Did Tarantino and Mark L. Smith's script ever emerge?

I'm curious about the shelved Tarantino Star Trek project;

JJ Abrams and Tarantino hired Revenant writer Mark L Smith to write a script using Tarantino's outline = did this ever see the light of day? Can fans access it since it's an abandoned project? Or is Paramount holding onto it in case Tarantino comes back on board or in case they can rework the script?

 

No. Probably archived as many scripts often are.

 

Man, I love to read it.

 

Yes I fear it's shelved and that we won't get to see the script until about 30 years down the line when probably Tarantino himself publishes it in a huge compilation of all his scripts he's done or something

 

I've heard two versions of the story:

1. It's "A Piece of the Action" redone in Tarantino's style.
2. It's Pulp Fiction in Space, with 3 intertwining stories following Chris Pine's Kirk, William Shatner's Kirk and Patrick Stewart's Picard.

Of course, it's possible the story is a mix of both.

 

This I've heard of before.

This I haven't heard of before.

 

Option 2, is the one I am interested in, if this was the case. The 3 actors final appearances on film were not to my liking for their particular character, and I always wanted them to have 1 last harrah of glory just to cleanse the palette. I want these heroes to bow out on a high note and not on the crap seen from BEYOND, GENERATIONS, and NEMESIS.

 

Never heard this particular merging of speculative news before regarding your second point. Can you remember the source/s?

from what I've gathered there have been two competing films over the past years =
1. "Star Trek 4" which was proposed as early as when Beyond screened in cinemas; and would have had Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk interacting with Chris Pine's Kirk (so I assume some sort of time travel story again)
2. "Tarantino's trek movie" proposal which would have probably merged elements of A Piece of the Action and Yesterday's Enterprise.

I'd really love to see the script just to see how Tarantino would have managed to mix the sci fi and lore of Roddenberry's and Abrams' Trek with the crew then being in a mob film style scenario. The tone seems bat sh*t crazy. Let alone the very PG tone of the Abrams movies then turning into r-rated violence (something that would have been fun to watch but I again I just can't see how he would have managed to find a balance in tone)

 

I wish I could, it was one of those clickbait nonsense sites the kind of which also talked about a Discovery/Kelvin crossover being in the works which later turned out to be true (although it went nowhere, and I wish I could find the source for that too but I know it was an interview with someone)

 

I didn't think they actually made it to the script stage?

 

I think both rumours just sound like people making assumptions based off his previous movies.

I’m sure the reality is far less predictable.

 

According to this Variety article, which is probably as accurate as we'll get, it involved 1930s gangsters, time-travel and had a "Pulp Fiction" vibe.

https://variety.com/feature/quentin-tarantino-star-trek-explained-1235184059/

It sounds to me almost more like a variation on "City on the Edge of Forever" but with gangsters instead of social workers than a retelling of "Piece of the Action".

 

He needs to do a Terminator series…it fits his style of filmmaking better

 

That’s definitely the more interesting story.

That’s probably true. But the idea of Tarantino Trek is still interesting in theory.

 

World of Reel is pretty 50/50 as a source but:
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/12/0uv2sf1q6h9050qns9ckxpc96pdusn

We might get Tarantino Trek as a miniseries? Which would probably be preferable imo, more time to flesh things out.

 

Give him complete creative control. Watch the world burn.

And count the gratuitous shots of Uhura's feet.

 

The one I want to read is Bob Orci's Star Trek 3 with Shatner

 

I'd forgotten how well that parody was done. Great piece of writing & editing!