Star Trek Into Darkness

[Rappy Veteran]

J.J. Abrams has not yet agreed to be the director of the upcoming sequel to Star Trek, it has been revealed.

Abrams, who directed the first Star Trek, is currently busy filming his secret project Super 8. The script for the second Star Trek movie will reportedly be finished by Christmas and the studio is eager to begin production.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Viacom COO Tom Dooley declared that he would like to have Abrams return for the sequel. He also revealed that a decision on Star Trek 2's director can be expected soon.

Dooley announced that a screenplay for a G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra sequel is in the process of being written. In addition, Dooley confirmed that Jack Bender will direct the Jack Ryan franchise reboot that features Chris Pine in the title role previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck.

Star Trek 2 has a release date of June 29, 2012.

[Growled Member]

J.J. Abrams better come back and direct this one.

[Darrian]

I agree, J.J. is brilliant and everything he touches seems to turn to gold. However, I'd watch it regardless, I just hope it's as fun and entertaining as the last one.

[drotaru]

I agree, J.J. is brilliant and everything he touches seems to turn to gold. However, I'd watch it regardless, I just hope it's as fun and entertaining as the last one.

he touched Undercovers ... and it turned to dust .. not gold ... :p

Star trek however is awesome ... maybe because he likes doing this kind of stuff ... gritty SF .. ( ex: Fringe , Lost )

[Mathachew Veteran]

The thing about Undercovers, and Abrams' other shows, is that he created them but didn't really stay around with it, only long enough to get the ball rolling. You can see on Wikipedia that he was involved with writing and directing on a small number of episodes for Undercovers, Lost, Fringe and Alias. With only a glance, it seems like he had more involvement with Felicity than any of the previous shows mentioned. He did his part in creating them, but he doesn't seem to stick around to sustain them as he moves on to other projects. I tend to look at that as a bad thing because I would like the creator of whatever story you're telling to still be intimately involved.

[Darrian]

he touched Undercovers ... and it turned to dust .. not gold ... :p

Star trek however is awesome ... maybe because he likes doing this kind of stuff ... gritty SF .. ( ex: Fringe , Lost )

I like Undercovers. But yeah, it's not as completely awesome as his other stuff. It reminds me of Alias, minus the awesome, but it's still fun and entertaining enough for a TV show.

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

JJ Abrams is an awesome director, love to see him direct the squeal

[Darrian]

LOL! I think I might enjoy watching him direct a squeal as well!

[Rappy Veteran]

Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are still in the early stages of writing the sequel to 2009′s Star Trek reboot (likely due in the summer of 2012), and given the general fog of secrecy that hovers over every J.J. Abrams project, you won?t be surprised to find out that their recent interview with the Los Angeles Times is very light on any specific plot revelations. However, if you sift through the writing pair?s jaunty obfuscation, you can spot two key bits of wisdom that may indicate the shape of Star Trek 12/2/Whatever.

1. They?re not thinking trilogy.

The last decade of blockbuster Hollywood storytelling has been defined by trilogies. The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Sam Raimi?s Spider-Man series, Christopher Nolan?s Batman series, even seemingly open-ended franchises like Blade and The Bourne Identity all reached for the curious magic of a three-part cycle. So it?s interesting to note that Orci and Kurtzman seem to be pretty okay with just making a regular old sequel. ?I don?t know that we?ve ever thought of [the new Star Trek series] in terms of a trilogy,? says Orci. Kurtzman contrasts the first movie, which was essentially an origin story, with the new one: ?It becomes about this family that?s together, so now it becomes about the thing that shakes them up and challenges them.?

I love trilogies as much as the next guy, but I?m sort of intrigued by the notion of these guys creating a new standalone story ? which is sort of what the Star Trek film series was all about, pre-reboot. (Although I guess you could argue that Star Treks II through IV form a sub-trilogy within the larger series.)

2. They?re watching old episodes for ?inspiration.?

To me, the best part about the Star Trek reboot was how it managed to have its cake and eat it too. The creators embedded a few hundred throwaway references to Star Trek lore (yeesh, they even gave Bakula?s character from Enterprise a shout-out), but they also essentially tore apart the entirety of Trek history to create a brand new continuity. So although Kurtzman and Orci seem pretty set on creating a new story, they?re still looking back to old episodes of the original series for further inspiration.

Says Orci, ?Whereas the last movie was all about breaking free from Star Trek and its canon, now that we can do whatever we want, we still want it to feel like good ol? Star Trek even though it?s a new story.? I read that as an indication that, we?re probably not going to see Wrath of Khan 2.0, or any other obvious villains from Trek past. (That might mean no Klingons, which wouldn?t be the worst thing in the world. Hey, I love the Klingons, but they?re the most overexposed Big Bads in the Trekverse.)

[treemonster]

(yeesh, they even gave Bakula?s character from Enterprise a shout-out),

i don't remember this. though i only managed to sit through the whole thing once when it was still in theatres. (it was good but not as good as the older movies that i have seen each multiple times and still very much enjoyed them)

[Rappy Veteran]

i don't remember this. though i only managed to sit through the whole thing once when it was still in theatres. (it was good but not as good as the older movies that i have seen each multiple times and still very much enjoyed them)

Yeah I didn't remember that either

oh actually wikipedia reveals all...

In the 2009 Star Trek film, it is implied that "Admiral Archer's" prized Beagle was involved in a freak accident when Montgomery Scott used him as a test subject for a transporter experiment. Porthos, however, would have been over 70 years old when Scott was born, therefore it is not at all certain whether or not the beagle in question was Porthos.

[treemonster]

interesting. tempts me to attempt another screening of the movie. but this would probably be the 10th time i watched it only 1/3 of the way through.

[Rappy Veteran]

[Frylock86]

Oh, c'mon, Enterprise was the first Trek I enjoyed since DS9.... Lol

[Rappy Veteran]

Roberto Orci has said that he has been getting advice from fans while scripting the sequel to J.J. Abrams's 2009 reboot of Star Trek.

The scribe wrote the first film's screenplay with Alex Kurtzman, and admitted at WonderCon this weekend that he often turned to fans for their opinion on where to go with the sequel.

"You start to incorporate people's opinions," Orci said, according to Coming Soon. "If it's organic to the story and you find someone who doesn't think too highly of Kirk because he maybe skipped a few steps, that's maybe a fun thing to consider.

"That comes from a fan reaction and maybe gives you a story point."

The writer also said that one of the most common complaints about Star Trek was the limited screen time of some of the main characters, and admitted that this is something that he intends to remedy for the sequel.

"Because that was an origin story for Star Trek, everyone had to come in at a certain point," Orci explained. "Now everyone is going to be there from the beginning, so they're going to get that."

Orci also confirmed that Star Trek 2 is expected to begin production this autumn for a release in June 2012.

[The Laughing Man]

Imagine if Uwe Boll stepped in?

[Rappy Veteran]

Imagine if Uwe Boll stepped in?

[briangw]

Bring in the younger version of Kahn!!!!!

[robertwnielsen]

Nah, it was stated in First Contact that the Borg were already alive and well by the events of First Contact.

V'ger was in reference to the Voyager 6 space probe that came back in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, not the USS Voyager. Some non-canon stories have placed V'ger's point of origin as the Borg homeworld (i.e. Voyager 6 fell through a wormhole, or black hole, or something of that nature, and appeared near the Borg homeworld). Its prime directive -- "Collect all data possible....learn all that is learnable" does sound a lot like the Borg, does it not?

[TheLegendOfMart]

Scrap the film and let JJ reboot a TV series plz thx.

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

it's about time a new tv series was created, something to make me forget I ever watched stargate universe, still can't wipe the images from my mind...noooo nooooo ahhhhh

I'd like to see something set after voyager, trek need's the old time line continued.

[sava700]

I'd rather see a continued making of movies rather than a series since it gives them a bigger budget to work from and from their stand point make more money. Didn't the actors from the first one all sign contracts to do at least 2 more?

[Rappy Veteran]

I'd rather see a continued making of movies rather than a series since it gives them a bigger budget to work from and from their stand point make more money. Didn't the actors from the first one all sign contracts to do at least 2 more?

yeah they did

[TheLegendOfMart]

I dont want more movies that take 2+ years to make and entertain you for 2 hours when they can make 20 episodes a year and have more varied storylines.

[Rappy Veteran]

The 32-year-old actress - who played linguistics officer Uhura in the J.J. Abrams-directed take on the Star Trek franchise in 2009 - hopes the sequel will have storylines involving intimacy with Spock (Zachary Quinto) and mentioned the possibility of a physical altercation with the famed enemies of the Federation.

She told Empire Online: "I can maybe tell you what I'd like to see happen. For Spock and Uhura to really hook up. Or to get to do whatever physical activities. Kick some butt, some Romulan butt."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/zoe-saldana-hints-at-romulans-in-star-trek-2_1220822