'Star Wars' Might Be Going Y.A.
If the latest Star Wars: Episode VII rumor is true, J.J. Abrams might capitalize on the Y.A. movie moment with a story that focuses on two hot young things.
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Don't expect Star Wars: Episode VII to have the Lucas touch. According to a new interview, the original Star Wars auteur isn't even talking to the young Hollywood Padawan about his re-branding of the empire. Which is kind of sad, but maybe a good idea.
If the latest Star Wars: Episode VII rumor is true, J.J. Abrams might capitalize on the Y.A. movie moment with a story that focuses on two hot young things.
While attention is, understandably, mostly on J.J. Abrams's newest film Star Trek Into Darkness, I'm suddenly more interested in his next film, 2015's Star Wars: Episode VI, which could actually be quite good.
J.J. Abrams always says he's never been a Trekkie, but, according to a new report, it was Abrams' inability to fully control the Star Trek franchise — and wipe out merchandise connected with the original 1960s series — that may have been an impetus to switch franchises in favor of Star Wars.
As exciting as Almost Human and Believe sound right now, we'll have to wait to see his two new shows at NBC and Fox's upfront presentations on Monday. And it's true: not everything Abrams touches, at least on the small screen, turns into automatic gold.
While a number of questions about next fall's primetime lineup still remain, Fox has jumped the gun on next week's upfronts with the shows it is (and isn't) pushing next season, and NBC has already shot down hopes and dreams of eager executive producers, so there's early word on faces taking up your TV screen later in 2013.
Because, you know, "May the 4th Be With You." And while you may or may not encounter rabid fans actually honoring this punny fake holiday, you may actually want to make a point of bringing it up in conversation because, you know, the Star Wars news is out there. Here's how to argue your way through the attack of the nerds.
It's easy to label the men behind the Star Trek and Iron Man franchises as geeks. They clearly have affection for sci-fi and comic book culture. But they are also, apparently, big Downton Abbey fans, as recent developments would have you believe.
In the coming months, in a galaxy not so far away, a media corps will boldly go where many will go: they will ask J.J. Abrams about Star Wars.
If this new Hollywood Reporter profile is to be believed, it all had to do with the "furious negotiation" of one woman.
Today in showbiz news: Discussing the J.J. Abrams/Star Wars news, Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson are teaming up again, and a first look at the Coen Brothers' new film.
One of the choices was obvious, and the other was, well, Ben Affleck, but Disney and Lucusfilm executives have apparently chosen King of the Nerds J.J. Abrams to direct Star Wars: Episode VII.
Today we learned that J.J. Abrams will officially not helm Disney's new, possibly ill-advised seventh episode of the Star Wars franchise. Here we break down the odds on the existing short list, because it's actually quite a long list.
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