J.J. Abrams might not be liked much in certain places online after The Rise of Skywalker (a so-called franchise-killer that didn’t even kill the prospect of more sequels), but he remains an effective producer and filmmaker, and while he’s been sticking to producer roles for a while, he’s ready to get back in the director’s chair. Now, we’re starting to learn who will be joining him.
Via Deadline, we’ve discovered that Wednesday and Beetlejuice 2 star Jenna Ortega is in advanced talks to join the cast alongside Twisters and Top Gun: Maverick’s Glen Powell, another name we’ve been hearing over and over again as of late.
It comes as no surprise that top acting talent wants to work with Abrams, who’s helmed two Star Trek and two Star Wars movies, on top of a successful reinvigoration of the Mission: Impossible franchise and Super 8, and that’s without counting his many achievements on the TV side of things and all the stuff he’s helped get off the ground through Bad Robot. Like it or not, he remains a huge name in Hollywood, and rising stars such as Ortega and Powell have very little to lose by teaming up with him (likely) to make a crowd-pleaser.
