The "Star Trek" director is negotiating to take over the famed franchise.
J.J. Abrams has officially decided to join Lucasfilm and, together, rule the galaxy. Star Wars creator George Lucas, who is retiring and passing the franchise on, released a statement endorsing the choice: “I've consistently
J.J. Abrams will direct the next Star Wars film for Disney, a source with knowledge of the much-anticipated production told the Wrap. Interestingly.
The stories that captured our interest this week: including the fact that TED speaker JJ Abrams will direct Star Wars.
Can J.J. Abrams do for Star Wars what he did for Star Trek? And should It's hard to overstate how boring Star Trek seemed in 2008. A pointless prequel had sucked the life out of it, the movies were crud, and the whole thing become a source of bland
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