Battle of the stars

By Mustang Bobby

Galactic entertainment news for nerds: 

Star Trek director J.J. Abrams will be helming the next Star Wars movie. "It's done deal with J.J.," a source with knowledge of the situation told Deadline today. Argo director Ben Affleck was also up for the gig, the source says. Despite saying publicly that he didn't want to direct a new Star Wars, Abrams was courted heavily by producer Kathleen Kennedy to take the job. Expected in 2015, Episode VII will be the first new Star Wars movie since 2005's Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith. 

The last Star Wars movies — the "prequels" — sucked out loud, and the reboot of Star Trek by J.J. Abrams in 2009 was actually pretty good, so this match-up should be an improvement.

And speaking of match-ups, here's a sneak peek at what would happen when worlds collide. 


(Cross-posted at Bark Bark Woof Woof.)