'Star Wars 7' News: Director J.J. Abrams Quits 2015's 'Episode VII'? Rumors Circulate with 2014 'Star Trek 3' Production & Script Updates

Recent news surrounding the sequel to 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness has given rise to rumors surrounding J.J. Abrams' involvement in his previously confirmed role as director of Star Wars: Episode VII. To clarify, numerous reports are claiming that insiders revealed that Abrams could be exiting the Star Wars film in favor of directing Star Trek 3. This rumor has gained steam ever since the announcement that production for Star Wars would be in England and Abrams had a problem with it.

Last month, when the announcement concerning the production of Episode VII would be in England, Abrams revealed that relocating his family from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom "really does make me insane."

But the director added, "It is so massive and so important to people. I think the key to moving forward on something like this is honoring but not revering what came before."

So it seemed like Abrams was over the relocation subject. But then last week Star Trek star Zachary Quinto announced some news about the third installment of the sci-fi reboot.

"Star Trek 3 should be filming, I suppose, next year," Quinto revealed. "It's going to be made a lot quicker than the last one. That's the plan, although nothing is confirmed yet."

Quinto also mentioned that Abrams would be helming the next movie as he did the previous two. Of course, this seems too good to be true, but it definitely made some people wonder about Abrams' commitment to his newer Star Wars project when compared to his Star Trek franchise.

And then today, news surrounding J.J.'s Bad Robot production company reaching out to Thor and X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz to pen the Star Trek 3 script has thrown some fuel on this rumors fire. This means that the third Star Trek film is most likely going to start production soon and that Abrams' involvement might change his Star Wars role.

Most sites that have been following the Episode VII updates since the announcement late last year have figured that this rumor is simply just that; a rumor based on conjecture. But we will most likely find out where J.J. stands this weekend during the "Star Wars Celebration" event in Germany.