'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.
The final frontier? Forget it. This soulless sequel to a reboot is only too happy to go where every generic sci-fi blockbuster has gone before, and not so boldly either.
Fox, facing the ebbing ratings power of "American Idol," is betting big on its first miniseries showcase, starting with a limited-edition "24," and shows from heavyweight producers Seth MacFarlane and J.J. Abrams to invigorate its schedule.
Disney is mining The Force for even more new films.
The force isn't with the 3-D versions of the "Star Wars" prequels.
Author Dennis Lehane is offering an unusual reward for the person who finds his family's beloved missing beagle.
"Revolution," the latest series of writer-director-producer J.J. Abrams, airs at 10 p.m. Mondays on NBC.
"Robocop" actor Peter Weller is joining the cast of director J.J. Abrams' big-screen "Star Trek" sequel.
Michelle Obama wants to see more stories about military families on TV and in movies, so she came to Hollywood to do something about it.
J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi tale "Super 8" debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $35.5 million, bumping "X-Men: First Class" to No. 2 with $24.1 million in its second weekend.
Hollywood's summer box-office streak has cooled a bit with a $37 million opening weekend for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi tale "Super 8."
Hollywood's summer box-office streak has cooled a bit with a $37 million opening weekend for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's science-fiction tale "Super 8."
Watching "Super 8" is like watching the big-screen equivalent of a cover band: Writer-director J.J. Abrams is so blatantly and unabashedly aping the tone, style and thematic signals of Steven Spielberg's early canon that the movie frequently comes across as an exercise in sheer mimicry. As a shallow cinematic nostalgia trip, it's reasonably effective, but it never quite stands on its own.
This year's MTV Movie Awards came with a preview of next year's possible winners.
This year's MTV Movie Awards came with a preview of next year's possible winners.
"I quickly said that because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek,' and also just being a fan, I wouldn't even want to be involved in the next version of those things," Mr. Abrams told Empire. "I declined any involvement very early on. I'd rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them."
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"Today," he said, "information is instantaneous.
