J.J.Abrams Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

You’ll recall, the first time a Black Superman project was mentioned by Warner Bros. and the trades, Michael B.

Yesterday, there was finally an official announcement concerning the fate of the HBO genre hybrid series “Lovecraft Country” based on the novel by Matt Ruff and brought to the small screen by showrunner Misha Green. “Lovecraft Country” mixed the H.P.

EXCLUSIVE: Demetrius Grosse has signed with Gersh for representation.

J.J. Abrams is continuing to expand upon his “Justice League Dark” series plans as he’ll produce a brand new live-action series based on another occult/horror character from the DC Comics lineup.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe Justice League Dark has conjured its next member.A series dedicated to “Madame Xanadu,” the DC Comics title about an immortal sorceress who dates back to the time of King Arthur, is in development for HBO Max with Bad Robot and Warner Bros.

HBO Max and J.J. Abrams are doubling down on DC.

J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg are definitely two of the most acclaimed directors in the world right now and they just met up for a dinner meeting!

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 27-July 3:June 27: Singer Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys is 79. Actor Julia Duffy (“Newhart”) is 70. Actor Isabelle Adjani is 66.

Jennifer Garner had dinner with someone very special last night!

John Boyega is no stranger to franchise films. As one of the main stars of the recent “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, the actor has proven himself capable of leading a major blockbuster, if needed.

Say what you will about the “Star Wars” Sequel Trilogy, it’s hard to deny the three most recent Skywalker Saga films suffered from the lack of planning. No matter if you think Rian Johnson destroyed everything you loved about the galaxy far, far away in ‘The Last Jedi,’ or if you think JJ Abrams botched the ending in ‘Rise of Skywalker,’ the fact that Lucasfilm clearly didn’t have a story already mapped out led to some truly baffling creative choices.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

A new animated Batman series are coming to HBO Max and Cartoon Network!

For many folks that love superhero storytelling or just animated storytelling in general, “Batman: The Animated Series” is often thought of as one of the best examples of both. So, you can understand why people are going to be excited to hear that the creator of that series is returning to the world of Batman for a new show coming to HBO Max.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA new Batman animated series has been ordered at HBO Max and Cartoon Network, with “Batman: The Animated Series” co-creator Bruce Timm attached as an executive producer.“Batman: Caped Crusader” will be executive produced by Timm along with J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves.

Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated series from executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, received a straight to series order from HBO Max and Cartoon Network.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBad Robot Games, the video games division of J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot, said it closed a Series B funding round of more than $40 million.Bad Robot Games was formed in 2018 as a joint venture with Tencent, the Chinese internet and tech conglomerate, and Warner Bros.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterOtoy, a technology company specializing in cloud graphics, has added digital artist Beeple to its advisory board.In enlisting Beeple, Otoy — which already counts director J.J. Abrams, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and JavaScript creator Brendan Eich as board members — hopes to pave the future of digital content, including NFTs.Few understand the confounding world as well as Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann.

When it was announced that JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot production company would have their fingers in a variety of DC superhero projects at WarnerMedia, people just assumed it would end up with the filmmaker taking the reins of one of the films or TV series himself and assume the directorial role. However, even though we’ve seen a number of the projects be announced, including a new “Superman” film written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Abrams has been listed as a producer only, not a director.

Radio Times, the Justice League filmmaker described the casting idea as “a bold and cool and probably long overdue move”.His comments come after Warner Bros. confirmed that it is looking for both a Black director and a Black lead for the upcoming Superman movie.

Zack Snyder is opening up about a film idea.

Even though the Snyder Cut of “Justice League” is in his rearview mirror and he’s about to see the release of the new Netflix zombie film, “Army of the Dead,” the specter of DC superheroes will always follow Zack Snyder. So, with the news that JJ Abrams and Ta-Nehisi Coates crafting a new “Superman” film for Warner Bros.

Lisey’s Story, a new miniseries written by Stephen King.Set to arrive on June 4, the Apple TV+ miniseries is produced by J.J. Abrams and directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie).

UPDATE MAY 11: Apple TV+ today unveiled the trailer for its upcoming limited series Lisey’s Story, based on the best-selling novel, and adapted and written by author Stephen King. Starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen, the eight-episode Apple Original series will premiere globally on June 4, 2021, with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday. Watch the trailer above

One of the more anticipated upcoming series is “Lisey’s Story”, a new Apple TV+ original from executive producers Stephen King, J.J. Abrams, Pablo Larraín and Julianne Moore, who is also the star of the show.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens saying he “definitely bombed” it.The actor had previously revealed that he had auditioned, but only now in a new interview with Variety has he opened up about how badly it went.“I think it was I couldn’t wrap my brain around some of the sides because you know when you’re reading for these high-level projects, there’s never really any specificity in the sides,” Jordan said.“Everything’s like super vague; everything is in secret.

Even Michael B. Jordan has had some bad auditions.

On paper, you can put the name of an actor together with a project and think it’s going to be great. So, if you said Michael B.

When it was announced that JJ Abrams was set to produce a new “Superman” film with acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates set to pen the script, the reports said that the film would actually include a Black actor as the superhero. But without much more information, fans were a bit confused.

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” initially purchased the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom property with his wife, Katie McGrath, in 2014 for $14.47 million. The purchase was around the time his blockbuster franchise hit began filming.