechanics and was a talented pilot, much like Anakin […]

J.J. Abrams-produced God Particle reportedly new Cloverfield movie, shared universe planned

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Earlier this year Paramount and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions dropped a major surprise when it was announced that Dan Trachtenberg’s Valencia was actually called 10 Cloverfield Lane, and now it seems we may have another Cloverfield movie in the pipeline. According to The Wrap, director Julis Onah (The Girl Is in Trouble) upcoming sci-fi God Particle […]

J.J. Abrams on cutting Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker from Rey’s Force vision in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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In the build up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it was rumoured that the film would include a flashback sequence of the Bespin duel from The Empire Strikes Back, something that seemed to be supported by the release of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker figures as part of The Force Awakens’ […]

J.J. Abrams on the fateful showdown between Kylo Ren and Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to arrive on 3D Blu-ray next month, bringing with it a commentary from director J.J. Abrams. USA Today has managed to get an exclusive clip from the commentary featuring the climactic showdown between Han Solo and Kylo Ren, during which Abrams shares his opinion on Ben Solo’s state […]

J.J. Abrams hopes to make a Portal movie announcement soon

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Back in 2013, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions announced a partnership with video game developers Valve, revealing that they would be working on big screen adaptation of the hit games Half-Life and Portal. There was little news on either project until earlier this year when Abrams confirmed that both were still in development, and now […]