Jordan, this is not likely to improve your Star Trek mood. From Darkhorizons, ""Star Trek" is dead, long live "Star Trek". Paramount is resurrecting its "Star Trek" franchise by setting "Mission: Impossible III" helmer J.J. Abrams to produce and direct the eleventh "Star Trek" feature, aiming for a 2008 release reports Variety.
Abrams, who's highly buzzed M:I-III marks his feature directing debut, is most famous for creating and producing such hit series as "Lost", "Alias" and "Felicity". Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, Abrams' producing team from "Lost," also will produce the yet-to-be-titled feature.
The project, to be penned by Abrams and "Alias"/M:I-III scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, looks like it'll be a prequel of the franchise with the story set in the early days of original series characters James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock - including their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and first outer space mission.
"Star Trek" has been Hollywood's most durable performer other than James Bond, spawning 10 features that have grossed more than $1 billion and 726 TV episodes from six shows spanning five decades.
The decision to relaunch comes a year after UPN pulled the plug on "Star Trek: Enterprise" amid dismal ratings, and four years after "Star Trek: Nemesis" turned in the worst performance of the ten films with $43 million domestic.
Its expected long time producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga will not be involved and their proposed plans for an eleventh feature, including a script by Erik Jendresen, have been scrapped."
4 comments:
Can't say anything until Mission Impossible comes out, and even then we won't really know anything.
I'll say this: the guy is very smart. And he's got a directing Emmy for the first Lost (although I'm not sure how big a deal that is).
I'm planning on watching the second season of LOST when it comes out on DVD this fall. How is it holding up? I've been concerned that there's no over-arching vision and that he's just making it up as he goes along. I used to watch ALIAS and thought it was pretty smart and funny, but it became to ridiculous with all of the double-crosses. Sort of what happened to X-Files.
Lost is holding up very well and the second season is a pretty amazing achievement given the incredible demands they've placed on themselves.
Remember that LOST could completely fall apart at this point and it wouldn't reflect badly on Abrams, who's off in Cruise-land these days and has very little to do with it.
Let's not ignore the other big piece of news here, "Its expected long time producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga will not be involved..."
That gives me a good feeling. What I really wonder is how much of a Trek fan Abrams is.
Post a Comment