Only earlier today it was revealed Jeremy Renner will star alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible IV. But, don’t get attached to that name as we have more details on that and much more below (via Variety). Read the full story

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After the mysterious teaser that showed up back in May, people have been speculating about J.J. Abrams’ new film Super 8. It doesn’t seem to be in the same style as the film Cloverfield, which he produced, but instead will be filmed more traditionally and seems to emulate producer Steven Spielberg’s Amblin films of the 70’s and 80’s, which sounds good to me. What we’ve just learned is that the movie will begin shooting soon, and that is, well, pretty much it. Read the full story

Frequent Lost director Jack Bender is attached to direct the upcoming Jack Ryan film Moscow with Chris Pine, but he now has another project in his queue. Read the full story

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If you thought Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams teaming up for Super 8 was the ultimate in cinematic glory, think again. Sure, the two big US blockbuster helmers is great and all, but what about going to the other side of the world? Read the full story

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Robots battling in the Victorian Age produced by the guy who made space cool again? Alright, I’ll bite.

J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Mission Impossible III) and his Bad Robot production banner, who have a first look deal with Paramount, have the rights to Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel, a graphic novel-picture book by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, which tells of:

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Universal is aiming high for their planned Wicked adaptation based on the uber-popular stage musical. Deadline is reporting that musical producer Marc Platt, book writer Winnie Holzman, and songwriter Stephen Schwartz have begun meeting with possible directors. The list includes J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Mission Impossible 3), James Mangold (Knight and Day, 3:10 To Yuma), Ryan Murphy (Glee, Eat Pray Love), and Rob Marshall (Chicago, Pirates 4). Read the full story

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Leave it to J.J (and his Bad Robot company) to produce what looks like an excellent romantic comedy. Notting Hill director Roger Michell‘s latest film was written by Aline Brosh McKenna (27 Dresses, The Devil Wears Prada) and stars Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson and Jeff Goldblum. Check out the trailer below via Apple. Read the full story

THR is reporting Field of Dreams writer/director Phil Alden Robinson is writing the J.J. Abrams’ untitled heist project for Paramount. The film is based on the Joshua Davis‘ Wired magazine article The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist (which you can read here). Paramount got the rights for the story over a year ago. Heat Vision summarizes the story below. Read the full story

The trailer for the J.J Abrams directed and Steven Spielberg produced Super 8 is now online in HD thanks to Apple. This is another secret project for Abrams and there is very little known. Check out the trailer and all we know below. Read the full story

Brad Bird‘s Mission: Impossible IV has said goodbye to its May 27th release date as Paramount has announced it will now open on December 16th, 2011 (via ERC). Read the full story