by abefroman on geektyrant.com

It’s busy times for writer/director/producer J.J. Abrams, a.k.a “Abramcles, the Greek God of Drama”. ScifiWire caught up with the him on the red carpet of Fox’s annual Fall Eco-Casino Party. Abrams had some small updates concerning a couple of the big franchises he’s leading the charge on.

When it comes to the follow up to his highly successful reboot of the Star Trek franchise, Abrams had this to say concerning the returning cast:
We’re hopefully going to have everyone, obviously, from the first cast.

Have you settled on what direction you’re going to take it?
We’re just starting on that. Yes, we know the direction, but it’s very early. We’re working on a script right now still. I can tell you it’s cool. We have some really cool ideas, but it’s too early.

Abrams is also working on the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible franchise. Although he directed MI:III, he’s only officially on board to produce MI: IV.

Any momentum on Mission: Impossible IV?
Yeah, we have a really cool story. It’s being written right now by Andre Nemec and Josh Applebaum.

Could it work out for you to direct it?
I’m open to anything.

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Basically it’ll come down to scheduling. Abrams must’ve done some major string pulling to get Tom Cruise back at Paramount. Star Trek seems to be the bigger priority for Abrams. Do you like ‘Star Trek’ and Mission Impossible’? Are you excited to see another movie of them?