J.J. Abrams wants to make the earth move for you.
The producer and David Seltzer, the screenwriter of the original "Omen," are working together to shake up audiences with a disaster flick for Universal involving an earthquake.
The project is untitled and not intended to be a remake of Universal's 1974 movie "Earthquake." That film, released in the middle of that decade's disaster-flick frenzy that famously used "Sensurround" -- really just cranked-up bass -- to enhance the experience and became part of its popular studio tour.
Details of the story are being kept in a seemingly tremor-proof vault, though as is Abrams' modus operandi, relationships will be at the core of the project. Abrams arguably rewrote the rules for disaster flicks with "
Cloverfield," which thrust the big story to the background by making the audience see the bedlam through the prism of a personal relationship.
Abrams is producing with Bryan Burk and Sherryl Clark via the trio's Bad Robot banner.
Abrams, repped by WMA, is finishing up directing "
Star Trek" for its May 2009 release. At the moment, he only plans to produce the "Earthquake" revamp.
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