Mark L Smith talks working with Tarantino

[Khan 2.0]

Following his work on The Revenant, screenwriter Mark L Smith was in high demand. So much so, that Quentin Tarantino brought the writer on board to help work on the director's already infamous Star Trek movie.

We so-far know very little about Tarantino's vision for the sci-fi franchise, but Smith has given us some indication as to its scale, comparing the script to his latest movie, The Midnight Sky. “I wrote a Star Trek with Tarantino, and that was a sci-fi script on which I could have fun and lean into some bigger, broader things," the writer told SFX magazine in the latest issue.

Smith confesses to SFX to not quite being a hardcore Trekkie ("more a casual fan”) but someone who was drawn to the "deep" characters in the series. "The relationships all felt real, and something I could relate to,” he says.

The big question, then: is Smith a Picard man, or a Kirk guy? “I love Picard. And Kirk is always just so fun. Tarantino and I had so much fun with him, because Kirk is just William Shatner, y’know? It’s like: you’re not sure who is who, so you can kinda lean into that! Because you watch Chris Pine and he’s playing Kirk, but he’s also playing William Shatner a touch.”

more at https://www.gamesradar.com/quentin-tarantino-star-trek-mark-l-smith-kirk

 

[fireproof78]

He is not of the Body...

 

[Khan 2.0]

Pine talks the Tarantino/Smith script in WW84 interview

'You know, I haven’t [read the Tarantino/Smith script]. I really, in terms of the Star Trek of it all, I wish I knew anything. I’m quite literally one of the last people ever to find out. So, I haven’t read that script. I don’t know where it is in development. I haven’t read the Noah Hawley script. I have no idea what’s happening in Star Trek land. But I love the character. I love the universe. I love my friends in it. To have a Quentin take on it would be tremendously interesting and entertaining. Whatever happens, if I come back or not, it’s a great universe. It deserves to have a future, and I hope that is the case.'
Chris Pine Remains Hopeful For Another Kelvin Movie, Says Star Trek “Deserves To Have A Future” – TrekMovie.com

 

[fireproof78]

Pine talks the Tarantino/Smith script in WW84 interview

Well, I wish Pine would come back. I appreciate his interest in the universe.

 

[Smellmet]

Well, I wish Pine would come back. I appreciate his interest in the universe.

So do I. I think he is a solid, very likeable actor.

 

[Mudd]

Yeah, if the next movie isn't a continuation of the current Pine/Quinto/Saldana movies my interest immediately drops by 50%. At least.

 

[STEPhon IT]

I love Tarantino, when he was asked about what universe his work would be in, he immediately responded "The Star Trek Universe". Even he was perplexed at the ridiculous Timeline non-sense CBS has created; I wouldn't doubt how empty headed Hollywood is creatively CBS will jump at the chance to launch a Star Trek Multiverse.

 

[publiusr]

I’d like to see him do Shakespeare.

Julius Caesar on Romulus