Aug 11, 2008 by Brian Gallagher

J.J. Abrams' New Project Will Hit the Richter Scale

J.J. Abrams is set to movie the earth beneath our feet for his next project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Abrams is teaming up with David Seltzer, the screenwriter of the original The Omen, for an untitled disaster film about earthquakes.

What it won't be, however, is a remake of the 1974 disaster flick dubbed simply, Earthquake, and that the film will revolve around relationships affected by the disaster. The rest of the plot is being kept under tight wraps, which is par for the course with Abrams.

At this time, it is believed that Abrams will only produce this film, with no director attached or production schedule announced.


Sources: The Hollywood Reporter

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Comments (19)

  1. Radimus-83

    i hate you!

    3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  2. Moviemaster75

    i just started and i only have 6 friends and i need more so plz send me some friend requests thanks

    4 years agoby @moviemaster75Flag

  3. The Dark Knight

    umm looks like a movie I'll see premier on the Sci-fi channel

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  4. T.Clark

    Bitches, a voltron movie is being put together as we speak. Justin Marks, writer of the new street fighter, and upcoming movies such as the masters of the universe and a prison flick starring green arrow(can't remember the name), is penning the script. No news besides that, though

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  5. CelluloidDreams

    Ok, I know this is not a "Re-Make' of the "ORGINIAL" "Earthquake" but what would be cool is if Abrams would film this in the very Retro: "Sensurround", just like the orginial film!

    (the Sensurround vibrations actually caused an occasional, very small and harmless piece of plaster or paint to crack and fall down onto the audience)

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  6. -comrade-

    This already sounds like it sucks. But, I haven't seen anyhting else about it yet... Sometimes, I just want to see crazy sh*t go down. This sounds like Abrams is saying
    "We're doing a movie about earthquakes."
    [crowd stands up to exit]
    "Wait!"
    [crowd pauses, looks at Abrams]
    "It will focus on the relationships with people rather than the mediocre crazy sh*t you've sen a hundred times before happening around them."
    [SIlence spreads over the crowd as they look at one another, then they haul ass out of there to get away from this proposed crapfest]

    4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  7. The Kwisatz Haderach

    I like Abrams films, this doesn't sound all to wonderful but who knows what the end product could be.

    4 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  8. Radimus-83

    Abrams makes good movies....

    Cell is just a dick....

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  9. CelluloidDreams

    How original! NOT!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  10. ed_wood

    I have faith in Abrams, he's done good work so far.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  11. Psycho

    Yeah if it was a Voltron movie.

    4 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  12. St. Bitches

    Yeah one of the first rumors I heard about Cloverfield, is that it was a Voltron movie.. That would have kicked ass.

    4 years agoby @jremydFlag

  13. T.Clark

    There was a rumor that cloverfield could be a power rangers movie...just adding to the "anything goes" suggestion that bitches brought up ha

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  14. Phatlightning

    lamefest.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  15. St. Bitches

    I hope it isn't going to be filmed like Cloverfield... I can only take about one of those types of movies once every ten years. Oh and Artkid, Cloverfield was classified as a disaster film before it came out. And there were tons of misleading rumors about it before it came out...One of them being a rumor that Cloverfild was a disaster/earthquake film set in NYC. With JJ you will never know. So anyone could be right here in assuming anything.

    4 years agoby @jremydFlag

  16. artkid04

    guys, its a disaster film about earthquakes, they clearly say that

    4 years agoby @artkid04Flag

  17. NAME GOES HERE

    "untitled disaster film" - i smell another cloverfield -sized viral campaign coming soon

    please, oh please god don't let it be true!

    4 years agoby @pinget-69Flag

  18. T.Clark

    If it wasn't j.j. abrams, i'd be saying "ANOTHER" disaster flick, but it is, so i'm not. BUT, he's only producing, so i might find myself saying that as more news comes about.

    I'm still waiting on eli roth's pg-13 "disaster" flick. Will it be aliens? A giant monster? Or a natural disaster? hmmm...

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  19. Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes

    ehhhhh.

    4 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag

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