J.J. Abrams News

STAR TREK director J.J. Abrams will be joining former Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert to produce a feature film version of the hit Cartoon Network animated series SAMURAI JACK.

With one film, J.J. Abrams has made Star Trek younger, flashier, sexier, and funnier than it has been in decades.

The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com . One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers.

Newsarama : This movie obviously did really well here, but you have to admit, Mission did a lot better overseas...have you put any thought into how to make this work? J.J. Abrams : We're not there yet....to try to sort of figure out an overseas gimmick.

Like the feature film itself, the DVD release of last summers Star Trek movie is carefully calculated to bridge the gulf between mildly curious newbie and die-hard Trekker.This two-disc package offers the theatrical cut, rightly praised for rebooting a near-moribund franchise.

J.J. Abrams has revealed that Matt Damon turned down the role of George Kirk in his Star Trek movie.

You might remember, that before the cast of Star Trek was officially announced, it was widely rumored that JJ Abrams wanted Matt Damon to play Captain James T Kirk.

It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year.

The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com . One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers.

A mysterious Observer on the Fox series 'Fringe.' Last night's episode of "Fringe" - the culmination of a full week of hype - certainly delivered on answers, but added a heaping helping of new questions.

J.J. Abrams announced that a sequel to his hit remake of Star Trek may not hit movie theaters until the summer of 2012.

McCoy speaks... - Karl Urban, who played Dr. Leonard McCoy in JJ Abrams version of Star Trek , recently spoke with IGN.com , and discussed what he would like to see in Star Trek 2 . Here are some highlights... On The Story Of The First Film : "The structure wasn't really the traditional triumvirate that you've seen on the television show.

Rumours abound that JJ Abrams - if he is to helm the revamped Enterprise's second outing - will cast Lost hunk Nestor Carbonell in the role made famous by Ricardo Montalban.

The fan-favorite director discusses his hit film, the inevitable sequel and a few of his other upcoming projects J.J. Abrams is one of the most successful entertainers in all of Hollywood.

J.J. Abrams agrees with "almost every criticism" of the 'Star Trek' movie. The director insists he is incredibly proud of his vision of the sci-fi franchise, but can understand why some fans were upset by his film, which starred Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto.

Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica , the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Bigger. Louder. Faster. These adjectives are the most deceptive in all of advertising, because they are almost as meaningless with context as without.

Want to know which questions are most likely to be answered by the final hours of Lost , which direction Josh Holloway 's Sawyer might be going , and why we fans need to be wary of double-talking producer doubles? Well, good news then! Lost boss Damon Lindelof and the rest of Bad Robot movie and TV mafia came out to party Monday night at the ...

Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig , reports Risky Business .Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year.

Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig , reports Risky Business .Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year.