J.J. Abrams’ Best Original Sci-Fi Movie Officially Finds a New Home on Streaming

In early 2006, J.J. Abrams was in the midst of a generational run. Alias was about to end, Lost had become a cultural phenomenon, and Abrams was traveling the world promoting his directorial debut with Mission: Impossible 3 . Somehow, Abrams was just getting started. At Paramount’s 2007 San Diego Comic-Con panel , Abrams said that while promoting MI3 in Japan, he had visited a toy store with his son. He wanted Godzilla toys. Abrams wanted “our own monster,” something “insane and intense,” rather than King Kong, who he called “adorable.” So he decided to make a movie about one.