J.J. Abrams recently spoke to the ever-growing budgets for movies over the past several years. While his own projects have ranged from $25 million (Cloverfield) to $185 million ( Star Trek 2 ), the head of Bad Robot Productions has thus far never reached the heights of some blockbusters like The Dark Knight Rises or John Carter.

"It is preposterous and embarrassing that movies cost what they do," Abrams told the LA Times . "Certainly on Star Trek and the sequel and on Mission: Impossible three and four, we had massive budget issues always. Yet we always get it figured out before production starts and realize that the money you don't get forces you to rethink something and challenges you to figure it out in a new way."Coming from a background of TV with shows like Lost, Alias and Felicity, Abrams has sought to rethink the insane costs of feature film productions. Working alongside Paramount (his favored studio), the filmmaker hopes to make some cutbacks on his upcoming slate of projects."I am as interested in and obsessed with what can be done in the feature world for a price as anyone at any studio," he continued. "I feel like it is incumbent upon filmmakers today to treat it like their own money."

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