J.J. Abrams is one of the most successful director-writer-producers
working in Hollywood, and now that he is being offered the chance to
visit a galaxy far, far away to direct the long-awaited Star Wars
sequel, his reputation is set to shoot ever higher. Abrams' success has
been such that he has himself become something of a brand, especially
since his popular revitalization of the Star Trek franchise. However,
in the early 1990s Abrams began his career writing relatively average
movie scripts, such as Regarding Henry and Forever Young, before
moving into TV with Felicity. It wasn't until the spy series Alias
that his career truly launched. Since the early 2000s, Abrams has
dominated genre-TV with the success of cult shows such as Lost and
Fringe. At the same time, he found time for the big screen, directing
Mission: Impossible III and Super 8 as well as producing the
innovative monster movie Cloverfield. Then, not content with
distinction in these two fields, 2013 saw the release of his first novel
S. with Doug Dorst. While Abrams sceptics note that not everything he
has been involved with has worked--a number of his TV shows have been
cancelled and some of his films have received mixed reviews--there's no
question that Abrams is one of Hollywood's most powerful people. This is
the first biography of the cult legend who is set to dominate the world
of SF for years to come.
