JJ Abrams Says He's Done Making Reboots


Director-writer-producer JJ Abrams is finished making reboots, apparently.

He said at the Golden Globes last night that while he’s appreciative to have worked on projects like Star Trek and Westworld most recently, he would rather pursue original ideals.

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“You know, I feel incredibly lucky to have gotten involved in things that I loved when I was a kid,” Abrams told People deputy editor JD Heyman, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. “In fact, even Westworld, which we’re [here at the Golden Globes] for tonight, is one of them. But I don’t feel any desire to do that again. I feel like I’ve done enough of that, that I’m more excited about working on things that are original ideas that perhaps one day someone else will have to reboot.”

Abrams rebooted the Star Trek series in 2009 with the Chris Pine-starring movie that has spawned two sequels. He also directed Mission Impossible III.

Reboots and remakes are popular today. Abrams said stories being retold is nothing new, but said the best ones add things to what came before instead of only retelling them.

“You know, I do think that if you’re telling a story that is not moving anything forward, not introducing anything that’s relevant, that’s not creating a new mythology or an extension of it, then a complete remake of something feels like a mistake,” he said. “You can’t just be remaking something just for the sake of remaking it.”

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Abrams is also working on Portal and Half-Life movies with Valve, while his Bad Robot studio is collaborating with Chair Entertainment on an action-RPG called Spyjinx.