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  • Birth Name: Jeffrey Jacob Abrams
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/27/1966, Cancer
  • Profession: Screenwriter; producer; director
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Pilot Season: Star Trek's Karl Urban to Star on Fox's Human

Star Trek's Bones is getting Human.

Karl Urban, who plays Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the rebooted Trek films from J.J. Abrams, has landed the leading role in Abrams' futuristic buddy cop drama Human, TVGuide.com has learned.

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Carrie Fisher: I'm Going to Be in the New Star Wars

Carrie Fisher says she will reprise her famous role as Princess Leia in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII.

Last month, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that they will release Star Wars films based on individual characters. Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt is writing the first new Star Wars screenplay, which J.J. Abrams will direct.

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J.J. Abrams: Videos

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2012 Revolution TV Show Series, Executive Producer
2012 Alcatraz TV Show Series, Executive Producer
2011 Trek Nation TV Show Series, Remarks by
2011 Scream Awards 2011 TV Show Series, Subject (person only)
2011 Person of Interest TV Show Series, Executive Producer

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Keck's Exclusives First Look: Star Wars Meets Star Trek On The Neighbors

The Neighbors wraps its first season on March 27 with a special episode featuring Star Wars' Mark Hamill and Star Trek's George Takei. Despite decades of fan conventions, the sci-fi legends' paths had never before crossed. "I apologized to George for not knowing Star Trek as well as... read more

7 Reasons to Be Excited for Revolution's Return

It's been a while, Revolution. We've missed you. At least those of us who still remember the NBC hit after its seemingly endless four month hiatus. But now Revolution's return is only a few weeks away (March 25 at 10/9c) and the question is: does anyone still care? Creator Eric Kripke sure hopes so. "I think, honestly, it's an engine that's humming better than it ever has," he said. While Revolution was the biggest freshman hit of the fall season, many viewers were left lukewarm by the midseason finale. After taking this time off the air to reevaluate, Kripke now believes the show's return has what it takes to attract old fans, those still on the fence as well as a whole new audience.  "We've learned from our mistakes and really sort of figured out what works and what doesn't work," he tells TVGuide.com... read more

The Complete Pilot Report: ABC Has Rebel Wilson, Bradley Whitford and S.H.I.E.L.D

The fall TV season is taking shape. Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar faces like Lost's Josh Holloway, Andy Samberg, The Office's Ellie Kemper and Malin Akerman (Watchmen), and from proven producers like J.J. Abrams, Arrow's Greg Berlanti, David Shore (House) and Joss Whedon.

To keep track of who's doing what, read our complete list of all the series projects in contention — there are nearly 100! — and check back for updates on their status. Here are the ABC pilots: (Click here for CBS, CW, Fox and NBC.) read more

The Complete Pilot Report: Fox Has Andy Samberg, Greg Kinnear and J.J. Abrams

The fall TV season is taking shape. Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar faces like Lost's Josh Holloway, Andy Samberg, The Office's Ellie Kemper and Malin Akerman (Watchmen), and from proven producers like J.J. Abrams, Arrow's Greg Berlanti, David Shore (House) and Joss Whedon.

To keep track of who's doing what, read our complete list of all the series projects in contention — there are nearly 100! — and check back for updates on their status. Here are the Fox pilots: (Click here for ABC, CBS, CW and NBC.) read more

The Complete Pilot Report: NBC Has Hatfields, About a Boy and Sean Hayes

The fall TV season is taking shape. Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar faces like Lost's Josh Holloway, Andy Samberg, The Office's Ellie Kemper and Malin Akerman (Watchmen), and from proven producers like J.J. Abrams, Arrow's Greg Berlanti, David Shore (House) and Joss Whedon.

To keep track of who's doing what, read our complete list of all the series projects in contention — there are nearly 100! — and check back for updates on their status. Here are the NBC pilots: (Click here for ABC, CBS, CW and Fox.) read more

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