Abrams and Spielberg team up on new project

J.J. Abrams unites with Steven Spielberg behind the camera on a collaborative project that has yet to be titled. Abrams is expected to direct the picture for Paramount Pictures, starting principal photography sometime this fall with no set release date at the moment. Here’s a snippet more of the small amount of plot revealed (or guessed) so far from Vulture.:

We’re told that like Spielberg’s Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and E.T., the project will deal with everyday people whose personal relationships are tested when they are thrown up against extraordinarily fantastic – and possibly other-worldly – events.

Our sources tell us that Abrams is in discussions with Spielberg, and insist the DreamWorks co-founder will be involved in some capacity, whether as an executive producer or at least as an adviser, since “J.J. wants to make sure Steven is properly paid homage to. This is really an interpretation of some of Spielberg’s earlier films, but done in a personal way.”

Everything is still fairly up in the air with this collaborative project, especially since Abrams is attached to so many other projects that you would wonder whether or not the director could make any sort of time to put this together this year.