J. J. Abrams
American filmmaker
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| 2025 | J.J. Abrams is credited on the film 'Duster', contributing in multiple creative roles including direction and/or production |
| 2024 | Scheduled to produce two upcoming films: The Blue Angels and Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes. |
| 2024 | J. J. Abrams produced 'Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes'. |
| 2024 | J. J. Abrams produced 'The Blue Angels'. |
| 2024 | J. J. Abrams is set to appear as himself in the documentary film 'Music by John Williams'. |
| 2024 | Starting in 2024, J. J. Abrams will serve as an executive producer for 'Batman: Caped Crusader,' which will continue to be produced afterward. |
| 2024 | Abrams attended the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. |
| 2024 | J. J. Abrams is set to executive produce 'Presumed Innocent,' which is scheduled for release in 2024. |
| September 2024 | J. J. Abrams signed a letter with over 125 other Hollywood professionals urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign AI safety bill SB 1047. |
| August 2024 | In August 2024, Bad Robot's five-year deal with Warner Bros. was extended, although it was expected to be less expensive than the previous agreement. |
| August 1 2024 | Abrams served as executive producer and co-creator of a new Batman animated series titled Batman: Caped Crusader, which premiered on August 1, 2024. |
| May 8 2024 | 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. |
| February 2023 | Warner Bros. acquired the Billy Summers project, transforming it from a limited series into a feature film, with Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions joining as a producer. |
| February 2023 | HBO Max officially scrapped the planned Justice League Dark TV series, ending its development after nearly three years. |
| January 2023 | J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot announced a supernatural film project 'The Pinkerton', to be directed by Jason Bateman, with Abrams producing alongside Hannah Minghella for Warner Bros. Pictures |
| January 23 2023 | Dalton Leeb and Nicholas Jacobson-Larson were announced as screenwriters for the Hot Wheels film project. |
| 2022 | The Zatanna film project was cancelled, ending the potential big screen adaptation. |
| 2022 | The 'My Glory Was I Had Such Friends' TV series project was cancelled after Jennifer Garner's exit, with the series no longer moving forward with Apple. |
| 2022 | J. J. Abrams produced 'Lou'. |
| 2022 | J. J. Abrams appeared as Himself in the documentary series Light & Magic. |
| December 2022 | Abrams was one of the producers of an animated short film of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, which was shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at Christmas 2022. |
| June 2022 | The project Demimonde was cancelled by HBO. |
| April 2022 | J.J. Abrams was announced as producer for a live-action Hot Wheels film in collaboration with Mattel Films and Warner Bros. |
| March 2022 | J.J. Abrams was involved in developing an untitled biographical TV series about the rock band U2, which remained an unrealized project. |
| February 2022 | J.J. Abrams announced as executive producer for a limited series adaptation of Stephen King's novel Billy Summers, with Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz writing the series. |
| 2021 | Abrams confirmed the Portal movie was still in development, with a script being written, and expressed interest in J. K. Simmons reprising his role as Cave Johnson. He also stated he was no longer involved in a potential Half-Life film adaptation. |
| 2021 | J. J. Abrams served as an executive producer for 'UFO,' which was released in 2021. |
| 2021 | In 2021, J. J. Abrams executive produced the miniseries 'Lisey's Story.' |
| 2021 | J. J. Abrams appeared as Himself in The Simpsons episode titled 'Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars'. |
| August 2021 | HBO Max cancelled the Overlook TV series, ending the planned prequel project about the Overlook Hotel. |
| July 2021 | J.J. Abrams began developing a fledgling TV series, though specific details about the series were not provided in the text. |
| June 2021 | J.J. Abrams was involved in developing a TV series adaptation of 'Madame X', though further details about the project's progress or completion are not specified in the provided text. |
| March 2021 | J.J. Abrams planned to produce a live-action Zatanna feature film, with Emerald Fennell set to write the screenplay for the DC Comics character adaptation. |
| February 26 2021 | J.J. Abrams was announced as a producer for a new Black-led Superman reboot film written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, with potential for Michael B. Jordan to star in the project. |
| February 19 2021 | Stephen King revealed that he and J.J. Abrams were in discussions about a potential horror anthology television series collaboration. |
| February 19 2021 | J.J. Abrams was involved with a potential TV series called 'Subject to Change', though the specific details of the project's development or status are not fully elaborated in the provided text. |
| February 17 2021 | J.J. Abrams was involved in discussions about a potential Constantine TV series, indicating ongoing development of television projects in the supernatural genre. |
| 2020 | J. J. Abrams was the executive producer for 'Little Voice,' which premiered in 2020. |
| 2020 | In 2020, J. J. Abrams served as an executive producer for the series 'Lovecraft Country.' |
| 2020 | J. J. Abrams was involved as an executive producer for 'Challenger: The Final Flight,' which was released in 2020. |
| April 2020 | In April 2020, it was announced that Abrams would be developing three new shows for HBO Max: Duster, Overlook, and Justice League Dark. |
| April 2 2020 | A beta test for the video game Spyjinx, developed in collaboration with Bad Robot and Chair Entertainment, was launched by Epic Games. |
| January 2020 | Tarantino stated the Star Trek film 'might' be made, but he would not direct it due to ongoing internal issues at Paramount. |
| 2019 | Guillermo del Toro officially signs on to direct the Zanbato project, which Abrams has been producing since 2011. |
| 2019 | J. J. Abrams provided the voice for the character D-O in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'. |
| 2019 | J. J. Abrams appeared as himself in the documentary film 'Love, Antosha'. |
| December 2019 | Tarantino left the Star Trek film project, looking to pursue a smaller budget film instead. |
| December 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, directed and co-written by Abrams, was released. |
| September 2019 | In September 2019, J. J. Abrams and his Bad Robot company signed a $250 million five-year deal with WarnerMedia, which includes HBO and Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| September 2019 | J. J. Abrams made his debut as a writer for Marvel Comics by co-authoring the title Spider-Man alongside his son Henry. |
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