**Spoiler Alert** J.J. Abrams is a genius, and it’s not because “Star Trek Into Darkness” is a great movie. It is not. Director Abrams and his team are clearly passionate about the original “Star Trek” and the early Star Trek movies. His 2009 big-screen reboot was simply fantastic, and while he’s said that film was directed [...]
J.J. Abrams Goes From Star Trek to Star Wars
March 24, 2013 | Posted by
Director J.J. Abrams took a break from putting the finishing touches to Star Trek Into Darkness to talk to Empire Online about his next project, which will see him heading to a galaxy far, far away for the first installment in Disney’s upcoming Star Wars sequel trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII. “I don’t know [how I will approach Episode VII] because we’re just [...]
Atlanta Didn’t Bring Home the Bacon: Kevin Bacon and J.J. Abrams’ TV Projects Decide to Film Elsewhere
June 6, 2012 | Posted by
This was not a good week for Atlanta TV production. First, the two broadcast networks who shot pilots locally in March and got picked up for the 2012-13 season snubbed the city to go elsewhere: the Kevin Williamson cop drama “The Following” on Fox starring Kevin Bacon and the very buzzy NBC post-apocalyptic drama “Revolution.” [...]
