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Imax Corporation and Bad Robot Productions, together with Glen Powell, Zipper Bros Films and Dolphin Entertainment, said Friday that they’ve commenced production on The Blue Angels, a documentary project chronicling a year in the cockpit with the exclusive aviator team.

“The Blue Angels” will follow the newest class of the storied Navy and Marine Corps flight squadron through intense training and into a season of heart-stopping aerial artistry, and the veterans on the team who, this year, will take their final flights. It will mark the first time the iconic blue and yellow F/A-18 Super Hornets will be featured in Imax.

Star Trek 4 is apparently coming – and the stars had no clue.

Following a successful reboot of the franchise, Paramount has been trying for years to get a fourth “Star Trek” movie together. Previous incarnations attempted to bring back the cast led by Chris Pine as James T.

Zack Sharf Paramount confirmed this week that “WandaVision” director Matt Shakman will head into production on a new “Star Trek” movie later this year with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho and Simon Pegg reprising their roles for a fourth go-around on the big screen. For Quentin Tarantino fans, the news is the latest reminder that the Oscar winner’s “Stark Trek” movie remains dead. At least for now.Tarantino fans were sent into a frenzy in late 2017 after it was announced that Paramount and “Star Trek” producer J.J.

franchise begins to materialize.On Tuesday, producer J.J. Abrams revealed the news that a fourth film was in the works during the Paramount Investors Day Presentation.Paramount is in talks with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Karl Urban and Simon Pegg, to reprise their roles as, respectively, Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Sulu, Bones and Scotty.«We are thrilled to say that we are hard at work on a new  film that will be shooting by the end of the year,» Abrams said, according to Variety, adding that the movie «will be featuring our original cast and some new characters that I think are going to be really fun and exciting and help take  into areas that you’ve just never seen before.»The cast first came together  — along with the late Anton Yelchin as Chekov — for the first time in 2009's, which both reset the universe's continuity and, through time travel, blended the universes of the multiple timelines.The crew reassembled in 2013 for , where they faced off against Benedict Cumberbatch's super-soldier assassin Khan, and for a third outing in 2016's, where they matched wits and brawn with Idris Elba's ruthless warlord Krall.Abrams told investors, «We’re thrilled about this film, we have a bunch of other stories that we’re talking about that we think will be really exciting, so can’t wait for you to see what we’re cooking up.

Moviegoers will venture into the final frontier one more time, with J.J. Abrams announcing a new “Star Trek” sequel is set to launch.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae has been named the recipient of the Producers Guild Awards’ 2022 Visionary Award.The Visionary Award honors producers across television, film or new media who share inspiring, uplifting stories that add unique value to society and culture. Past recipients include: Octavia Spencer, Kenya Barris, Ava DuVernay, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner’s Plan B Entertainment, Illumination Entertainment’s Chis Meledandri, Laura Ziskin and Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll.Rae first garnered attention for her web series and subsequent best-selling book, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.” She created and stars in HBO’s “Insecure,” which just concluded its fifth and final season in December.

Issa Rae, the award-winning actress, producer, writer and director, will be this year’s recipient of the Producers Guild’s Visionary Award, which honors those “who share inspiring, uplifting stories that add unique value to society and culture.” It will be presented to her in person at the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards on March 19 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams are teaming up for a limited series adaptation of courtroom thriller Presumed Innocent for Apple.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has given a series order to the drama “Presumed Innocent” from David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams, and Dustin Thomason.Inspired by the Scott Turow novel of the same name, the courtroom thriller series tells the story of a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorneys’ office when one of its own is suspected of the crime.

Gracie Abrams is V Magazine‘s new digital cover star.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe race for mayor of Los Angeles has hardly begun, but Karen Bass has already taken a commanding lead among Hollywood donors.Candidates filed their contribution reports on Monday, when showed that Bass has spent much of the last few months winning over the creative community.Donors to her campaign include stars like Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, and Jennifer Garner. They include Hollywood’s most profligate political benefactors, like Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg, J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath, Alan and Cindy Horn, and Damon and Heidi Lindelof.

The Sundance Institute has been named as the recipient of the American Cinema Editors’ 2022 Golden Eddie Award—breaking ground as the first film organization ever to earn the ACE Eddie Awards’ top honor.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorScener, the three-year-old co-viewing streaming video platform incubated by RealNetworks, is hoping to kick its business into higher gear with a new CEO and the backing of a slate of new investors and advisers, including filmmaker J.J. Abrams.The company announced the hiring of David Baron, a nearly 14-year veteran of Hulu, as its new CEO.

EXCLUSIVE: David Baron, a member of Hulu’s original launch team in 2007 who went on to have a 14-year run with the streaming pioneer, has been named CEO of social viewing startup Scener.

Although many fans only know Chris Hemsworth as the Marvel superhero Thor, the 38-year-old hunky star has had a legendary career in acting. Born in Melbourne, Australia, Chris began his meteoric rise to fame with the soap opera Neighbours.

More than 50 prominent showrunners, including J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Mike Schur, have signed the WGA West’s Safe and Inclusive Workplace Pledge, committing to “partner with the guild in developing best practices proven to drive change, alongside support programs for the wider show-running community that ensure every leader has the tools and understanding necessary to create workplaces in which all members can thrive.”

Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Warner Animation Group have tapped Jon M.

With a seemingly new take on Superman coming from producer J.J. Abrams and writer Ta-Nahesi Coates, along with the announcement of a Michael B.

The stars are stepping out for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala!

As Democratic leadership in Congress tries to unite its progressive and moderate wings, a group of 80 artists, celebrities and activists called on the leaders of Google, Disney, Amazon, Fox, Facebook ad more to urge Congress to back President Biden’s Biden’s Build Back Better plan.

Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning editor of the original "Star Wars," wasn’t very happy with Disney’s sequel trilogy. She said producer Kathleen Kennedy and director J.J.

original “Star Wars” film executed order 66 on those responsible for the franchises’ episodes VII through IX, flat out saying: “It sucks. The storylines are terrible.

Jordan Moreau Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning editor of the original “Star Wars,” wasn’t very happy with Disney’s sequel trilogy. She said producer Kathleen Kennedy and director J.J.

If you’re a fan of the original “Star Wars” trilogy, you are very familiar with the work of editor Marcia Lucas. Having won an Oscar for her work on ‘A New Hope,’ Lucas (who was married to George Lucas until 1983) would go on to contribute to the editing of both sequels, ‘Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Return of the Jedi.’ But since then, she hasn’t worked on a “Star Wars” project, and she certainly is no fan of what Disney has done with the franchise in its most recent entries.

Apple has opted not to pick up a second season of half-hour romantic dramedy Little Voice, from J.J. Abrams and the Waitress duo of Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson.

The Apple TV+ series Little Voice, which was co-created by Sara Bareilles, has reportedly been canceled after just one season.

In the wake of the release of “Doctor Sleep,” a direct sequel to Stanley Kubrick‘s iconic haunted house flick “The Shining” starring Ewan McGregor (“Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Trainspotting“) as an adult, Danny Torrance facing an evil outside of the hotel, J.J. Abrams was looking to developing a spinoff series “Overlook” (the haunted hotel at the center of “The Shining”).

Mónica Marie Zorrilla HBO has ordered a pilot script based on Octavia Butler’s novel “Fledgling” from the Emmy-nominated drama series “Lovecraft Country’s” writers and co-EPs Sonya Winton-Odamtten and Jonathan I. Kidd.

You’ll recall, the first time a Black Superman project was mentioned by Warner Bros. and the trades, Michael B.

Yesterday, there was finally an official announcement concerning the fate of the HBO genre hybrid series “Lovecraft Country” based on the novel by Matt Ruff and brought to the small screen by showrunner Misha Green. “Lovecraft Country” mixed the H.P.

EXCLUSIVE: Demetrius Grosse has signed with Gersh for representation.

J.J. Abrams is continuing to expand upon his “Justice League Dark” series plans as he’ll produce a brand new live-action series based on another occult/horror character from the DC Comics lineup.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe Justice League Dark has conjured its next member.A series dedicated to “Madame Xanadu,” the DC Comics title about an immortal sorceress who dates back to the time of King Arthur, is in development for HBO Max with Bad Robot and Warner Bros.

HBO Max and J.J. Abrams are doubling down on DC.