Why Does D.C. Fontana Never Speak About Trek?

[pookha]

I would be surprised if D.C. Fontana would feel good about how her work was taken by the new Star Trek production... haven't heard any kudos from JJ or Orci/Kurtzman for DC... let alone any remuneration for basically lifting a couple of her scenes for the movie...

Screenwriting credits are arbitrated by the Screen Writers' Guild. The producers have no say on who gets credited. They simply hand in all existing script drafts, and the contributions are weighed up. The new movie pays homage to two brief scenes in "Yesteryear", but that's not enough that DC would be given a screen credit.

yes it takes more then a 50 percent contribution.

 

[number6]

I would be surprised if D.C. Fontana would feel good about how her work was taken by the new Star Trek production... haven't heard any kudos from JJ or Orci/Kurtzman for DC... let alone any remuneration for basically lifting a couple of her scenes for the movie...

Screenwriting credits are arbitrated by the Screen Writers' Guild. The producers have no say on who gets credited. They simply hand in all existing script drafts, and the contributions are weighed up. The new movie pays homage to two brief scenes in "Yesteryear", but that's not enough that DC would be given a screen credit.

yes it takes more then a 50 percent contribution.

Well, no. It doesn't.

 

[JoeD80]

Screenwriting credits are arbitrated by the Screen Writers' Guild. The producers have no say on who gets credited. They simply hand in all existing script drafts, and the contributions are weighed up. The new movie pays homage to two brief scenes in "Yesteryear", but that's not enough that DC would be given a screen credit.

yes it takes more then a 50 percent contribution.

Well, no. It doesn't.

It does take 50% in the case of original screenplays, but 33% in this case (for screenplay credit), because Star Trek would count as non-original (because it has the Based upon Star Trek Created by Gene Roddenberry credit):

Any writer whose work represents a contribution of more than 33% of a screenplay shall be entitled to screenplay credit, except where the screenplay is an original screenplay. In the case of an original screenplay, any subsequent writer or writing team must contribute 50% to the final screenplay.

 

[number6]

yes it takes more then a 50 percent contribution.

Well, no. It doesn't.

It does take 50% in the case of original screenplays, but 33% in this case (for screenplay credit), because Star Trek would count as non-original (because it has the Based upon Star Trek Created by Gene Roddenberry credit):

Any writer whose work represents a contribution of more than 33% of a screenplay shall be entitled to screenplay credit, except where the screenplay is an original screenplay. In the case of an original screenplay, any subsequent writer or writing team must contribute 50% to the final screenplay.

QED.