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Bryan Burk, producer of the mysterious monster movie Cloverfield, told SCI FI Wire that the filmmakers' intention was to make America's answer to Japan's Godzilla and that the movie was inspired by other films.
"It's an entirely original story and monster," Burk, a producing partner with Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams, said in an interview in November. "There's no tie-in to any of our other projects quite yet. We're obviously fans of the great monster movies. I remember when we were starting Lost, and we had references in it to all our...
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J.J. Abrams has officially signed on to direct the next Star Trek installment, currently titled Star Trek XI: Kirk and Spock Sitting in a Tree. Kidding, of course -- right now all we have is Star Trek XI, and a story that revolves around Kirk and Spock's first meeting at the Starfleet Academy, as well as their first mission together. Apparently, the deal for Abrams to direct was finalized last night.
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Greg Grunberg—a longtime friend of writer/director J.J. Abrams, who has been hired to helm the proposed 11th Star Trek film told that he and Abrams have joked about giving Grunberg a cameo role—and he also dropped a tantalizing hint about the film's possibly youthful characters.
"Yeah, we joked about that," Grunberg said in an interview on the set of his upcoming NBC SF series Heroes in Hollywood, Calif., on Aug. 23. "It's the old 'You're too old!' And i'm like, 'I'm too old? What does that mean?' And he won't tell me anything else. And...
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) now has Matt listed as playing James T. Kirk. But then again... we all know how unreliable the IMDB is for movies that aren't actually out yet. Remember, they also had Paul Betany listed as The Joker for the next Batman flick.
Is this the end of the Star Trek series? or the beginning of something bigger and better for the series?
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