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Jumping between movies and TV can do all sorts of things to a project in development. Creative teams can change and all previous work could be tossed out for a new approach, or it could mean the last straw before everything gets cancelled. The upcoming adaptation of Billy Summers is the latest to see a format switch come into the equation, but it's good news thanks to producer J.J. Abrams and the previously assembled creative team remaining on board for this new Stephen King movie.THR reports that Billy Summers is now…

Bad Robot For a while there it seemed like you couldn’t watcha sci fi movie that director J.J. Abrams didn’t have his hand in. At one point, he was working on movies for Star Trek, Star Wars and Mission Impossible all at the same time. One of the movies that really put Abrams on the map as leading sci fi director was the exceedingly excellent Cloverfield. It was one of the most influential movies of its time and still stands as a symbol of what’s possible in the genre. People have been clamoring for a sequel for…

On the Shelf The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop By Jonathan AbramsCrown: 544 pages, $35If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Heated words have been exchanged and egos bruised over the question of where hip-hop was born (most accurate answer: the Bronx). Jonathan Abrams touches on such matters in “The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop.” But he also does something far more rewarding,…

Konami today dropped a ton of news about the future of its iconic horror franchise. Aside from confirming that , the studio revealed three new games. Townfall comes from Annapurna Interactive and No Code, a Glasgow studio known for strong narrative titles like  and Stories Untold. The short teaser for Townfall looks to be the most traditional Silent Hill game of the trio. Ascension, due out in 2023, is the least game-like installment, but it will feature the influence of J.J. Abrams. It's an interactive streaming series…

https://madcavestudios.com/Sana Takeda and Marjorie Liu are a creative force to be reckoned with, one of those rare comics partnerships that tend to start new conversations based on the quality and complexity of their work. This was the case with their award-winning series Monstress, a fantasy-horror story about magical beings that can create psychic links with monsters, all in an intricately built world where politics and persecution make for a dangerous life for those with powers. There’s nothing like it on the…

Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix J.J. Abrams fans should be pleased by the latest project to be announced from Bad Robot Productions, as it sees the Star Wars director relaunching one of his biggest sci-fi franchises. Ironically, though, he’s still not committing to that highly lucrative partnership deal he made with Warner Bros. a couple of years back, as this particular movie is moving forward at Paramount Pictures instead. Guess what, guys, a new Cloverfield film is on the way. As first…

Image: Warner Bros. TelevisionJust before the weekend started, Warner Bros. Discovery up and surprised everyone when they revealed that a sequel to their 2005 Constantine movie was in development. With Keanu Reeves and original director Francis Lawrence both set to return, it seemed like a pleasant shock...until one had to remember that way back in 2021, the corporation announced that JJ Abrams was working on a series for the Hellblazer. And like with much of what’s recently happened with HBO Max, the situation for…

Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images In September 2019, it was announced that J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company had entered into a massive development deal with WarnerMedia, which was reported to be worth a whopping $250 million, if not a whole lot more. Eyebrows were raised at the time, but the filmmaker and his cohorts had a penchant for delivering critical and commercial success on screens both big and small through their involvement in such brands as Star Wars, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible,…

Image: Abrams ComicArtsIf you’ve read Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s award-winning, New York Times-bestselling fantasy comic Monstress, you know two things. First, it’s an incredibly rich world as epic as Game of Thrones but even more imaginative, and second, it is gorgeous. Now Liu and Takeda have combined their immense talents again for a new comic trilogy called The Night Eaters, about an immigrant mother who forces her adult children to clean up the house across the street only to spend the night battling supernatural…

has swung the ax on another six animated projects, according to Variety. One of them is Batman: Caped Crusader, a series produced by J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Bruce Timm. The show, which was is a spiritual successor to Timm's classic '90s series. Unlike some of the other shows and movies HBO Max has canned in recent weeks, production is continuing on these projects. The production teams will seek another home for them. The other projects in this wave of cancellations are Merry…