J.J. Abrams to direct next Star Wars film.

[DnD_Dad]

Yep. Now at least with the hobbit out I can enjoy middle earth, and not feel like its going to be reworked in 25 years to make it look prettier or some other nonsense.

 

[Hand of Evil]

JJA is just a hot topic, I guess he would do a good job but I keep thinking...Bay was a hot topic at one time too and there is a warning in that. Who to get, I guess I am glad I do not have to make the choice.

I kind of more interested in the Writing credits.

Star Trek (2009) Directed by J.J. Abrams --- Writing credits (WGA) Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Transformers (2007) Directed by Michael Bay --- Writing credits Roberto Orci (screenplay) & Alex Kurtzman (screenplay) John Rogers (story) and Roberto Orci (story) & Alex Kurtzman (story)




FYI: John Rogers use to be a member here, may still be...

 

[Umbran]

I kind of more interested in the Writing credits.
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Transformers (2007) Directed by Michael Bay --- Writing credits Roberto Orci (screenplay) & Alex Kurtzman (screenplay) John Rogers (story) and Roberto Orci (story) & Alex Kurtzman (story)
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FYI: John Rogers use to be a member here, may still be...

Yah. He has some interesting credits to his name - "The Core", which, I'm sorry John, wasn't very good. However, he's also got "Leverage" to his credit these days, which is an awesome show. I take this as a sign of growth, and I'm hoping he's had good impact on the story.

 

[Relique du Madde]

JCM was a good movie, but the problem with it was that the story was felt a bit cliche even though the book itself originated many of the sci-fi elements we are familiar with (if you ignore the cliche elements the screenplay's writer introduced to the script).
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[Orius]

I'm not really a big fan of Kurtzman and Orci's writing, and that last Trek film only strengthed my opinion. However, I've been reading that Lawrence Kasdan is being tapped to write this next Star Wars film, so that seems promising.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Kurtzman & Orci:an abomination of talentless hacks who have destroyed everything then touched.

Clone Wars movie was good. First 2 seasons of cartoon are pretty good. Then there was season 3, with Katie Lucas having major influence (instead of just writing 1 ep), and it sucked (obligatory biological reference). Season 4 is only slightly better, but still disappointing after seasons 1&2.

 

[Nytmare]

"Reportedly" in hollywood means "strong rumour". "Reportedly" does not mean "Confirmed". Until Disney and (not or) J.J. Abrams confirm this themselves (through their respective PR usually), then it is just a rumour.

For future reference, both "reportedly" and "rumored" a lot of times means "We asked them, but haven't received an answer." On TOP of that, a lot of times it means "We asked them if they're interested, but everybody's waiting to see what the public reaction is going to be before they say anything official."

I constantly hear producers say things like "We've been talking to Arnold's people." or "George Clooney is being considered for the lead role." and all it means is "We called their agent and left a message, but no one's bothered to call us back, and we're hoping that if we dangle a bunch of big names in front of you, you'll say yes." They use that line on cast, crew, investors, locations, product endorsements; and it works all the time.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Yeah, this has already been addressed.

 

[Nytmare]

Yeah, this has already been addressed.

The post you're talking about is the one I was responding to. Star Wars was addressed, I was addressing the industry in general.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Fair enough.
I find most entertainment "news" to be drek. At best. I think the only thing worse than entertainment "news" is celebrity gossip. And the only thing definitely worse than either is when they are right.