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J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg are definitely two of the most acclaimed directors in the world right now and they just met up for a dinner meeting!

The two filmmakers posed for photos while leaving Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi on Wednesday night (June 23) in Santa Monica, Calif.

J.J. was actually at the same restaurant last week with a very famous actress!

J.J. and Steven have known each other for years. If you didn’t know, Steven was a producer on the movie Super 8, which was written, directed, and co-produced by J.J.

Another connection that the guys share is Kathleen Kennedy. For those who don’t know, she was Steven‘s producing partner for decades, but the she took over the Star Wars franchise and worked with J.J. to reboot it!

Jennifer Garner had dinner with someone very special last night!

The 49-year-old actress was spotted out for dinner with Alias creator J.J. Abrams and his wife Katie McGrath on Friday night (June 18) at Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, Calif.

Before heading out for dinner, Jennifer was also spotted doing some shopping with a friend.

Alias is the show that turned Jennifer into a star and it was also one of J.J.‘s first big projects at the start of his career.

It was recently announced that J.J. will be writing an upcoming series for HBO Max, something that he hasn’t done in years!

Get the latest update on Jennifer‘s relationship with her boyfriend, who she is reportedly back with after a brief split.

Josh Holloway and J.J. Abrams are teaming up again!

Over a decade after working on Lost together, the 51-year-old actor will be starring in the 54-year-old producer and director’s new HBO Max series Duster, Variety reports.

Josh starred as James “Sawyer” Ford on the hit ABC series for all six seasons. J.J. created the show along with Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof.

Duster will be set Southwest during the 1970′s and explores the life of a getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate. Josh will be playing the driver.

Duster is just one of several projects J.J. has in the works with HBO Max. He will also be creating Justice League Dark series and writing a new show titled Subject to Change.

J.J. Abrams will be returning to his roots of writing for television with the upcoming HBO Max series Subject to Change.

The beloved producer and filmmaker will pen the script for his original idea. He will executive produce the series alongside showrunner Jennifer Yale, who is best known for working on Outlander and Legion.

THR reports that Subject to Change “follows a desperate college student who signs up for a clinical trial that begins a wild, harrowing, mind- and reality-bending adventure.”

It has been over a decade since Abrams has been credited as both the writer and creator of a television series, though he also has the show Demimonde in the works for HBO. He said in a statement, “It’s been incredible fun weaving this rather insane yarn with Jenn, and I am grateful to her and everyone at HBO Max for the opportunity to bring this story to life.”

Joining J.J. and Jennifer as an executive producer is Bad Robot’s head of television, Ben Stephenson.

J.J. Abrams and his production company Bad Robot are hard at work supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against white supremacy.

The 53-year-old filmmaker, who directed films in the Star Wars franchise and created such TV shows as Lost and Alias, already committed to donating $10 million to anti-racist agendas over the next five years.

Now, Bad Robot has created a 20-page guide that serves as a tool to help dismantle white supremacy at work and at large.

“At Bad Robot, we are committed as storytellers and executives to dismantling white supremacy at work and at large,” the document reads. “With this ever-evolving and far from complete guide, we hope to share some resources to explore and navigate this time for ourselves and with each other as we strive to do the delicate, raw, humbling, and enraging work of anti-racism.”

The company noted, “We have provided attribution to our sources throughout the guide and thank the activists and scholars who have endeavored to consolidate this information. This guide draws from our networks, research, recommendations, and the “Anti-racism resources for white people.”

The guide features articles to read, videos to watch, podcasts to listen to, movies to view, and important Black voices to follow on social media. There is also a guide to anti-racist vocabulary, details of what you should do as a manager at work, and a list of ways people can help the cause.

Click HERE to check out the guide.

JJ Abrams, his wife Katie McGrath, and his production company Bad Robot are committing $10 million to anti-racist agendas over the next five years.

“We at Bad Robot are grateful to the many scholars, activists, organizers and leaders fighting on the frontlines of change in our systemically unjust country. It is that constellation of thinkers and doers who have the blueprint to a more perfect, fair, equitable, and kind union,” Bad Robot began in a statement on Instagram.

Between Bad Robot and The Katie McGrath and JJ Abrams Family Foundation, $10 million is being committed “over the next five years to organizations and efforts committed to anti-racist agendas that close the gaps, life the poor and build a just America for all.”

Initial investments of $200,000 each are being made to the following organizations: Black Futures Lab, Black Lives Matter LA, Community Coalition, Equal Justice Initiative, and Know Your Rights Camp.

You can read the full statement in the embed below.

Little Voice, the new TV series from J.J. Abrams and Sara Bareilles, will premiere on Apple TV+ in July!

The show is billed as a love letter to the diverse musicality of New York and explores the universal journey of finding your authentic voice in your early 20s.

THR reports that Little Voice will premiere on July 10 and new episodes will debut weekly.

Little Voice stars Brittany O’Grady “as Bess King, a uniquely talented performer struggling to fulfill her dreams while navigating rejection, love, and complicated family issues.”

Sara wrote original music for the series, which has a pilot episode written and directed by Jessie Nelson, her collaborator on the Broadway musical Waitress. They executive produced the series with Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions partner Ben Stephenson.

See the first photo of Brittany as Bess in the gallery and check out photos we posted last summer from the set!