Written and directed by J.J. Abrams, and produced by Steven Spielberg, Super 8 opens wide on June 10, 2011. The exact story of the Paramount Pictures release has been kept a close secret, although in an interview earlier this year, Abrams revealed this much: It is set in Ohio in 1979 (the year Get The Knack debuted) and introduces a troupe of six youngsters who are using a Super 8 camera to make their own zombie movie. One fateful night, their project takes them to a lonely stretch of rural railroad tracks and, as the camera rolls, calamity strikes — a truck collides with an oncoming locomotive and a hellacious derailment fills the night with screaming metal and raining fire. Then something emerges from the wreckage, something decidedly inhuman.

While as of this writing we have very little information as to the exact usage in the film of The Knack’s powerhouse hit, “My Sharona,” we are sure it will be memorable. As with Reality Bites nearly two decades ago, it is clear that Hollywood recognizes The Knack as permanent residents in the pantheon of pop culture, and that “My Sharona” is the iconic song of an era.

To read the NYT review of Super 8, click here.