Jeffrey Chernov Jeffrey L . Chernov is an executive producer on , replacing Stratton Leopold . He is a former Senior Vice President of Physical Production at Spyglass Entertainment . Incidentally , Spyglass became a financier and co - presenter on " Star Trek " , three years after Chernov departed the company . Chernov ' s children Max and Zoe had roles as Vulcan students in the film ; Max appeared as a resident of San Francisco in " Into Darkness " as well . Chernov also served as executive producer on the sequel , . His son Max also appears in this film . More recently , Chernov was brought in as Executive Producer on the sequel , , directed by Justin Lin . Early career . Chernov began his career in Hollywood as a messenger on the 1976 production of " King Kong " , which starred actor Rene Auberjonois . He ultimately became a producer , an assistant director , and a production manager and executive . Early in his career , Chernov collaborated on several films with filmmaker . He was a production manager on two " Halloween " films ( " Halloween II " in 1981 and " Halloween III : Season of the Witch " in 1982 ) , both produced by Carpenter . As a second assistant director , he worked on Carpenter ' s " Escape from New York " ( 1981 , starring Adrienne Barbeau ) and " The Thing " ( 1982 , starring David Clennon ) . He was also first assistant director on " The Philadelphia Experiment " ( 1984 ) , which Carpenter executive produced , and " Starman " ( 1984 ) , which Carpenter directed . Chernov ' s other credits include 1981 ' s " Body Heat " , on which he was a second assistant director ; 1984 ' s " Children of the Corn " , for which he was the production executive ; and the 1985 board game - based mystery / comedy " Clue " ( starring Christopher Lloyd and Michael McKean ) , on which he served as unit production manager . He was also an associate producer on " Clue " , a position he previously filled on " Richard Pryor : Live in Concert " and ' s 1983 adaptation of ' s " The Dead Zone " ( featuring Anthony Zerbe ) . Touchstone / Hollywood Pictures and independent work . Chernov served as Vice President of Physical Production for Touchstone / Hollywood Pictures from 1987 through 1989 , during which time he oversaw production on such films as " Pretty Woman " and " Dead Poets Society " . He then became an independent producer . Since 1985 , Chernov has also been served as president for the company El Paso Productions , Inc . whose registered agent is Marc Primiani . For Walt Disney Pictures , he produced " Homeward Bound : The Incredible Journey " ( 1993 , featuring Mark L . Taylor ) and " The Country Bears " ( 2002 , starring Diedrich Bader and Stephen Root ) and co - produced " First Kid " ( 1996 , featuring Bill Cobbs ) . He also executive produced " Sleeping with the Enemy " ( 1991 , featuring music by Jerry Goldsmith ) for 20th Century Fox , " Desperate Measures " ( 1998 , featuring Richard Riehle and Tracey Walter ) for TriStar Pictures , and " The Replacements " ( 2000 , featuring Brett Cullen ) for Warner Bros . Pictures . Although working independently , Chernov maintained close ties with Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures . He executive produced Hollywood ' s " Father Hood " ( 1993 , starring Brian Bonsall ) and , for Touchstone , he produced or executive produced the films " Bad Company " ( 1995 , starring Frank Langella , Daniel Hugh Kelly and David Ogden Stiers ) , " Holy Man " ( 1998 , with casting by Amanda Mackey Johnson and Cathy Sandrich Gelfond ) , and " 10 Things I Hate About You " ( 1999 , featuring Gabrielle Union ) . The Spyglass years and recent projects . In 2001 , Chernov was appointed Senior Vice President of Physical Production of Spyglass Entertainment . As such , he has served as production executive on several feature films for Spyglass , including " Reign of Fire " ( 2002 , directed by Rob Bowman and featuring Alice Krige and Alexander Siddig ) , " The Recruit " ( 2003 ) , " Shanghai Knights " ( 2003 ) , " The Pacifier " ( 2005 , featuring Scott Thompson , with music by John Debney and production design by Linda DeScenna ) , " The Hitchhiker ' s Guide to the Galaxy " ( 2005 ) , " Stay Alive " ( 2006 , featuring Alice Krige ) , " Stick It " ( 2006 , starring Julie Warner ) , " The Lookout " ( 2007 , starring Bruce McGill ) , " Underdog " ( 2007 ) , and " Balls of Fury " ( 2007 , featuring Diedrich Bader and Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa ) . Chernov departed his position at Spyglass in 2005 and is again working independently . Since leaving Spyglass , he produced the independent drama " From a Place of Darkness " ( 2008 ) , starring John Savage . He then made his directorial debut with " A Line in the Sand " ( 2008 ) , a drama which he also produced and which stars Bruce McGill . More recently , he served as executive producer on the 2011 science fiction - action film " Battle : Los Angeles " , which featured music by Brian Tyler and costumes designed by Sanja Milkovic Hays , and on the action sequel " Mission : Impossible - Ghost Protocol " ( 2011 , with Simon Pegg ) . Most recently , Chernov worked as producer on Brad Bird ' s science fiction film " Tomorrowland " ( 2015 ) , written and produced by Damon Lindelof , music by Michael Giacchino , and production design by Scott Chambliss .