Is a modern-day big screen reboot of TNG inevitable?

[Noname Given]

Having Nimoy was a nod to the decades of Star Trek that had been made.

Might say something about what Nimoy thinks of the respective filmmakers. He did "Unification", but wanted no part of Generations unless it was done his way. He did Star Trek (2009) and had no issue coming back and doing a cameo for Into Darkness.

To be fair - when he did "Unification" at the time it WAS a marketing tie in to the release of "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (released generally the same week that his appearance aired - and the film's events were minorly referenced in the episode itself.)<--- So there may have been a bit more of 'self interest' to see his film do well at the Box office; when he agreed to appear on TNG for "Unification II" <--- Which because of Nimoy's schedule was actually filmed prior to "Unification I".

 

[BillJ]

To be fair - when he did "Unification" at the time it WAS a marketing tie in to the release of "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (released generally the same week that his appearance aired - and the film's events were minorly referenced in the episode itself.)<--- So there may have been a bit more of 'self interest' to see his film do well at the Box office; when he agreed to appear on TNG for "Unification II" <--- Which because of Nimoy's schedule was actually filmed prior to "Unification I".

I still think the fact that he didn't want to come back without control of the film says a lot about what he thought of Berman and the team he had.

 

[Tomalak]

There's a big difference between being asked to direct the film and to merely cameo in one 15 years later. It's obvious he thought the script was crap, but the studio had set a release date and wouldn't budge. In the end they just needed to get it made, and couldn't wait for Nimoy's changes. Hence a journeyman like Carson did the job.

I think it was more about studio time constraints than Berman as such, though I doubt Nimoy would have gotten on too well with him as a producer of a film he was directing.

 

[Lance]

Looking through an old SFX magazine today from around the time of the Season 1 Blu Ray release, and just for fun they did a little bit of their own 'TNG reboot' casting. Their suggestions were:

Mark Strong as Jean Luc Picard
Armie Hammer as William Riker
Edward Norton as Data
Rachel Weisz as Deanna Troi
Jason Momoa as Worf
Christina Hendricks as Beverly Crusher
Mekhei Phifer as Geordi LaForge

Some of these choices are inspired. In particular I can totally see Momoa as Worf being a perfect match.