J. J. Abrams Explained

J. J. Abrams
Birth Name:Jeffrey Jacob Abrams
Birth Date:27 June 1966
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Education:Palisades Charter High School
Years Active:1972–present
Children:3, including Gracie
Father:Gerald W. Abrams
Mother:Carol Ann Kelvin
Alma Mater:Sarah Lawrence College

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966)[1] is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced such films as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009),  (2015), and  (2019). Abrams' films have grossed over $4 billion worldwide, making him the eighth-highest-grossing film director of all time.

Abrams has created numerous television series, including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias (creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), and Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013). He won two Emmy Awards for LostOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series.

His directorial film work includes (2006), Star Trek (2009), Super 8 (2011), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also directed, co-produced, and co-wrote The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest grossing, the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, as well as the most expensive film ever made. He returned to Star Wars by executive producing The Last Jedi (2017), and directing and co-writing The Rise of Skywalker (2019).[2]

Abrams' frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk; producer/directors Damon Lindelof and Tommy Gormley; actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg, Amanda Foreman, and Keri Russell; composer Michael Giacchino; writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong; and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey.

Early life

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born on June 27, 1966, in New York City, New York to veteran television producer Gerald W. Abrams (born 1939) of Polish-Jewish descent and Carol Ann Abrams (née Kelvin; 1942–2012), a Peabody Award winning television executive producer as well as author and law academic.[3] His sister is the screenwriter Tracy Rosen. His father worked at CBS in Midtown Manhattan the year prior to Abrams' birth. By 1971 the family had relocated to Los Angeles. His mother worked as a real estate agent while Abrams and his sister were at school.[3]

Abrams attended Palisades High School and after graduation planned on going to art school rather than a traditional college but eventually enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, in Bronxville, New York.[4]

Film career

Early career

Abrams' first job in the movie business was at age 16 when he wrote the music for Don Dohler's 1982 horror movie Nightbeast. During his senior year at college, he teamed with Jill Mazursky, the daughter of award-winning writer/director Paul Mazursky, to write a feature film treatment.[5] [6] Purchased by Touchstone Pictures, the treatment was the basis for Taking Care of Business, Abrams' first produced film, which starred Charles Grodin and James Belushi and was directed by Academy Award winner Arthur Hiller. He followed with Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, and Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson. He also co-wrote with Mazursky the script for the comedy Gone Fishin' starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover.

In 1994, he was part of the "Propellerheads" with Rob Letterman, Loren Soman, and Andy Waisler, a group of Sarah Lawrence alums experimenting with computer animation technology. They were contracted by Jeffrey Katzenberg to develop animation for the film Shrek.[7] Abrams worked on the screenplay for the 1998 film Armageddon with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay. That same year, he made his first foray into television with Felicity, which ran for four seasons on The WB Network, serving as the series' co-creator (with Matt Reeves) and executive producer. He also composed its opening theme music.

2000s

Under his production company, Bad Robot, which he founded with Bryan Burk in 2001,[8] Abrams created and executive-produced ABC's Alias and is co-creator (along with Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber) and was executive producer of Lost. As with Felicity, Abrams also composed the opening theme music for Alias and Lost. Abrams directed and wrote the two-part pilot for Lost and remained active producer for the first half of the season. Also in 2001, Abrams co-wrote and produced the horror-thriller Joy Ride.[9] In 2006, he served as executive producer of What About Brian and Six Degrees, also on ABC. He also co-wrote the teleplay for Losts third-season premiere "A Tale of Two Cities" and the same year, he made his feature directorial debut with , starring Tom Cruise. Abrams spoke at the TED conference in 2007.[10]

In 2008, Abrams produced the monster movie Cloverfield, which Matt Reeves directed.[11] In 2009, he directed the science fiction film Star Trek,[12] which he produced with Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof. While it was speculated that they would be writing and producing an adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels, they publicly stated in November 2009 that they were no longer looking to take on that project.[13] In 2008, Abrams co-created, executive produced, and co-wrote (along with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman) the FOX science fiction series Fringe, for which he also composed the theme music. He was featured in the 2009 MTV Movie Awards 1980s-style digital short "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions", with Andy Samberg and Will Ferrell, in which he plays a keyboard solo. NBC picked up Abrams's Undercovers as its first new drama series for the 2010–11 season.[14] However, it was subsequently cancelled by the network in November 2010.

2010s

Abrams wrote and directed the Paramount science fiction thriller Super 8, starring Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning, while co-producing with Steven Spielberg and Bryan Burk; it was released on June 10, 2011.[15]

Abrams directed the sequel to Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, released in May 2013.[16] The film was interpreted as a loose remake of .[17] Critics generally reacted positively to the film, while Nicholas Meyer, the director of The Wrath of Khan, called it a "gimmick".[18] Abrams was criticized for the film's treatment of classic villain Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch). Many felt that much of the character, originally played by Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán, had been lost, especially his ethnic identity. Two years after the film's release, Abrams said of the film, "there were certain things I was unsure of. ... Any movie ... has a fundamental conversation happening during it. And [for ''Into Darkness'',] I didn't have it... [The weakness of the plot] was not anyone's fault but mine. ... [The script] was a little bit of a collection of scenes that were written by my friends ... And yet, I found myself frustrated by my choices, and unable to hang my hat on an undeniable thread of the main story. So then I found myself on that movie basically tap-dancing as well as I could to try and make the sequences as entertaining as possible. ... I would never say that I don't think that the movie ended up working. But I feel like it didn't work as well as it could have, had I made some better decisions before we started shooting."[19]

On January 25, 2013, Disney and Lucasfilm introduced Abrams as director and producer of , the seventh entry in the Star Wars film saga,[20] with Bryan Burk and Bad Robot producing the film.[21] Following this news, speculation arose as to Abrams's future with Paramount Pictures, under which he had released all of his previous feature work as a director, and which had a first-look deal with his company, Bad Robot. Paramount vice-chairman Rob Moore stated that Abrams would continue to have a hand in the Star Trek and Mission: Impossible franchises going forward.[22]

Abrams directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay for The Force Awakens,[23] which opened in theaters on December 18, 2015.[24] [25] Despite its strong box office performance and positive reviews, the film was considered by some, including Star Wars creator George Lucas, to be too similar to the original 1977 film.[26] [27] In 2016, Abrams responded towards these complaints, stating: "What was important for me was introducing brand new characters using relationships that were embracing the history that we know to tell a story that is new — to go backwards to go forwards".[28]

Abrams returned as producer for Star Trek Beyond, released in 2016. And also produced The Cloverfield Paradox, a sequel to 10 Cloverfield Lane. It was released on Netflix in February 2018.[29] [30] Also on 2018, Abrams produced Overlord, a horror film set behind German enemy lines in World War II and directed by Julius Avery.[31] Abrams also produced the fourth, fifth, and sixth Mission: Impossible films.[32]

In September 2017, Abrams returned to direct and co-write with Chris Terrio.[33] The film was released in December 2019; it received mixed reviews from critics and fans,[34] [35] while audience reactions were also mixed.[36] [37]

Abrams was one of the producers of an animated short film of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at Christmas 2022.[38]

Upcoming projects

In 2008, it was reported that Abrams purchased the rights to a New York Times article "Mystery on Fifth Avenue". This concerns the renovation of an $8.5 million co-op, a division of property originally owned by E. F. Hutton & Co. and Marjorie Merriweather Post. He purchased it for six figures and worked on developing a film titled Mystery on Fifth Avenue, with Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot,[39] hiring comedy writers Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky to write the adaptation. According to the article, a wealthy couple, Steven B. Klinsky and Maureen Sherry, purchased the apartment in 2003 and live there with their four children. Soon after purchasing the apartment, they hired young architectural designer Eric Clough, who devised an elaborately clever "scavenger hunt" he built into the apartment. His unauthorized additions involved dozens of historical figures, a fictional book and a soundtrack, which he wove throughout the apartment. He included puzzles, riddles, secret panels, compartments, and hidden codes, without the couple's knowledge. The family did not discover the embedded mysteries until months after moving into the apartment.[40] [41] After Abrams purchased the article, Clough left him an encrypted message in the wall tiles of a Christian Louboutin shoe store he designed in West Hollywood.[42]

In July 2016, Abrams reported that a fourth alternate universe Star Trek installment was in the works and that he was confident that Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Chris Hemsworth would return for the sequel.[43] [44] Due to ongoing internal issues at Paramount, the movie has stayed in the writing queue.[45]

Abrams will produce and Guillermo del Toro will write and direct a science-fiction action/thriller film titled Zanbato,[46] which Abrams has been working on since 2011.[47] In 2024, this movie also remains in development.[48]

In September 2019, Abrams and his Bad Robot company signed a $250 million five-year deal with WarnerMedia, including HBO and Warner Bros. Pictures.[49] In April 2020, it was announced that Abrams would be developing three new shows for HBO Max: Justice League Dark, Overlook, and Duster.[50] Abrams will also serve as executive producer and co-creator of a new Batman animated series titled Batman: Caped Crusader alongside Reeves and Bruce Timm.[51] The production team then created eleven episodes, set to premiere August 1, 2024.[52]

In February 2022, it was announced Abrams would serve as executive producer on a limited series adaptation of the Stephen King novel Billy Summers, with Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz writing. One year later, it was announced that Warner Bros. had acquired the project, which was now being repurposed as a feature film with Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions joining as a producer.[53] [54]

On May 8, 2024, it was announced that Abrams would write and direct an untitled new film, with Glen Powell in early talks to star in the project with Bad Robot signing on as the production company.[55] [56] The company's five-year deal with Warner Bros. was also extended in August 2024, although it was expected to be less expensive than the previous agreement with future projects having significant budget cuts.[57]

Unrealized projects

See main article: J. J. Abrams's unrealized projects.

In 1989, Abrams met Steven Spielberg at a film festival, where Spielberg spoke about a possible Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel, with Abrams as a possible writer and with Robert Zemeckis as producer.[58] Nothing came up from this project, although Abrams has some storyboards for a Roger Rabbit short.

In July 2002, Abrams wrote a script for a possible fifth Superman film entitled .[59] Brett Ratner and McG entered into talks to direct,[60] although Abrams tried to get the chance to direct his own script.[61] However, the project was finally cancelled in 2004 and instead Superman Returns was released in 2006.

In November 2009, Abrams and Bad Robot Productions along with Cartoon Network Movies, Warner Bros., Frederator Films and Paramount Pictures, reportedly were producing a film adaptation of Samurai Jack.[62] However, the production of the film was scrapped after Abrams' departure from the project to direct Star Trek.[63] For this and other reasons, series creator Genndy Tartakovsky made a new season instead of a feature film. Also in 2009, Abrams and Bad Robot were reportedly set to produce a film based on the Micronauts toy line.[64] [65] However, the film has never gone into production.[66]

In February 2018, HBO ordered Abrams' sci-fi drama Demimonde to series.[67] In June 2022, the project was cancelled.[68]

Bad Robot

See also: Bad Robot. In 2001, Abrams founded his own production company, Bad Robot, in association with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures. Initially a television production company under Touchstone Television, Bad Robot would branch out into film production, with the first movie to be produced under the Bad Robot name being Joy Ride (2001). Bad Robot is well known for Lost, the Star Trek Kelvin timeline films, the Mission: Impossible films excluding , the Cloverfield franchise, and the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

Future projects include Flowervale Street, a Hot Wheels film adaptation, an animated film based on Dr. Seuss' Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and a Black-led Superman reboot separate from the DC Universe[69]

Other work

Video game

As of November 2015, a video game called Spyjinx was in development, with Abrams in a collaboration with Bad Robot and Chair Entertainment.[70] [71] A beta test was launched on April 2, 2020, by Epic Games.[72] [73]

Books and comics

On October 29, 2013, S., a novel written by Doug Dorst based on a concept by Abrams, was released.[74]

In 2019, Abrams made his debut as a writer for Marvel Comics, co-authoring the company's title Spider-Man from September of that year with his son Henry.[75] The first issue of the comic includes the death of Mary-Jane Watson, and a twelve-year time shift, with the series' protagonist being Ben Parker, son of Peter Parker and Mary Jane.[76]

Personal life

Abrams is married to public relations executive Katie McGrath and has three children.[5] [77] His daughter, Gracie Abrams, is a pop singer-songwriter.[78] He resides in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.[79] [80] He is Jewish and his wife is Catholic, and he sometimes takes his children to religious services on Jewish holidays.[81]

Abrams serves on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization[82] and the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) Board of Governors.[83] It was also reported that he attended the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleCredited as
width=65 Directorwidth=65 WriterProducer
1990Taking Care of Business
1991Regarding Henry
1992Forever Young
1997Gone Fishin'
1998Armageddon
2001Joy Ride
2006
2009Star Trek
2011Super 8
2013Star Trek Into Darkness
2015
2019
Producer only Executive producer

Acting credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Regarding HenryDelivery Boy
1993Six Degrees of SeparationDoug
1996DiaboliqueVideo Photographer #2
1999The SuburbansRock Journalist
2015Vocal cameo
2017The Disaster ArtistHimself
2019Love, AntoshaHimselfDocumentary film
D-OVoice[84]

Other roles

! Year! Title! Role!
1982NightbeastComposer / Sound effects composer
1995CasperUncredited rewrites[85]
2006Digital artist

Television

YearTitleCredited asNotes
CreatorDirectorWriterExecutive ProducerTheme
Composer
1998–2002FelicityDirector (2 episodes) / Writer (17 episodes)
2001–06AliasDirector (2 episodes) / Writer (13 episodes)
2004–10LostDirector (2 episodes) / Writer (3 episodes)
2006Jimmy Kimmel Live!Episode: "4.269"
2007The OfficeEpisode: "Cocktails"
2008–13FringeWriter (6 episodes)
2010UndercoversDirector (1 episode) / Writer (3 episodes)
2011–16Person of Interest
2012Alcatraz
2012–14Revolution
2013–14Almost Human
Duster

Executive producer only

Acting credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Family GuyHimselfVoice, Episode: "Ratings Guy"
2017NightcapEpisode: "The Show Might Go on, Part 2"
Tour de PharmacyTelevision film
2021The SimpsonsEpisode: "Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars"

Theatre

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1999Razzie AwardWorst ScreenplayArmageddon
2002Emmy AwardOutstanding Writing for a Drama SeriesAlias
2004PGA AwardBest Drama
2005ASCAP Film and Television Music AwardsTop TV SeriesLost
Directors Guild of AmericaBest Director
Emmy Award[87] Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesPilot
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama SeriesPilot
2006ASCAP Film and Television Music AwardsTop TV Series
PGA AwardBest Drama
Writers Guild of America[88] Dramatic Series
2007Saturn AwardBest DirectorMission: Impossible III
BAFTABest International ProgrammeLost
PGA AwardBest Drama
Writers Guild of AmericaDramatic Series
2008Emmy AwardOutstanding Drama Series
2009
Writers Guild of AmericaLong FormFringe
New Series
Scream AwardsBest DirectorStar Trek
2010Saturn AwardBest Director
Empire AwardsBest Director
PGA AwardTheatrical Motion Picture
SFX AwardsBest Director
Hugo AwardsBest Dramatic Presentation – Long Form
Emmy AwardOutstanding Drama SeriesLost
2011Scream AwardBest DirectorSuper 8
Best Scream-Play
BAM AwardsBest Director
Best Screenplay
2012Saturn AwardBest Director
Best Writing
SFX AwardsBest Director
2013PGA AwardNorman Lear Achievement Award in Television
2014 Best Director Star Trek Into Darkness
2016
Best Writing
Empire AwardsBest Director
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Best Film
Critics' Choice Movie AwardsBest Picture
Jupiter AwardsBest International Film
Hugo AwardsBest Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Further reading

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: September 12, 2017 . J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars: Episode IX! - ComingSoon.net . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912193946/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/886927-j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-wars-episode-ix . September 12, 2017 . September 12, 2017.
  3. News: June 5, 2012 . Carol Ann Abrams dies, producer, author was mother of J.J. Abrams . . live . June 6, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710074439/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118055047 . July 10, 2012.
  4. J.J. Abrams: On Filmmaking . May 8, 2013 . BAFTA Guru . December 28, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160105234339/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN-On2CusDM&t=5m48s&ab_channel=BAFTAGuru . January 5, 2016 . live.
  5. J.J. Abrams . dead . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110325072015/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jj-abrams/bio/194178 . March 25, 2011.
  6. Web site: Natale . Richard . July 2014 . Paul Mazursky, Director of 'Unmarried Woman,' Dies at 84 . 11 May 2022 . Variety.
  7. The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks pgs. 55–56
  8. Web site: Warner . Tyrone . May 11, 2010 . J.J. Abrams not worried about writer's block on 'Fringe' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100726213716/http://shows.ctv.ca/Fringe/article/JJ-Abrams-not-worried-about-writers-block-on-Fringe . July 26, 2010 . June 29, 2011 . CTV.
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  11. Web site: Moore . Debi . July 13, 2012 . San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Dexter Panel Highlights; Watch the First Two Minutes of Season 7! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100119164334/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35377/jj-abrams-talks-cloverfield-sequel . January 19, 2010 . Dread Central.
  12. Web site: Miska . Brad . January 16, 2010 . J.J. Abrams on 'Cloverfield' Sequel, "We're Working on Something" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100121045938/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18726/ . January 21, 2010.
  13. Web site: February 23, 2008 . J.J. Abrams on Star Trek and Cloverfield 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080225132057/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=42298 . February 25, 2008 . February 23, 2008 . Comingsoon.net.
  14. Web site: May 3, 2010 . NBC Picks Up New J.J. Abrams Drama Series . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110423210623/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Abrams-Picked-NBC-1018042.aspx . April 23, 2011 . TV Guide.
  15. News: Pamela McClintock . May 6, 2010 . Abrams, Spielberg confirmed for 'Super 8' . Variety . live . July 27, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100509124629/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018854.html . May 9, 2010.
  16. Web site: J.J. Abrams Will Direct STAR TREK 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402130857/http://www.nextnewmovies.com/j-j-abrams-will-direct-star-trek-2 . April 2, 2012 . December 6, 2011 . NextNewMovies.
  17. Web site: 2018-11-27 . The Wrath of Khan director wasn't impressed by Star Trek Into Darkness . 2019-06-19 . Flickering Myth . en-US.
  18. Web site: November 25, 2018 . Wrath of Khan Director Disappointed by Star Trek Into Darkness . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055432/https://screenrant.com/wrath-khan-director-disappointed-star-trek-into-darkness/ . December 3, 2018 . December 2, 2018 . Screen Rant.
  19. News: The Triumphs And Mistakes That Got J.J. Abrams Ready For "Star Wars" . en . BuzzFeed . May 14, 2017.
  20. News: January 26, 2013 . It's official: Abrams to direct new 'Star Wars' film . CNN . live . January 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130127122221/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/26/its-official-abrams-to-direct-new-star-wars-film/?hpt=hp_c3 . January 27, 2013.
  21. Web site: January 25, 2013 . Star Wars Is Being Kick-Started with Dynamite J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars: Episode VII . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160105234339/http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite . January 5, 2016 . January 26, 2013 . StarWars.com . mdy-all.
  22. Web site: January 25, 2013 . J.J. Abrams directing 'Star Wars': What happens to 'Star Trek'? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130126184555/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2013/01/25/j-j-abrams-directing-star-wars-what-happens-to-star-trek/#/0 . January 26, 2013 . January 26, 2013 . Los Angeles Times.
  23. Web site: August 25, 2013 . J.J. Abrams to script as well as direct . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131028074823/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/25/star-wars-jj-abrams-script-episode-vii . October 28, 2013 . October 25, 2013 . Guardian UK.
  24. Web site: December 16, 2013 . 'Star Wars: Episode VII' script delayed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216192105/http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/star-wars-episode-vii-script-delayed/328150#GeOc2GrVGM0rZHbW.99 . December 16, 2013 . December 16, 2013 . NME.
  25. Web site: April 5, 2014 . Disney Chief Reveals 'Star Wars: VII' Casting Almost Complete, Says Film Is Already Shooting (Video) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140703160617/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-chief-reveals-star-wars-693950 . July 3, 2014 . July 4, 2014 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  26. McFarland . Kevin . 2016-03-04 . The Force Awakens and A New Hope Are More Similar Than You Think . live . Wired . 1059-1028 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181204061835/https://www.wired.com/2016/03/mapping-star-wars-force-awakens-characters/ . December 4, 2018 . 2019-06-19.
  27. News: Child . Ben . 31 December 2015 . Attack of the moans: George Lucas hits out at 'retro' Star Wars: The Force Awakens . . live . 18 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181001032034/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/31/george-lucas-attacks-retro-star-wars-the-force-awakens . October 1, 2018.
  28. News: McMillan . Graeme . January 8, 2016 . J.J. Abrams Responds to "Rip-Off" Criticism About 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' . The Hollywood Reporter . live . November 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104073333/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jj-abrams-responds-rip-criticism-853352 . November 4, 2019.
  29. Web site: October 26, 2016 . God Particle is Cloverfield 3 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161030050016/http://www.slashfilm.com/god-particle-is-cloverfield-3 . October 30, 2016 . October 30, 2016.
  30. Web site: D'Alessandro . Anthony . February 4, 2018 . Netflix's Ultimate Super Bowl Surprise: 'The Cloverfield Paradox' – Watch Trailer . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180205003638/http://deadline.com/2018/02/cloverfield-sequel-god-particle-super-bowl-trailer-netflix-streaming-release-1202276386/ . February 5, 2018 . February 4, 2018 . Deadline Hollywood.
  31. Web site: Kroll . Justin . February 1, 2017 . Bad Robot's D-Day Movie 'Overlord' Finds Director (EXCLUSIVE) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131132206/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/son-of-a-gun-director-bad-robots-nazi-zombie-pic-overlord-1201975823/ . January 31, 2018 . December 10, 2017.
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  37. December 20, 2019 . Opening night The Rise of Skywalker audience score shows a split with critics . . March 14, 2020.
  38. News: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas . BBC Media Centre. 30 June 2022 . 30 June 2022.
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  41. News: Green . Penelope . June 12, 2008 . Mystery on Fifth Avenue . The New York Times . live . February 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170223225959/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/garden/12puzzle.html . February 23, 2017.
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