J. J. Abrams Articles

Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist won another award earlier today from US-based film critics. The Phoenix Film Critics Society chose the French-made (mostly) silent comedy-drama as the Best Film of 2011. Hazanavicius (right) was also chosen as Best Director and as the writer of the Best Original Screenplay, while The Artist's leading man, Jean Dujardin, was the Best Actor and the film's leading lady, Bérénice Bejo, [...]

Kyle Chandler, Super 8 If studio estimates are correct, J. J. Abrams' Super 8, a Spielbergian horror flick co-produced by Steven Spielberg himself, performed better than expected at the North American box office this weekend (June 10-12), raking in $38m — including $1.5m from Thursday sneak/midnight screenings — at 3,379 locations, according to estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Starring Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, and [...]

Elle Fanning, Super 8 Directed by Star Trek's J. J. Abrams, co-produced by Steven Spielberg, and featuring Noah Emmerich, Kyle Chandler, and Elle Fanning, the retro horror flick Super 8 is expected to gross $35m over the weekend — not including $1.5m earned at sneak previews on Thursday — after collecting about $12m on Friday according to early, rough estimates found at Deadline.com. If that [...]

Gabriel Basso, Elle Fanning, Ryan Lee in J. J. Abrams' Super 8 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Holding Up Stronger Than X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, Original X-MEN: Box Office Following Michael Fassbender-James McAvoy's X-Men: First Class at no. 2, The Hangover Part II brought in $2.84m at the North America box office on Thursday, June 9, according to Box Office Mojo. The Todd Phillips comedy starring Bradley Cooper, [...]