JJ Abrams to Direct or Produce Every Movie Ever Made

Disney

stunned the world when it announced that JJ Abrams, the director of the latest Star Trek films, will

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Abrams, who has worked on dozens of TV projects, has also produced a

, directed Mission: Impossible III, co-wrote a

, and

for one of Harrison Ford's most powerful roles. Now Abrams may be on the cusp of producing his first video game movie. According to

, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell said that he and Abrams are "going to try and figure out if we can make a Half-Life movie or a Portal movie together." While there is always the chance that Abrams could

the Portal or Half-Life film, he will be too busy with the Star Wars trilogy to direct anything else for at least the next six years. Producing, however, can be much less time-consuming. Abrams'

indicates that he is producing three films this year in addition to Star Trek Into Darkness: Believe, Wunderkind and an untitled project. He is also a producer on Mission: Impossible 5, Star Trek 3 and the untitled Cloverfield sequel. He is also likely to be involved with a number of unannounced TV pilots slated for the 2013-2014 season. Thus far, Abrams has only directed three full-length films: Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek and Super 8. The last one -- a joint effort between Abrams and Steven Spielberg, who co-produced the film together -- was considered to be a box office flop when it opened at

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than Cloverfield, which Abrams only produced. With two big producers attached and a $50 million budget, Super 8 was expected to produce buckets of gold for Paramount Pictures

. The film ultimately grossed more than Cloverfield, however, earning $127 million domestically versus Cloverfield's $80 million haul. Domestically, Star Trek is by far Abrams' most successful film, earning

at the box office. Mission: Impossible III trails the film with only $134 million. Worldwide, Mission: Impossible III became Abrams' number-one film, earning $397.9 million versus Star Trek's worldwide earnings of $385.7 million. When adjusted for inflation, Disney argues that the Star Wars prequels would be worth

-- the same amount The Avengers earned last summer. If Abrams can follow in George Lucas' footsteps, the new Star Wars trilogy should be worth even more.