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Jon Favreau to Direct NBC Pilot REVOLUTION; J.J. Abrams, Eric Kripke, and Bryan Burk Producing

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 8th, 2012 at 8:45 pm

Even prior to any casting or extensive plot details, the NBC pilot Revolution has major geek credentials.  J.J. Abrams and partner Bryan Burk—who together have brought us Star Trek, Alias, Lost, Fringe, etc.—are producing.  Supernatural creator Eric Kripke wrote the script.  Now Deadline reports Jon Favreau, he of Iron Man fame, will direct the pilot.  Favreau has directed a few TV comedies before, including an episode of Undeclared, but nothing of this scope.  Revolution is described as “a high-octane action drama following a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist.”  I don’t know what that means, but it sounds very cool, mostly because I trust the parties involved.

Favreau is also working on Tweaked this pilot season over at CBS.  He wrote the script, which chronicles life and dating among single parents in Santa Monica, and is attached to direct.

Brad Parker to Direct Untitled Action Film for Paramount and Bad Robot; J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves to Produce

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 10th, 2012 at 3:58 pm

Paramount and Bad Robot are teaming up once more for an untitled action pic, and they’ve settled on Brad Parker to take the helm. Variety reports that the Diary of Lawson Oxford director has been set to head up the untitled action pic which has J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bryan Burk onboard to produce. Plot details are under wraps, but Michael Gilio (Carter Beats the Devil) wrote the script. Parker made his feature directorial debut with the The Diary of Lawson Oxford, a horror film produced by Paranormal Activity helmer Oren Peli. The pic stars Jesse McCartney and is due out sometime next year.

Parker has a rapport with Reeves, as he served as second-unit director on the remake Let Me In. He began a successful career directing commercials in the 1990s, working on spots for Nike, Nintendo, and Sony. Bad Robot most recently produced the super-successful Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and is gearing up for production start on Abrams’ sequel to Star Trek.

26 High Resolution Images from J.J. Abrams SUPER 8

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 1st, 2011 at 3:10 pm

With writer/director J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 opening next week, Paramount has released over twenty new images and you can check them out after the jump.  Here’s the synopsis:

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.

With the embargo lifted, I can tell you Super 8 was great and it made me feel like a kid again.  If I was 12, Super 8 would probably be my favorite movie.  It really deserves the Amblin logo at the beginning…

J.J. Abrams Locks Up LOST’s Jorge Garcia in ALCATRAZ

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: November 21st, 2010 at 5:24 pm

The Fox drama Alcatraz is quickly developing into a dragnet for Lost fans.  Key Lost writer Elizabeth Sarnoff is the showrunner.  Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams is executive producer.  And now, according to Deadline, Lost fan favorite Jorge Garcia will star.

The drama centers on a team FBI agents that investigates the mystery of a group of missing Alcatraz prisoners who disappeared thirty years ago.  Garcia will play Dr. Diego Soto, the world’s foremost expert on Alcatraz, described as a “hippie geek.”  Awesome.

Bryan Burk (Fringe) joins Abrams and Sarnoff as producer; Danny Cannon (CSI) will direct the pilot, which shoots in January in San Franciso and Vancouver.  Glad to hear they’ll shoot some of the show on location in Frisco.  The aerials, at the very least.

Fourth MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE to Be Titled MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL; Cruise Talks Filming in Dubai

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 28th, 2010 at 8:51 am

As we previously reported, the fourth Mission: Impossible would not be titled “Mission: Impossible IV“ and as such we had to refer to it with such non-catchy descriptors like “Untitled Mission: Impossible Reboot”.  Now, Tom Cruise has revealed the official title for the movie: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (we have confirmation from Paramount that this is the correct spelling).  Maybe there can be a nice crossover at some point with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon and after their Ghost Mission they can all go out and enjoy a nice Ghost Steak.

The title was revealed during a press conference for the film, which is partially shooting in Dubai.  Also at the press conference were costars Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton, producer Bryan Burk and director Brad Bird (The Incredibles).  Hit the jump for what they had to say about filming in Dubai as well as Cruise’s thoughts on Top Gun 2 and shooting at 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa tower.

A Shot by Shot Description of the SUPER 8 Teaser Trailer; Steven Spielberg Is Producing, J.J. Abrams Is Directing

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 6th, 2010 at 8:47 am

Earlier this week we learned that Iron Man 2 has a top secret trailer for a film called Super 8, a J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) project.  Then details leaked that the trailer featured an alien and was set in the 1970s; it was rumored to be a Cloverfield prequel, but that was debunked by Abrams yesterday.

A very enlightening rundown of each shot of the mysterious trailer has hit the net. Since some of you might not want to know what the trailer shows or what the film is about, everything is after the jump.  Saying that, it sounds like everyone will be talking about this project after the trailer starts to show tonight with Iron Man 2.

FRINGE Gets a Third Season

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 6th, 2010 at 1:59 pm

If you’re a fan of Fringe, you’ll be happy to know Fox has picked it up for a third season.  EW is reporting the news and I can confirm it.  While the show doesn’t get huge numbers on Thursday nights (about 7.6 million viewers), it’s an extremely competitive night on TV and the show has managed to hold its own.  Also, it does well in the all-important 18-49 demographic and when you factor in DVR numbers.

As a big fan of the show, I’m glad it’s coming back.  I’m also happy for the early renewal as it gives executive producers Jeff Pinkner,  J.H. Wyman, Bryan Burk and J.J. Abrams time to write a great season finale.  Fringe also stars Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham), Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop), John Noble (Walter Bishop), Lance Reddick (Phillip Broyles) and Jasika Nicole (Astrid Farnsworth).

STAR TREK Is the Most Pirated Film of 2009; Zoe Saldana Says the Sequel Goes into Pre-Production a Year from Now

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 27th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

How much did people love J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek?  So much that they felt too much ecstasy to leave their computers and see the movie again.  However, thanks to the wonder of the Internet, they just pirated the shit out of it and made it 2009′s most pirated film of the year with almost 11 million downloads.  THR reports that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a close second, but down at number nine was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which at first seems surprising due to the leaked work print a month before the film came out.  I would say that it was a matter of demand but Wolverine made $180 million at the box office, but RocknRolla came in third with almost 10 million downloads even thought it only made $26 million at the box office.  What does this all mean?  It means I need to get out of the speculation biz because I clearly have no clue.

In a story less open to my terrible statistical analysis, Zoe Saldana recently told MTV that she expects Star Trek II to head into production around this time next year.  Here’s what she had to say: “I spoke to J.J. and Bryan Burk, his producing partner at Bad Robot, and they are still in the middle of building the script with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, and we’ll probably be going into pre-production around this time next year.”

If that’s the case, then I’d imagine they’d be shooting for either a Winter 2011 or Summer 2012 launch.  Either way, that’s way too far away.  I mean, that could be three years.  Three years without a new Star Trek movie!  By that time, people may be able to pirate it on their phone in less than five minutes!

FRINGE Season One Blu-Ray Review

by Nico    Posted: September 8th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

A dashing eccentric man with swagger and charm.  A buttoned-down female agent.  Sound familiar?  Let’s face it, it’s a formula that works in science fiction television and Fringe employs it wonderfully.  But can this series fill the void left in our hearts from our long-departed X-Files?  In a word: yes.  More after the jump.

LOST Season 1 and 2 Blu-ray Reviews – Dellamorte Had Not Watched LOST Until a Week Ago

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: July 9th, 2009 at 10:40 am

Until a week ago, I had never seen more than thirty seconds of Lost. There’s a good reason for this: I don’t watch TV. That’s not because I’m a snob, it’s because I always have a pile of movies to watch. And as that is the case, making time to watch television has always been a luxury I’ve denied myself. So, with that in mind there’s going to be two types of people reading this. People like me who never watched the show, and those who are religious about it, or got turned off at some point. I will gear the first part of the review for those who haven’t seen it and the second part for those who have. It’s all after the jump:

DVD Cover Art and Info on FRINGE: The Complete First Season

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 28th, 2009 at 10:02 am

Warner Home Video has just announced the DVD/Blu-ray info on “Fringe: The Complete First Season”. While we rarely post DVD cover art and info anymore, since this was one of my favorite shows of last season, I’m going to give it some love.

Remember that one season of “The X-Files” that was really great…that’s “Fringe” every week. While the pilot was mediocre, every subsequent episode got better and better and the show ended with a fantastic finale. All I can say is…I really recommend giving “Fringe” a chance.

So if I’ve peaked your interest, after the jump is all the info on the DVD and Blu-ray plus cover art. Take a look.

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