JJ Abrams is a busy guy, and it looks like he's gearing up to produce one of his biggest films yet.

The Lost co-creator/producer, currently directing the big screen Star Trek flick, is going to produce a disaster movie centering around an earthquake. This isn't a remake of the 70s Irwin Allen film that starred Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Ava Gardner, and Lorne Greene (playing Gardner's father, when he was only seven years older than she was) but a brand-spanking new adventure. It's way too early to talk about cast, but I bet Greg Grunberg will be in it. Abrams will produce the movie, but will he also direct?

This reminds me of a toy set I had when I was a kid called Earthquake Tower. It was a giant plastic building (taller than I was) that you put together. You could push a button at the bottom and the building would rock back and forth, knocking the plastic people figures off the ledges. I could never get the damn thing to work. Half of the building would come tumbling down, which would mean it's a really big earthquake but it doesn't make for much playing fun. The set also came with ambulances and firetrucks so you could make your own disaster movie. If I had this game today and a video camera...