Felicity

Franchise reboots have become a go-to moneymaker for Hollywood in the past few decades. Find a popular, but overexposed series of films that has all but breathed its last breath. Add a new cast of pretty, bankable faces, updated and explosive special effects and a script that toes the line between tribute and parody, stir, and hope audiences will show up for the results. But nine times out of ten, a franchise reboot pales in comparison to the original and succeeds at little but making the audience long for the movies they initially loved. Thankfully, J.J. Abrams' reboot of the 'Star Trek' saga avoids all of these pitfalls and emerges as a smart, fun and original version of the world of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Star Trek starts from the very beginning as George Kirk is named captain of the Enterprise for 12 minutes before a tragic »

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Sick kids + parents fighting against the odds + the “system” trying to keep them down + man hugs = I’m crying already. Tom Vaughan directs the drama Extraordinary Measures, based on the true story of John Crowley, a father who defied the odds to find a cure for his children’s rare illness. I wasn’t sure I could buy Keri Russell and Brendan Fraser as a couple, but they seem to work (though I still sometimes have trouble accepting my beloved Felicity as a mom). Harrison Ford brings a more human dimension to the iconoclastic scientist. And did you catch the »
- Wendy Mitchell

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J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, Felicity, Lost and Fringe, will slide back into the director's chair for Undercovers, a new NBC pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
NBC wins bidding war for J.J. Abrams' new series
Abrams, who is also executive-producing the married spies project, hasn't directed a TV pilot since the blockbuster, two-hour opening salvo of Lost in 2004. About a year later, he segued into directing such films as Mission: Impossible III and the Star Trek reboot.
Abrams' other TV directing credits include a 2007 episode of The Office and an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2006...

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- Adam Bryant

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