He then directed the Spielbergian passion project - and his only original movie - Super 8 in 2011 before helming Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013).īefore Into Darkness arrived in theaters, he surprised Hollywood by signing on to relaunch the galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the 2015 film that introduced the franchise to a new generation and was a commercial and critical success.

Abrams then pivoted to relaunch the Star Trek galaxy with the 2009 reboot that starred Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. He made his feature debut with Mission: Impossible III (2006), the Tom Cruise film that helped revitalized the franchise after the previous installment was poorly received six years earlier.

As a features director, Abrams has almost exclusively hewed toward established properties. It is unclear if Abrams would direct Billy Summers. The book was critically well-received upon its release. Summers and Alice then end up on a cross-country journey to rectify the hitman’s many wrongs.

His life gets even more complicated when he finds out there’s a bounty on his head, and he saves a rape victim named Alice. The hit … goes awry when the regular client doesn’t pay and Summers escapes a trap. (“One last job” is always synonymous with “Things go awry,” but we’ll get to that in a moment.) Taking up a cover story that he is a novelist, Summers ensconces himself in a small town as he preps for the hit, and in his spare time actually begins to write a novel, which turns into his life story, from his little sister being killed by their mother’s boyfriend to him becoming a decorated sniper.Īnne Hathaway, 'It Follows' Filmmaker David Robert Mitchell Team for Warners Bros. Not one of King’s horror novels, Summers focuses on a 44-year-old hitman, the eponymous Billy Summers, who is considering retirement when he accepts one last job from a regular client. for the feature adaptation of Stephen King’s 2021 novel Billy Summers.Īppian Way will also produce the project, which is being written by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz.Ī year ago, Bad Robot was developing the IP as a limited series with Zwick and Herskovitz attached to adapt, and Zwick looking to direct a good portion of the episodes, if not all.

Abrams and his Bad Robot banner have teamed up with Warner Bros.

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