Dear J.J. Abrams-
Hi, how are you?
Based on all the hullaballoo, I am sure you are very, very talented. Maybe even "prodigiously talented," if I were the type of person to say that.
But to be honest, except for the first 2 seasons of "Felicity" (until the episode where she did it with Simon Rex), I am not all that familiar with your body of work. I know you created "Alias," and are therefore the man who made Jennifer Garner famous, which got her cast in "Daredevil," where she met Ben Affleck, which in turn freed him from the well-moisturized clutches of Jennifer Lopez. By the transitive property of celebrity relationships, if it weren't for you, there would be no Violet Affleck, which would be horrible, because she is one of my favorite celebrity toddlers. If it weren't for you, our Ben would still be making enormous monthly payments to Harry Winston for that ginormous pink (!!) diamond, and starring in embarrassing, self-referential videos where he lounges on yachts and spanks his ...
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She Should Call Jacoby & Meyers
dlisted.com 1/3/2008 —
Britney Spears needs a lawyer. TMZ reports that Trope and Trope filed papers today withdrawing themselves as Brit's lawyer in her custody battle with KFed. This isn't the first time Brit's been fired by her lawyers. Laura Wasser also quit the ...
Ten things we hope the Cloverfield monster really is
yesbutnobutyes.com 1/3/2008 —
Yesterday's poll about what YOU thought the Cloverfield monster could be certainly indicated that no-ones cracked this yet. A creature from the Toho studios, or the pen of Lovecraft? A dinosaur? Alien? Mutant?
I guess on the 18th January, we'll ...
Perry's latest enterprise: 'Trek' trainer
hollywoodreporter.com 1/3/2008 — Tyler Perry will head the Starfleet Academy in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" feature for Paramount. Perry joins an ensemble that includes Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Winona Ryder and Leonard Nimoy in the film, which chronicles the early days of the Starship ...
Scare pics use 'Blair Witch' playbook
variety.com 1/4/2008 — Anne Thompson: For 'Cloverfield' and 'Paranormal' less is more -- One is a big-budget monster-movie crammed with visual effects. The other is a microbudget haunted house film that has been making the fest rounds. But both "Cloverfield" and "Paranormal ...
Real Cloverfield Monster Concept Art Revealed! Maybe…
filmschoolrejects.com 1/6/2008 — Get ready for it, folks. The closer and closer we get to the release of Cloverfield , the super-secret monster movie from J.J. Abrams produced monster flick. Today we get another piece of concept art that could be pretty reputable. It appears to be ...
New Cloverfield Photo —
ComingSoon.net - Movies 1/4/2008
Nope, it's not the monster, but Paramount Pictures has provided ComingSoon.net with a new photo of Mike Vogel and Michael Stahl-David from Cloverfield , coming to theaters on January 18. Directed by Matt Reeves from a Drew Goddard script, the ...