J.J. Abrams has been involved in the Star Trek, Star Wars, and Mission: Impossible franchises. Now, he’s setting his sites on DC. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot signed a deal with WarnerMedia in 2019 to produce some of their adaptations, including Justice League Dark.
As well as a new Superman film with Ta-Nehisi Coates writing.
So, how does Abrams feel about producing a comic-book adaptation? Abrams says:
“Well, I’ll say that the opportunity to get to work on any pre-existing franchise is definitely a double-edged sword. And while I’m incredibly grateful and proud to have been involved in the projects, of course, all I see is what things could have been and what we might have done. The importance of it is not lost on me, as temporary custodians of any ideas, whether they pre-exist us or not, which is to say I think that even with an original idea, somehow I still don’t quite understand where that creative impulse comes from and how the experience of writing something really is yours. I feel like we’re all just channeling something that we’re trying to serve, as opposed to something that we are doing and that is our work.”
Abrams added:
“But I think being a temporary custodian of a project, for as long as you have it, is no small honor or responsibility or obligation. It blows my mind, of course, but you have to do the work. I think if you stay in a state of amazement at what it is that you’re working on, it’s hard to actually get anything done.”
“I know that Hollywood is a place where it used to be that people would be inspired by something that they would see or an old film or a show or something and think, ‘Oh, here’s my response to that. Here’s a version of that that.’ It’s become a place where, more often than not, you see something and people get inspired by it and go, ‘Let’s redo that exact thing.’ I feel like, as someone who started writing in television and telling original stories on film and in TV, it is something that I really do miss. The few things that I’m working on now, as a writer, are original ideas. I just feel, as a director, I really would love to have my next projects be things that didn’t pre-exist me necessarily.”
Are you looking forward to the new Superman film, produced by Abrams and to be written by Coates?
Source: Collider
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