Trek's future according to Paramount's new owners...

[Mudd]

So yeah, PSKY plans to go big on theatrical...

New Paramount To Take “Holistic” Approach To Star Trek; Return To Big Screen A “Priority”

David Ellison and his new leadership team are ready for more Star Trek.

trekmovie.com

 

[Quinton]

I think we can reasonably ascertain that the mission here is one of franchise synergy, both on the big screen and the small. Perhaps through other vectors - gaming, and so forth.

The Hollywood Reporter:

Star Trek, which has not been in theaters since 2016, has largely been overseen by Alex Kurtzman with a lengthy list of Paramount+ series. Execs said that Trek would be looked at holistically rather than siloed off between different parts of the company, such as film and TV. “We’re going to make sure those conversations are happening together so that we can do what’s best for the brand as a whole,” said film co-chief Dana Goldberg.

Similar sentiments were expressed in articles from other leading trades last night. That's the takeaway, IMO. Whatever comes next for Star Trek, there will be an eye for avoiding isolation in each sector of the IP.

 

[valkyrie013]

So yeah, PSKY plans to go big on theatrical...

New Paramount To Take “Holistic” Approach To Star Trek; Return To Big Screen A “Priority”

David Ellison and his new leadership team are ready for more Star Trek.

trekmovie.com

Summarize please. Don't like clickin on links.

 

[Quinton]

Summarize please. Don't like clickin on links.

TrekMovie is a great, fan-operated, site. For what it's worth.

But the broad-strokes analysis, and it's based upon direct quotes from the new corporate leadership at a Los Angeles press event last night, is that Star Trek is very much a core part of their content strategy. Getting it back to theaters is a big part of that equation, but they'll also be operating on the basis that the film and TV side will have more communication, rather than feeling separate from each other.

There's enough mention of Star Trek to deduce that it isn't going anywhere, although it should be stressed, we don't yet know what it'll look like a couple of years from now.

I'm reading tea leaves, but I would personally hazard a guess that creatives have gotten the memo that they're looking at pitches for more shows; after all, it feels like everybody and their mother is coming out of the woodwork recently talking about their own pitches. That doesn't mean any get accepted, but it's interesting.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The new Superman movie made about the same as Star Trek Into Darkness, and thats a genre that aims for a billion. And Into Darkness was seen as a sight disappointment. I really don't see them bringing Trek back to movies, as much as I'd want Kelvin Universe Movie #4 or Star Trek Secret Origin or whatever.

 

[valkyrie013]

@Quinton Appreciate it.

Hope they make a new show that isn't all remmeber berries.

 

[valkyrie013]

The new Superman movie made about the same as Star Trek Into Darkness, and thats a genre that aims for a billion. And Into Darkness was seen as a sight disappointment. I really don't see them bringing Trek back to movies, as much as I'd want Kelvin Universe Movie #4 or Star Trek Secret Origin or whatever.

Egh.. just have to have a budget that reflects what they think there going to take in. probably can't go to far over 100 million budget. That'll get you far enough.

 

[Quinton]

The new Superman movie made about the same as Star Trek Into Darkness, and thats a genre that aims for a billion. And Into Darkness was seen as a sight disappointment. I really don't see them bringing Trek back to movies, as much as I'd want Kelvin Universe Movie #4 or Star Trek Secret Origin or whatever.

I think it's inevitable, and I say this as somebody who hasn't been optimistic about a successful return to a film pivot at any point in the past five or so years. This is something David Ellison vehemently wants. The press conference last night talked up an aim for 15 movies per year, eventually 20, and Star Trek was mentioned several times as one of the core pillars of that initiative. It's really a different ballgame now.

There's also been loads of media chatter recently that a billion at the box office is no longer a realistic goal (not that it ever truly was, but y'know). As strange as it is to say, Into Darkness' numbers might actually be treated more decently today than they did 12 years ago. Very odd situation, hah.

Egh.. just have to have a budget that reflects what they think there going to take in. probably can't go to far over 100 million budget. That'll get you far enough.

If they rein in development costs - and it's important that we always remember that marketing costs are separately tallied, and generally huge in their own right - then I reckon Star Trek can be the modestly, but reliably, successful film franchise that it deserves to be. So, yeah, agreed.

 

[Mudd]

Trekmovie is the only Trek fan site worth a spit where news is concerned.

 

[Quinton]

Trekmovie is the only Trek fan site worth a spit where news is concerned.

I like TrekCore, but their focus is different, yeah. Lots of merchandise reporting that TrekMovie doesn't cover quite so thoroughly, and they seem to let TrekMovie handle the vast majority of these sorts of articles. I check both sites pretty much daily, but they're different deals (which is neat).

 

[valkyrie013]

Been plenty of movies that have recouped there cost, but any sequal was canceled because it didn't do "Well Enough" Tron Legacy comes to mind.

Trek, with maybe the Kelvin series as a outlier, has always been mid to small budget releases. They gave it a try with 2009, and did good, but Trek has always been more Nish than Star Wars.

My opinion The movies should more more POP and Action than the tv series, have them be a gateway for new fans to enter the show, like 2009 was.