JJ Abrams Has a Secret Project Called 500 RADS?
We all know JJ Abrams is the master of the secret, shrouding mystery around his projects. If you have ever listened to his speech at TED then you know why. Mystery is appealing for sure everyone is curious and sure enough we are curious about this story that just hit rumorville on the internet.
Pajiba has the rumor out telling us that Abrams via his Bad Robot production company is working on a movie called 500 Rads, a film in the vein of both Cloverfield and 28 Days Later.
The film will have a modest budget of $25 million, and they will shoot the film in Europe, which would help keep the production under wraps and away from tons of media. The story is based on an extensive outline by Abrams, and writer Jeff Pinkner has been fleshing out the script for several months. Pinkner is one of Abrams’ frequent collaborators, as he has been a writer and producer on Alias, Lost and Fringe. Pinkner, who must return to his duties on Fringe, has yet to complete the script. So Bad Robot is in talks with a couple more of Abrams’ usual suspects to finish the script.
A little less than two years ago (Feb 2008) we heard that Abrams was working on a secret project that wasn’t Star Trek or Cloverfield 2. That rumor came out of the VES awards. The rumor was that JJ was working with ILM on an undisclosed project and that it was “the most exciting thing to ever happen in the film industry ever ever!”
Not sure if both projects are even related but it is interesting to think about. Certainly the premise sounds great and JJ will make everything about the movie new, exciting and different than anything we have seen before.
