Who should now direct ST3?

[Joel_Kirk]

My picks:
Brad Bird, who is also a good screenwriter....or Spike Lee, who isn't a good screenwriter but excellent visual director, and would need a solid script to make the film fully work.

 

[BillJ]

My picks:
Brad Bird, who is also a good screenwriter....or Spike Lee, who isn't a good screenwriter but excellent visual director, and would need a solid script to make the film fully work.

Has Lee ever worked in sci-fi in any form?

 

[urbandefault]

My picks:
Brad Bird, who is also a good screenwriter....or Spike Lee, who isn't a good screenwriter but excellent visual director, and would need a solid script to make the film fully work.

Has Lee ever worked in sci-fi in any form?

Can you say "fish out of water"?

 

[Joel_Kirk]

My picks:
Brad Bird, who is also a good screenwriter....or Spike Lee, who isn't a good screenwriter but excellent visual director, and would need a solid script to make the film fully work.

Has Lee ever worked in sci-fi in any form?

Can you say "fish out of water"?

My picks:
Brad Bird, who is also a good screenwriter....or Spike Lee, who isn't a good screenwriter but excellent visual director, and would need a solid script to make the film fully work.

Has Lee ever worked in sci-fi in any form?

Not that I recall. But remember: David Lynch was offered "Return of the Jedi" (or was it still "Revenge of the Jedi"?) and he hadn't yet dabbled in sci-fi. Just weirdness...

I'm noticing Ken Branaugh as one of the choices above. However, I don't know what he'd bring to the table visually. (Granted, his Shakespeare films brought Shakespeare to the masses and made it 'cool'...but then he did "Frankenstein" and "Thor," which don't really cry out "This was directed by Ken Branaugh!")

Of course, Branaugh didn't really do any sci-fi either until "Frankenstein." (Or if you want to go bigger: "Thor").

 

[Count]

Pretty sure Leonard Nimoy directed ST3

 

[M'Sharak]

Pretty sure Leonard Nimoy directed ST3

You're thinking of Star Trek III, no doubt.

 

[HIjol]

Bruckheimer/Bay Collaboration of Producer/Story Writer and Director

Bruck knows a good story (good enough, anyway) and Bay will give raw meat to the Rabids and make Wolf 359 look like a skirmish in Ferengi space.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

Nobody, to my knowledge, has mentioned him yet: Martin Campbell. He tends to do reboots pretty well. (He, however, is also another director that is only as good as the script).

Another, off the top of my head, is: Antoine Fuqua.

(Note: The tentative director is obviously someone who is a 'name' and who has competence behind the camera, a few high profile hits under his or her belt, and probably won't ask too much $$$ unless he or she is sure to deliver).

 

[HIjol]

Nobody, to my knowledge, has mentioned him yet: Martin Campbell. He tends to do reboots pretty well. (He, however, is also another director that is only as good as the script).

Another, off the top of my head, is: Antoine Fuqua.

(Note: The tentative director is obviously someone who is a 'name' and who has competence behind the camera, a few high profile hits under his or her belt, and probably won't ask too much $$$ unless he or she is sure to deliver).

Yes...good thinking, Joel, I did not think of either of those, and you are right, "name", "delivery" and 'dough" will be the Big Three!

 

[librarytrekker78]

Someone earlier mentioned Nimoy but I think to lure him out of retirement he'd have to be paid a large sum and receive a percentage of the profits.

Here's a thought: Jonathan Frakes. His directorial debut was Star Trek: First Contact and it did well at the time. He also directed Star Trek: Insurrection which didn't do as well but, I personally blame that on the script. He knows Trek. Yeah for the most part it's TNG but, he still knows Trek.

I also thought of the director of Man of Steel, Zack Synder. Personally I liked the movie but reviewing Mr. Snyder's IMDb page, he is tied up until at least 2020. Yikes!

Final thought on possible director: Christopher Nolan.

That's all I've got. LL&P (Live Long and Prosper)

 

[Cap.GRPrime1701]

Bryan Singer, if he wasn't busy with X-Men Apocalypse
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[Jax]

I have no issue with the supposed leading candidate "Edgar Wright" and he could write it as well since rumors have the script in need of a major rewrite.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Although I'm sure he'd do a great job (The World's End had an ending right out of TOS!) Edgar Wright was booted off of Ant-Man because he didn't want to be franchise-friendly. Would he really want to helm a Trek threequel, under similar restrictions?

Really, I'd be happy with anyone at this point. I hate to sound like a doomsayer, but I suspect ST3 isn't gonna happen. Please prove me wrong, Paramount!

 

[Smellmet]

Bryan Singer, if he wasn't busy with X-Men Apocalypse
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I've said this before but I think Matthew Vaughn would fit the bill nicely if he's not tied up. X-Men: First Class I thought was a superb movie from a long running franchise, with an ensemble cast, that had a nice visual style with a story that had a lot of heart that wasn't overwhelmed with 'pew pew' - fits the bill for Trek for me.

 

[Devon]

Someone earlier mentioned Nimoy but I think to lure him out of retirement he'd have to be paid a large sum and receive a percentage of the profits.

Obviously Nimoy isn't happening as a director. There are a number of reasons why he wouldn't do it. He has COPD and is in his early 80s, there's no way he would be able to handle the workload. Also he's on record as saying that he doesn't want to direct another film because, and I'm paraphrasing her, he wants to use the remaining time he is given wisely.

 

[Commishsleer]

Someone earlier mentioned Nimoy but I think to lure him out of retirement he'd have to be paid a large sum and receive a percentage of the profits.

Here's a thought: Jonathan Frakes. His directorial debut was Star Trek: First Contact and it did well at the time. He also directed Star Trek: Insurrection which didn't do as well but, I personally blame that on the script. He knows Trek. Yeah for the most part it's TNG but, he still knows Trek.

I also thought of the director of Man of Steel, Zack Synder. Personally I liked the movie but reviewing Mr. Snyder's IMDb page, he is tied up until at least 2020. Yikes!

Final thought on possible director: Christopher Nolan.

That's all I've got. LL&P (Live Long and Prosper)

You forgot to mention that Frakes presided over the death of Thunderbirds on the big screen.

Still I wouldn't rule him out as long as he doesn't get Kirk to somehow say how much he loved Archer of the NX-01.

 

[Devon]

Although I'm sure he'd do a great job (The World's End had an ending right out of TOS!) Edgar Wright was booted off of Ant-Man because he didn't want to be franchise-friendly. Would he really want to helm a Trek threequel, under similar restrictions?

Really, I'd be happy with anyone at this point. I hate to sound like a doomsayer, but I suspect ST3 isn't gonna happen. Please prove me wrong, Paramount!

Trek 3 will happen. Ant-Man changed directors, and just finished principal photography. Changing directors is not unheard of in Hollywood films.

The *official* information is that Orci is no longer set to direct the film (and to be honest, he was never really officially announced as a director either, I don't believe.) According to Orci, he is still very involved with the film, they are hoping to find a director soon and still have the goal of getting the film out in 2016 (this is per Orci's post on TrekMovie.) He even debunked one element of Faraci's claims of there being time travel involved.

The change could have even been a contractual or scheduling issue, or even a personal issue. We don't know. Just speculation and rumors. I'm not even worried about it.

 

[Smellmet]

Trek 3 will happen. Ant-Man changed directors, and just finished principal photography. Changing directors is not unheard of in Hollywood films.

I think it will too. Paramount have probably invested a sizeable amount of cash into the project already at this stage, I can't see them canning it altogether, especially with the 50th coming up, they won't want to pass up the opportunity that this presents.

 

[Khan 2.0]

Michael Bay then?

Michael Bay would be a 'Wild Card' and immediately seems a ridiculous joke choice but maybe not when you think about it, in fact its certainly possible as TF is Paramount, he's worked with Orci (TF & The Island) and Abrams (Armageddon), the TF films (esp TF3) have had a bunch of Trek nods (as did The Island & Armageddon), he's (supposedly) now finished with TF now, and of course hed be a good bet for generating some extra box office. Plus don't forget ST09/STID don't feel a million miles away from Michael Bays Star Trek (one of the criticisms that has been levelled at the reboot). Hed certainly have to dial it down a notch though. (Like McG tried to do with Terminator Salvation... actually theres another possible, although I doubt Paramount would want that level of negativity for ST3)

George Lucas.

Watch the internet explode.

and George Lucas? Wow... JJ goes from Trek to Wars/Lucas from Wars to Trek. it'd be crazy (I don't know in a good or bad way)

Nobody, to my knowledge, has mentioned him yet: Martin Campbell. He tends to do reboots pretty well. (He, however, is also another director that is only as good as the script).

Another, off the top of my head, is: Antoine Fuqua.

(Note: The tentative director is obviously someone who is a 'name' and who has competence behind the camera, a few high profile hits under his or her belt, and probably won't ask too much $$$ unless he or she is sure to deliver).

Campbell would be a good choice (just ignore Green Lantern), but looks like he's rumoured for GI Joe 3

 

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Peter Weir