J.J. Abrams

The new Star Trek movie may have a title, but what does it mean?

When the rebooted, alternate universe Star Trek movie took simply Star Trek as its title, it broke the mold of titling the films Star Trek: Something Related to the Plot. It appears that the second film is following this colon-free trend, as TrekMovie is reporting that the new film’s title is Star Trek Into Darkness.…

Movies Lauren Davis Sep 8

A New Android Cop Show, From the Makers of Fringe

Could there be dueling police dramas about robots a year from now? Just a few weeks ago, NBC picked up a show about cops and robots from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Josh Friedman. And now, Fox has ordered a pilot for a show about android cops from J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman, one of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 6

Watch the entire pilot for J.J. Abrams’ Revolution right now

The pilot for Eric Kripke and J.J. Abrams’ blackout series Revolution — directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau — is online right now! The series takes place 15 years after a worldwide blackout takes out every single electrical device on the planet, including engines and batteries. What happens after the government falls and the local…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 4

First Footage of Fringe Season 5!

Fringe comes back in just over a month, and we’re going to be seeing a very different chapter in the saga of Walter Bishop and his crew. Check out a brand new promo above, which features our first glimpse of the action in Fringe season five! Spoilers ahead… So it looks like we’re going to…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders Aug 18

10 Reasons to be Excited About Pop Culture This Fall

There are just four months and change left to 2012 — and even if we don’t get destroyed by a solar Maya neutrino asteroid, we’ll still end the year with a bang. The final third of 2012 is going to be an exciting time to be a science fiction and fantasy lover — with tons…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Aug 17

Watch what happens when J.J. Abrams turns off the world’s power

Watch the first clip from the new NBC series Revolution, which depicts what happens when the lights go out for the entire planet. Cars stop, laptops shut down, babies start crying, and planes fall from the sky. This is really the first non-“swashbuckling bad guys riding around on horses” clip we’ve seen thus far. And…

Television Meredith Woerner Aug 13

J.J. Abrams and Edgar Wright team up for a mystery movie called Collider

Two entertainment icons, J.J. Abrams and Edgar Wright, are teaming up for a mysterious science fiction movie called Collider. Could this be our first big Hollywood picture about the Large Hadron Collider? And is it the same as the God Particle project that Abrams was linked to recently? https://gizmodo.com/j-j-abrams-next-mind-frak-the-large-hadron-collider-w-5917480 Not much is known about this…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 24

J.J. Abrams’ Next Mind-Frak: The Large Hadron Collider Wipes Out The Whole Planet?

J.J. Abrams is in line to produce — but probably not direct — an ultra-low-budget movie with a ver zany premise. The God Particle, written by Oren Uziel, sort of like Odyssey 5: The Movie. Here’s what happens, according to Vulture: After a physics experiment with a large hadron accelerator causes the Earth to seemingly…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 11

Michael Dorn wants to write and star in a low-budget Star Trek movie

Have we seen the last of Worf? Not if Michael Dorn gets his way. The Star Trek: The Next Generation star wants to make a brand new low-budget movie, either direct to DVD or for cable TV. He’s writing it himself — he’s already started — and he thinks it could go alongside the big…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 29

When the Apocalypse Throws You Back in Time

When we try to imagine the world after an apocalypse, we often end up thinking of a particular era from history. It’s not surprising — because the end of the world as we know it often means we’ll lose a lot of the fruits of progress. People often talk about bombing someone “back to the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders and MaryKate Jasper May 24

What will Joss Whedon’s next project really be?

Now that Joss Whedon has joined the tiny club of directors whose films have made over a billion dollars, there’s tons of speculation about what’s next for the no-longer-a-cult icon. People are dragging lists of Whedon’s unfinished projects out of mothballs — the Guardian suggests maybe he’ll decide to make a Buffy movie after all,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 14

Watch the first trailer for Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic show from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke

Here are the first scenes from Revolution, NBC’s new Monday night drama created by J.J. Abrams (Lost) and Eric Kripke (Supernatural). In this footage, a mysterious blackout knocks out the world’s power grid and renders all of civilization’s car batteries completely kaput. Some sort of über-electromagnetic pulse, perhaps? Anyway, the scenes then fast-forward 15 years.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 13

Fringe: The Final Word on Mad Science

Fringe has spent four seasons dealing with the consequences of “playing God.” We’ve learned all about Walter Bishop’s past mistakes, and we’ve seen him placed alongside dozens of other misguided scientists, whose experiments have threatened people’s lives. Over time, all of those foils of Walter Bishop have created a kind of composite portrait of Walter…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 12

Leonard Nimoy explains why he couldn’t resist returning to Fringe

Nobody expected Leonard Nimoy to return to Fringe the way he did last week — after all, the science fiction MVP had retired from acting. And the show had gone to crazy lengths to include his character, William Bell, without requiring his physical presence, including an animated episode and a “bodily possession” storyline. On a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 10

The first look at J.J. Abrams’ new post-apocalyptic TV show Revolution

Good news, J.J. Abrams fans — you’re getting a new (and hopefully better received) series from Abrams on NBC! It’s called Revolution, and it focuses on a band of survivors making their way in a new world after all of the world’s energy mysteriously disappears. And here’s your very first shot of the cast standing…

Television Meredith Woerner May 8

On Fringe, confronting your demons is just what the bad guy wants you to do

Many science fiction and fantasy stories feature a theme of facing your inner demons in order to conquer evil. This is one of the most common tropes, because it allows us to see people getting over their baggage — something we all agree is good, in these therapy-obsessed times — and making the world a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 5

The Real Problem with Benedict Cumberbatch’s Villain Role in Star Trek 12

It’s more or less official now which villain Benedict Cumberbatch is playing in the Star Trek sequel. It’s been confirmed by multiple off-the-record sources, and Trek Movie seems pretty sure about it. And there’s already a protest movement brewing about it. But nobody’s brought up the real problem with Cumberbatch’s Trek villain yet. Top image:…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 3

J.J. Abrams is “the guardian of Star Trek,” including on television

Don’t count on a new Star Trek show coming to your screen any time soon. Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller has talked to X-Men director Bryan Singer about pitching one — but as long as the J.J. Abrams movies are coming out regularly, it probably won’t happen. https://gizmodo.com/could-a-new-star-trek-tv-show-really-happen-5882827 That’s what Fuller tells Entertainment Weekly, adding…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 22

10 Ways Self-Hating Fans Make Genre Entertainment Worse

We love science fiction and fantasy with a pure, burning adoration. And our love of these genres helps make them better, because we support our favorite creators, create our own works and trade cool ideas. But sometimes, fandom has a dark side. Sometimes, fans can fall into self-loathing, and this can lead to some destructive…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 17

What would Titanic look like in the hands of George Lucas?

James Cameron is said to have made just one major revision to Titanic in preparation for its re-release (besides converting it to 3D, that is); but who among us hasn’t wondered what Titanic might have looked like had Cameron turned to George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, and Michael Bay for assistance with the remake? https://gizmodo.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-is-behind-the-only-major-technical-5898221 What’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 9

The new Star Trek movie may have a title, but what does it mean?

A New Android Cop Show, From the Makers of Fringe

Watch the entire pilot for J.J. Abrams’ Revolution right now

First Footage of Fringe Season 5!

10 Reasons to be Excited About Pop Culture This Fall

Watch what happens when J.J. Abrams turns off the world’s power

J.J. Abrams and Edgar Wright team up for a mystery movie called Collider

J.J. Abrams’ Next Mind-Frak: The Large Hadron Collider Wipes Out The Whole Planet?

Michael Dorn wants to write and star in a low-budget Star Trek movie

When the Apocalypse Throws You Back in Time

What will Joss Whedon’s next project really be?

Watch the first trailer for Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic show from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke

Fringe: The Final Word on Mad Science

Leonard Nimoy explains why he couldn’t resist returning to Fringe

The first look at J.J. Abrams’ new post-apocalyptic TV show Revolution

On Fringe, confronting your demons is just what the bad guy wants you to do

The Real Problem with Benedict Cumberbatch’s Villain Role in Star Trek 12

J.J. Abrams is “the guardian of Star Trek,” including on television

10 Ways Self-Hating Fans Make Genre Entertainment Worse

What would Titanic look like in the hands of George Lucas?

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One of the Greatest ‘Star Wars’ Characters of All Time Is Getting the Action Figure She Deserves

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