J.J. Abrams’ Current TV and Movie Projects
Executive producer, writer and creator of Lost, J.J. Abrams, is going to have two more television series to offer viewers in the coming season (2008-2009).
The first one is “Fringe”, which is sounds very much similar to the X Files. It’s centered on a female FBI agent who has to work together with a seemingly mad or crazy scientist (someone like Daniel from Lost?) in investigating a series of unexplained phenomena. It doesn’t exactly say whether this is related to aliens.
The program will air on Fox and will mark the return of Joshua Jackson (from Dawson’s Creek) to television.
Not quite buzzed about as Fringe is another drama series from Abrams called “Anatomy of Hope”. It’s a medical drama specifically aimed at telling stories about cancer patients and is based on the book, “The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness.” by Jerome Groopman. HBO is going to air about 10 episodes of the said program.
“Star Trek” is Abrams’ movie project set for release in the summer. It’s rumored to take place in several time elements, one before the TV series from 1966 even came to be, and one after. So, we’re going to see a younger Spock or Captain Kirk and their older versions.
I can’t call myself a Trekker but this is something I’d look forward to watching. The movie stars Zachary Quinto (from Heroes), Eric Bana, Winona Ryder and Chris Pine, with a special appearance by Leonard Nimoy.
JJ Abrams hasn’t been exactly very involved in Lost, has he? If anything, it’s Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse who are really the show’s front runners, and who are very much visible and accessible to the media and fans. But since JJ and Damon has worked out the mythology of the series from the very beginning, he’s still greatly credited for his work and ideas on Lost. Half of this show’s ingenuity may still be because of him.
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