JJ Abrams Demotes Himself to Producer for Star Trek to Direct Star Wars VII

JJ Abrams holds all the cards in the scifi movie nerd world right now. He's been heading the
Star Trek movie franchise since the reboot/universe-spin-off in 2009, and was recently given control of Star Wars: Episode VII. He has done, in my humble opinion, an amazing job with Star Trek, even if there were some bothersome aspect of Into Darkness, and one can assume he's going to do a great job restarting Star Wars (lens flares during epic light saber battles, yes please).

Unfortunately though, with Disney fast-tracking Star Wars 7 into the stupidly busy 2015, and Star Trek 3 aiming for a rumored 2016 release, there's simple no way young Abrams can lead both films, unless he has some sort of cloning/time travel device that he's not talking about.

So JJ made his decision this week, he's going to direct Star Wars 7, and not Star Trek 3. He won't be abandoning the Trekkies completely though, he'll be sticking around as producer, and will play a part in shaping the plot. "

We want to hire someone who’s gonna come in and bring their own sensibility. I’m very excited to see what comes next, despite feeling jealous of whoever that person is," Abrams said, "There are things we’re focusing on right now before the director, which is just sort of the fundamentals of where the story is gonna go."

Let's hope they can get someone awesome for Star Trek,  and that Abrams manages to make Star Wars awesome. So much nerd cred is riding on his shoulders right now.