what movies did jj abrams direct?
Star Wars Episode VII Anatomy of Hope Star Trek Star Trek into Darkness Mission: Impossible III Super 8
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 Abrams had been rumored as director since December 2006 , and NBC confirmed this the following month . He and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon were both hired to direct an episode during February sweeps week . Abrams had known cast member Kate Flannery years before , when he used to write in a restaurant where Flannery worked as a waitress . The two were reunited on The Office set , where he stated that he was pleased with her success . 

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 Columbia Pictures had planned to produce a film adaptation of Barris 's memoir of the same name in the late 1980s . When the film rights were purchased by producer Andrew Lazar , Charlie Kaufman was commissioned to write a new script , which attracted various A @-@ list actors and filmmakers to the project . Bryan Singer at one point planned to direct the film with Johnny Depp in the lead role , but the production was canceled . The production resumed when Clooney took over directing duties . 

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 In 2012 , CBS films revived the project , buying the rights and commissioning a film inspired by the Deux Ex series ; its direct inspiration will be the 2011 game Human Revolution . C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson are writing the screenplay , and Derrickson will direct the film . 

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 On April 13 , 2011 , a film version of American Idiot was confirmed . Michael Mayer , director of the Broadway musical , will be directing the film . It will be produced by Green Day , Pat Magnarella ( Green Day 's manager who also produced Bullet in a Bible , Awesome as Fuck , and Heart Like a Hand Grenade ) , Playtone ( Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman ) and Tom Hulce . 

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 Graysmith first met Fischer and Vanderbilt at the premiere of Paul Schrader 's film , Auto Focus , which was based on Graysmith 's 1991 book about the life and death of actor Bob Crane . A deal was made and they optioned the rights to Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked when they became available after languishing at another studio for nearly a decade . David Fincher was their first choice to direct based on his work on Seven . Originally , he was going to direct an adaptation of James Ellroy 's novel , The Black Dahlia ( later filmed by Brian De Palma ) , and envisioned a five @-@ hour , $ 80 million mini @-@ series with film stars . When that fell through , Fincher left that project and moved on to Zodiac . 
