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JJ Abrams to Produce Micronauts?
/Film —
Yesterday we told you that JJ Abrams was producing another top-secret Cloverfield-sized film titled 500 Rads. In a post-Cloverfield/Star Trek world, JJ Abrams is working on a lot of different projects — not 24 hours later do we find out that the screenwriter turned filmmaker/producer is in talks to produce a movie adaptation of Micronauts. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Abrams is in discussions to bring the Japanese interchangeable toys to the big screen, with the help of Hasbro, who just acquired the property.
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J.J. Abrams to Produce Hasbro’s Micronauts Movie
Film School Rejects —
The Wall Street Journal (via Coming Soon) is reporting today that J.J. Abrams, whom you may know as the director of Star Trek and producer of Lost, is in talks to produce a movie about the Japanese interchangable toys Micronauts — 3.75-inch tall toys which were used in an inter-connected design.
The rights to the project were acquired by Hasbro, who will base the film on the Micronauts comic series published by Marvel Comics, Image Comics and Devil’s Due Publishing. The series was first published in 1979.
In a curious quote, J.J. ...
J.J. Abrams in talks to Produce MICRONAUTS movie
GeekTyrant —
There’s an article that just ran in TheWallStreetJournal that pretty much broke down every film or television show being developed that is based off a toy or board game. From Ridley Scott directing Monopoly, to James Lassiter producing a TV show based on the Big Wheel, and proven blockbusters like Transformers and G.I Joe, toys have become the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Though we have covered all the other projects, we had no idea that J.J. Abrams in discussions to produce a movie about Japanese toy line Micronauts which Hasbro just acquired.
The toys were first released in Japan in ...
