J.J. Abrams

Can You Win The J.J. Abrams Board Game?

When Lost returns on Tuesday, the surprises will come thick and fast. How would you survive if you were trapped inside a twisty J.J. Abrams story? There’s only one way to find out: by playing the J.J. Abrams board game. (Click the board game to make it super big.) We compiled a set of common…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 28

Lost’s Off-Island Character Coincidences Mapped Out

Why did Sayid’s captors know Kate’s fake daddy? How come Locke and Hugo had the same boss? And how did Jack’s life-and-death doctor decisions change Boone’s life? All these strange coincidences are mapped out on a fantastic interactive chart. [Scordit]

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 27

What’s J.J. Abrams’ Next Mystery Project?

Buried deep down in the bottom of New York Times’ interview with Paramount’s Chariman Brad Grey was the news that neither the Star Trek sequel nor Mission Impossible 4 may be J.J. Abrams‘ next film project. But what is? In the NYT article Grey leaks out a little news in regards to Star Trek 2…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 14

Ali Larter Will Rock A Silver Miniskirt In UFO, But Can She Help Christopher Nolan-Ize It?

The remake of Gerry Anderson‘s ultra-campy alien-fighting TV series UFO will be deadly serious, along the lines of Batman Begins or Casino Royale, insists director Matthew Gratzner. But is it a bad sign that Ali Larter is set to co-star? https://gizmodo.com/joshua-jackson-to-fight-ufos-in-the-1970s-5410880 Larter is in talks to play Virginia Lake, the “strong but feminine” woman at…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 11

Celebrate The Holidays With Starfleet Cookies, A Klingon Christmas, And Abrams-Inspired Trek Novels

Today is a good day to watch the Klingon translation of A Christmas Carol, or just to eat some Starfleet cookies. And in other Trek news, J.J. Abrams‘ alternate timeline has spawned its own line of alternate-universe tie-in novels. Geeky Cookies has the how-to on making this holiday full of Klingons and Star Trek goodies,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 30

Is Nestor Carbonell Bringing His Guylinered Stare To Star Trek’s Khan?

Nestor Carbonell, also known as Batmanuel and Richard Alpert from Lost, is getting the rumor treatment today as a possible casting option for Star Trek 2‘s villainous Khan. One problem: No one knows if Khan’s even in the next movie. While Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman work on the script for Star Trek 2, which…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 18

J.J. Abrams’ Version Of Star Trek’s Salt Vampire And Gorn Revealed

Even though they didn’t make the final cut, the salt vampire and Gorn were still in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Take a look at these revamped versions of classic aliens. Trek Movie has an exclusive featurette titled Masks vs. Prosthetics where you can finally see the new looks for both Gorn and the Salt Vampire.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 17

Wil Wheaton’s Star Trek Cameo And How You Made Quinto Spock Happen

It’s pretty amazing that Zachary Quinto’s interest in playing Spock was sparked by mere message-board chatter — a newly released DVD featurette shows how it all began. Plus Wil Wheaton’s Trek movie cameo is revealed. Apparently Wheaton did a lot of voice work for the Romulan crew, and it’s all thanks to fellow voiceover-artist Greg…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 5

Star Trek’s Green Girl Deleted Scene: They All Look The Same To Kirk

It’s not easy being green, but maybe it helps to be Diora Baird? Check out the latest Star Trek deleted scene to be released, showcasing Baird as one of those legendary Orion women. Anyone else shocked this was how they chose to use Baird? We can see why it got cut — it doesn’t exactly…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 3

At Long Last, Meet J.J. Abrams’ Klingons

Feeling cheated that you didn’t get to see a Klingon prison break in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie? As we promised, those lost Klingon scenes will be on the new DVD, but a few snippets have already turned up online. https://gizmodo.com/victor-garber-will-make-all-your-klingon-dreams-come-tr-5377622 Spike TV has an official clip from the new trailer (which is available in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 28

Trent Reznor Makes Fringe Even Creepier

Nine Inch Nails frontman and all-around rock god Trent Reznor is remixing his own “Zero-Sum” for J.J. Abrams‘ Fringe. And in keeping with the show’s nerd-overload, the whole thing is full of geeky Easter Eggs and hard core Fringe references. According to Entertainment Weekly, Reznor will be mixing William Bell’s on screen dialogue with his…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 22

Star Trek’s Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed

Star Trek‘s second pilot — a longer version of "Where No Man Has Gone Before," introducing Captain Kirk — has never appeared anywhere, but it’ll be on a new Blu-Ray set. Meanwhile, the next Trek movie is delayed one year. According to TrekWeb, the Star Trek Season 3 Blu-Ray set will include the longer cut…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 19

What Would Shatner Have Done in the Near Future’s Past?

With Leonard Nimoy playing such an important role in J.J Abrams’ reboot of the Trek series, what happened to an appearance from Kirk Prime? The noticeable absence of William Shatner is discussed in the DVD special feature “The Shatner Conundrum.” While Star Trek bascially depended on Nimoy’s involvement to work, at least for the writers,…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz Oct 13

Trek DVD Extra: Kirk Apologizes To A Green Woman?

The upcoming Star Trek DVD/Blu-Ray throws in tons of deleted scenes, including Spock’s parents, Kirk’s uncle, Klingon prison-breaks… and Kirk apologizing to a green woman? Special features explain everything — except the writers’ theory of time travel. On November 17, Paramount is releasing the highest-grossing Star Trek movie of all time on DVD and BluRay.…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz Oct 13

Victor Garber Will Make All Your Klingon Dreams Come True

As we know from the trailer, the recent Star Trek was thisclose to putting Klingons in the first film — so might this bode well for their appearance in the second? J.J. Abrams can’t confirm, but doesn’t discard the idea. At the junket for the DVD release, Abrams told us that his friend Victor Garber…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz Oct 13

Blinded By Lens Flare: The Star Trek Gag Reel

The performances in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot were smooth and flawless — on screen, at least. Here are all the goofs, giggles, beat-boxing incidents, and captain’s chair crashing pratfalls that didn’t make it. [via Pamela Hopkins]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 12

Spock In Mission: Impossible 4? Yes Please

J.J. Abrams‘ muse Leonard Nimoy may possibly — hopefully — have a role in the next Mission Impossible. At least, that’s what Abrams hinted yesterday. What if Nimoy came back in Abrams next project as his original Mission: Impossible character, Paris? How open is the director to casting Nimoy in his next film? Well, he…

Movies Caitlin Petrakovitz Oct 9

Abrams Says Star Trek 2 is Allegory-Free… So Far

Writers Orci and Kurtzman say that talk of a topical Guantanamo allegory in Star Trek 2 was just water-cooler chatter. And J.J. Abrams tells us he wants to steer clear of political message-mongering. But has no problem with “modern issues.” https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-going-to-guantanamo-next-trek-will-be-topica-5360294 We sat with writers Orci and Kurtzman at the Paramount Star Trek DVD junket…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz Oct 9

J.J. Abrams’ New Show: Mr. And Mrs. Smith… With A Dash Of Moonlighting?

We’ve been hearing a lot about the network bidding war over J.J. Abrams‘ new spy-fi show, about a married couple who also work together as spies. But Abrams explains it’s not an Alias-style tense drama, but more of a lark: The truth is, it’s more of a comedy with drama and action than a straight…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 8

Star Trek Going To Guantanamo? Next Trek Will Be Topical, Say Creators

If you missed the Gene Roddenberry-ish social message in the most recent J.J. Abrams movie, then rejoice. On the other hand, if you’re already tired of Bush-era “war on terror/torture” allegories, then the latest Star Trek 2 reports may disappoint. Oh, and there are obviously spoilers in this post. The L.A. Times caught up with…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 15

Can You Win The J.J. Abrams Board Game?

Lost’s Off-Island Character Coincidences Mapped Out

What’s J.J. Abrams’ Next Mystery Project?

Ali Larter Will Rock A Silver Miniskirt In UFO, But Can She Help Christopher Nolan-Ize It?

Celebrate The Holidays With Starfleet Cookies, A Klingon Christmas, And Abrams-Inspired Trek Novels

Is Nestor Carbonell Bringing His Guylinered Stare To Star Trek’s Khan?

J.J. Abrams’ Version Of Star Trek’s Salt Vampire And Gorn Revealed

Wil Wheaton’s Star Trek Cameo And How You Made Quinto Spock Happen

Star Trek’s Green Girl Deleted Scene: They All Look The Same To Kirk

At Long Last, Meet J.J. Abrams’ Klingons

Trent Reznor Makes Fringe Even Creepier

Star Trek’s Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed

What Would Shatner Have Done in the Near Future’s Past?

Trek DVD Extra: Kirk Apologizes To A Green Woman?

Victor Garber Will Make All Your Klingon Dreams Come True

Blinded By Lens Flare: The Star Trek Gag Reel

Spock In Mission: Impossible 4? Yes Please

Abrams Says Star Trek 2 is Allegory-Free… So Far

J.J. Abrams’ New Show: Mr. And Mrs. Smith… With A Dash Of Moonlighting?

Star Trek Going To Guantanamo? Next Trek Will Be Topical, Say Creators

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