The long-term effects of the strike are beginning to manifest as the Writers’ Guild of America enters its fourth month on strike. It now seems like studios are beginning to intensify their efforts to drive writers to accept an offer. Warner Bros. Television Group has targeted prominent writers this time … [Read More]
Speed Racer is a cartoon (Mach Go Go Go) and franchise that has been around since 1967. The 57-episode anime aired in Japan between on Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968. In the US, the show aired in syndication at approximately the same time. The anime’s adaptation to … [Read More]
News hit the web recently that a new Star Trek movie would be coming from Paramount Pictures. Paramount held an investors event recently. Star Trek producer J.J. Abrams announced that they were working on a new Star Trek movie that will feature the their original cast. The news was surprising … [Read More]
Quentin Tarantino is a well known household name director, as is the Star Trek franchise, but did you know that the director was once attached to write and direct a Star Trek film? This was at a time when the future for the Star Trek film franchise was uncertain and … [Read More]
Paramount is going to release a 4th Star Trek film.The news is coming out of Paramount’s investor Day presentation. JJ Abrams will produce Star Trek 4 but isn’t signed on to direct the film. The original cast including Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Karl Urban and Simon … [Read More]
You know what is one of my favorite things to do? Highlight just how terrible this JJ Abrams trilogy of Star Wars films truly was. Sure, some people like to blame Disney as a corporation or Kathleen Kennedy as the person in charge of Lucasfilm. Not me, I blame the … [Read More]
So it’s come to our attention that the Star Trek film franchise has met its demise. I caught the headline from Forbes and I don’t feel surprised or sorry that it’s gone. I remember watching the first movie and really enjoying its clever use of time travel. I remember feeling … [Read More]
When there’s a will there’s a way. Despite the mixed reactions to The Last Jedi and the flopping of Solo it seems that Bog Iger and company still have confidence in Kathleen Kennedy. According to THR Kathleen Kennedy will remain in charge of Lucasfilm for another 3 years. Kennedy’s position … [Read More]
So the web is buzzing with news that Quentin Tarantino is considering Star Trek film as his final film. Deadline reports the director is pitched his idea to J.J. Abrams directly. In turn Abrams assembled his his writers to hear out his pitch. I, for one, am pretty skeptical about … [Read More]
It seems like Disney grows their own money trees as they continue to purchase fan favorite franchises. Now owning Marvel and Star Wars, Disney has just acquired the rights to Star Trek in a bold move. Given that J.J. Abrams has already directed the latest Star Trek films and … [Read More]
Synopsis: After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. When it comes to JJ Abrams, everyone is talking about Star … [Read More]
So while the fans are anxiously awaiting a response from Abrams on where the next Star Wars film is in its production, JJ Abrams has very few words to say. In fact after getting back from my screening of his Star Trek sequel (which was awesome by the way), … [Read More]