JJ Abrams boldly going from ‘Trek’ to ‘Star Wars’

By Jill Lawless

Published May 13, 2013 4:00am ET

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JJ Abrams boldly going from ‘Trek’ to ‘Star Wars’ — FILE - In a Saturday, May 6, 2013 file photo, JJ Abrams poses for a portrait session at the Corinthia Hotel in London. JJ Abrams directed the latest release of the Star Trek film franchise: Into Darkness. (Photo by Richard Chambury/Invision/AP, File) | Richard Chambury

LONDON (AP) — J.J. Abrams is master of one universe — and he’s about to try conquering another.

The director who rebooted “Star Trek” for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also been put at the “Star Wars” helm. Soon he’ll direct a new film, the seventh, in the epic sci-fi franchise.

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