More Trek in 2008
From CNN.com:More than three years after the last "Star Trek" movie crashed at the box office, the venerable sci-fi franchise is being revived by the director of the upcoming "Mission: Impossible" sequel, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.Yay!
The as-yet-untitled "Star Trek" feature, the 11th since 1979, is aiming for a fall 2008 release through Paramount Pictures, the Viacom Inc. unit looking to restore its box-office luster under new management, the trade paper said.
The project will be directed by J.J. Abrams, whose Tom Cruise vehicle "Mission: Impossible III" will be released by Paramount on May 5. Abrams, famed for producing the TV shows "Alias" and "Lost," will also help write and produce.
Daily Variety said the action would center on the early days of "Star Trek" characters James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, including their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and first outer-space mission.
Star Trek is what turned me into a dork and, god damnit, things just haven't been the same since Enterprise got cancelled. Sure, there's the Stargates, Battlestar, Lost, and comics, but that's all just filler until Trek makes its way back.
Also, I dig the idea of revisiting the original characters. The Next Gen cast has had their day, I think, and none of the other shows really lend themselves too well to a theatrical release. Going to back to the early adventures of Kirk and Spock might be just what the franchise needs to raise it from the dead.
I gotta admit, though, it'll be a little weird to see an officially sanctioned version of Kirk that isn't The Shat. I do hope that they find some way to involve him and Nimoy in the new film. That is, if they're willing, of course. They seem to go back and forth on this kind of thing.
Anywho, this is good news. Let's just hope that Abrams checks that Alias shit at the door. I god damn hate that fucking show and would much rather see him channel his Lost energies into this project. He's gonna need that kind of wonky shit if he wants to use characters from that goofy, drug-indused haze that is the original Star Trek.
posted by Arturius Boomaeus @ 4/21/2006 09:41:00 AM
1 Comments:
ur a goddamn idiot and insulting to boot, there is no excuse for your ineptitude and general ignorance u sodding WANKER! Rispect is earnt not given and i definatly DONT grant u my respect. u use the term RETARD as freely as no one should with no regard or concern for anyones feelings and use it for a cheap shitty laugh, IT IS EXTREMELY INSULTING AND OFFENSIVE, you stain mankind.
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