According to a report at Deadline, Fox has decided not to pick up a second season of the J.J. Abrams/J.H. Wyman SF series Almost Human, starring Dredd‘s Karl Urban. Although its ratings weren’t particularly stellar, matching The Following, the series, about a cop (Urban) partnered with a lifelike combat model android (Michael Ealy) had done well enough for renewal to […]
Although there has been much speculation over the last few months, Disney has finally confirmed a few details regarding the next instalment in the Star Wars saga – but given that it is being helmed by J.J. Abrams, chances are that this will be pretty much all we hear for some time. Talking to Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, Bob Iger […]
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has acquired the final unproduced screenplay written by The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, aiming to develop it into an ‘event limited series’ as part of […]
Almost Human, the cop show from J.H. Wyman and J.J. Abrams, and Sleepy Hollow, the reworking of the classic story by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, have both been picked […]
J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman have been looking beyond the final season of Fringe, which begins soon on Fox, and have sold a new SF project to the network. Wyman is scripting the as-yet untitled pilot, an action-packed buddy cop show, set in the near future, when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. Abrams, Bryan Burk […]
Joint Fringe showrunner Jeff Pinkner won’t be seeing the show through its final 13 episodes, it was announced on June 19th. According to a statement from co-creator J.J. Abrams, “We’re so excited to begin work on a fifth season of Fringe and to be able to deliver the 13 final episodes to our passionate and devoted fans. For four years, J.H. Wyman […]
J.J. Abrams’ latest TV series has become another one-season wonder, with Alcatraz failing to get a pick-up for a second year. The time-travelling series (broadcast on Fox in the US and Watch in the UK) failed to spark with audiences despite a strong cast and echoes of Lost‘s multiple-reality scenarios. Deadline points out that its fate was pretty much decided when […]
Following the unofficial release of photos from the filming of the second Star Trek movie, star Zoe Saldana revealed J.J. Abrams’s reaction to MTV News. “J.J. was very upset,” she said at the Independent Spirit Awards. “I have to say that. It’s not going to stop people from intruding, but they are, and it’s such a bummer because it only […]
Speaking at the Television Critics Association tour on January 8, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly was not optimistic about the prospects for a renewal for J.J. Abrams’s multiverse spanning drama Fringe. “We lose a lot of money on the show,” he explained, after first thanking the fans who had followed the show to its new Friday night slot. “At that […]
With filming only days away, the cast on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel continues to expand. Hot on the heels of the announcement of Doctor Who star Noel Clarke’s arrival comes news that Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has also signed up for a role in the new 23rd Century odyssey. According to Deadline, there is no word yet whether he’s […]
Noel Clarke, best known to genre fans for his stint playing Mickey Smith on the revived series of Doctor Who, has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, according to a report at Variety. Clarke will play a family man with a wife and young daughter in the new movie, which is expected to start shooting later this […]
According to various online reports, Benicio del Toro is no longer involved with J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel after negotiations broke down a few weeks before filming is due to begin. Del Toro was expected to play the villain in the movie (a role that Abrams denies is Khan Noonien Singh, as seen in the second original feature), but Vulture […]
Peter Weller, best known to genre fans for his role as the original Robocop, has signed up for an as-yet unspecified role in the new Star Trek movie which begins shooting early in 2012, according to Variety. Weller appeared in the final TV incarnation of the franchise, Enterprise, as the xenophobic leader of the Terra Prime organisation, but it would seem […]
Paramount Pictures have moved their sequel to the 2009 Star Trek movie to May 17, 2013, and have announced that it will be shot and released in 3D. J.J. Abrams will once again helm the adventures of Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, from a script by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. According to reports at unofficial […]
Zombieland‘s Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are penning the adaptation of Hasbro’s toyline Micronauts for Paramount Pictures’ new movie, which will produced by J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk’s Bad Robot. […]
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