While The Last Jedi may have been a huge critical and box office success, it proved very divisive among fans. That controversy won't be influencing what JJ Abrams does with Star Wars: Episode IX though

From sonic screwdrivers and wibbly-wobbly timey-whimey to lightsabers and the Force, ex-Doctor Who star is making the jump to another beloved sci-fi franchise as he's joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX in a key role that is being kept completely under wraps.

Star Wars movies are always extremely secretive things, and with the still-unnamed Star Wars: Episode IX still more than a year away we didn't expect to hear anything about it. However, it would appear that writer/director JJ Abrams and the rest of Lucasfilm are already ready to drop some big news.

With Mission: Impossible - Fallout exploding into cinemas in a week, what better time to revisit Tom Cruise's iconic action spy thriller franchise? Choose to accept this mission and gawk at all the crazy stunts and get shocked by the plot twists all over again!

Behind enemy lines D-Day insertions! Crazy Nazi scientists! Occult experiments resulting in zombies! A rocking soundtrack! No, it's not a new Wolfenstein game but rather the first trailer for the awesome looking JJ Abrams-produced WWII supernatural thriller Overlord!

Keri Russell and JJ Abrams both launched their careers two decades ago with the college drama Felicity, and now the duo are teaming up again for something a lot more high-profile in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX.

The Cloverfield films have all had productions so shrouded in secrecy that you never know when to expect the next film. However JJ Abrams is breaking tradition and telling us what we can expect with the next film - or perhaps throwing us further off course entirely.

When writer/director Rian Johnson chose to reveal Rey's parentage in The Last Jedi, it upset a portion of the fandom. It may also have upset the plans of original franchise director JJ Abrams.