‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’: Film Review
In “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” there’s a lightsaber duel that’s pretty fantastic — not because of any unprecedented whirling-action whoa! factor (we have, after all, been through one or two of...
View Article‘Star Wars’ Cast on the Questions They Never Want to Answer Again
“The Rise of Skywalker” is the final edition in the epic “Star Wars” trilogy, and that means director J.J. Abrams and the “Star Wars” cast can laugh about the interview questions that they never want...
View ArticleHow Movies Like ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Revived Animatronics
Call it the J.J. Effect. Animatronics — along with similar techniques like puppetry, makeup effects and miniatures — is making a comeback. The work was long responsible for some of the most iconic...
View ArticleJ.J. Abrams, Katie McGrath Talk Representation in ‘Star Wars’ and at Bad Robot
Addressing the importance of representation both on screen and in the office, writer-director J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot co-CEO Katie McGrath discussed at the 2020 Upfront Summit in Los Angeles on...
View Article‘Challenger: The Final Flight’ Commemorates a Tragedy With Grace: TV Review
If America’s modern space age began in the 1960s, it hit a wall in 1986 with the Challenger disaster, when the U.S. space shuttle by that name exploded during takeoff, killing all seven crew members...
View ArticleJ.J. Abrams’‘Subject to Change’ Ordered to Series at HBO Max
HBO Max has given a series order to “Subject to Change,” a new drama created by J.J. Abrams. Jennifer Yale is set to serve as showrunner on the project from Warner Bros. Television and Abrams’ Bad...
View ArticleTa-Nehisi Coates Writing a New Superman Film for DC and Warner Bros.
Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a new Superman film for DC Films and Warner Bros. The project is in very early development, but the new film is being produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot. Hannah Minghella...
View ArticleDC Films Taps ‘Promising Young Woman’ Director Emerald Fennell to Write...
Emerald Fennell, the Oscar-nominated director of “Promising Young Woman,” is taking on a different kind of vigilante. She has been tapped to write “Zatanna,” a big-screen adaptation of the DC Comics...
View ArticleJ.J. Abrams’ Loud Robot Label Strikes Deal With RCA, Premiering With Nnena...
RCA Records has announced a new partnership and label deal with Loud Robot, the record label from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, to release new musical talent. To kick off this partnership, Nnena, the first...
View Article‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Animated Series From Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, Matt...
HBO Max has canceled six upcoming animated series, including “Batman: Caped Crusader,” Variety has learned. The project was ordered to series in May 2021 with Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves...
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