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Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' films have grossed over $4 billion worldwide, making him the tenth-highest-grossing film director of all time. Abrams has created numerous television series, including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias(creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), and Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013). He won two Emmy Awards for Lost – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. His directorial film work includes Mission: Impossible III (2006), Star Trek (2009), Super 8(2011), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also directed, co-produced, and co-wrote The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest-grossing, the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, as well as the most expensive film ever made. He returned to Star Wars by executive producing The Last Jedi (2017) and directing and co-writing The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk; producer/directors Damon Lindelof and Tommy Gormley; actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg, Amanda Foreman, and Keri Russell; composer Michael Giacchino; writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci; cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong; and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey. Description above from the Wikipedia article J.J. Abrams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
During a party, Lucy McClane (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is kidnapped by an unknown group of German terrorists. 3 weeks goes by and no one has heard from her since the night of the party, Authorities give up their search and presume that she was killed but when a video of Lucy being held hostage and warning everyone that the terrorists plan on dropping an atomic bomb on America unless their needs are met is nationally televised around America. Within 40 minutes of the hostage video being aired the McClane residence gets a mysterious phone call from who seems to be the leader of the terrorist group, he exclaims that he will kill John and his family and finally get his revenge and right before he hangs up the phone he says "Gruber Out". The NYPD discover that the leader of the terrorist group is Frederick Gruber (Tom Hiddleston), Simon Gruber's son and the last known relative of both Hans and Simon. John McClane (Bruce Willis) comes out of retirement and returns to the NYPD for one last mission, to save his daughter. John must now team up with the NYPD's Prodigy, Tyreese Bane (Lakeith Stanfield) along with a few old friends in order to save and Lucy and prevent America from becoming a nuclear wasteland.
