J.J. Abrams, famed director of the new Star Trek film and producer of shows like Lost and Fringe is set to produce a new earthquake based disaster film.�David Seltzer (The Omen) is writing the film.

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.

Funny, L.A. just had a moderate earthquake a couple of weeks ago. Could that have something to do with this? Hmmm. If it’s anything like Cloverfield�they’ll have to come up with something other than the shaky camera technique to create the earthquake effect in the film or things might get confusing.�

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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