Does anybody know anything about the new Star Trek making of book by John Tenuto? Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film (Star Trek, 2): Tenuto, John, Tenuto, Maria Jose: 9781789099751: Amazon.com: Books
Titan’s other two “Making Of” movie books have been total let-downs, largely because the photographic reproduction in both was terrible. I’ll wait for reviews before dropping another $50 on a shitty Titan book.
Yeah i tend to agree that I thought the photos used in the First Contact book were largely awful and really dampened my enjoyment of it
I’ve heard multiple interviews with the Tenutos. They’ve done a fair bit of research including deep dives into Nicholas Meyers’s archive at his alma mater, Iowa. They’ve also seen and reported on the workprint (which I believe may be archived at the Museum of Motion Pictures). If I recall correctly, it includes audio of Sulu’s scene about a command. Whether or not this book is worth $50 (or $25 Kindle) I can’t guess. I don’t expect the price to dip, but thanks to your post I know it will exist and I’ve pre-ordered in case Amazon has one of those weird price drops. I’d say there’s a decent chance I cancel if I can’t find reviews in advance and/or I sense I can find a better price. Either way, I see this as good news. I’ve been wanting to read what they know for several years — though I’d rather have had a more standard book than a coffee table one. 192 pages doesn’t sound as in-depth as I’d have hoped. Hopefully it means they’ll include some images we haven’t seen. Who knows.
The workprint is at UCLA. It has all the deleted scenes including the infamous Sulu scene but as part of the film not just the audio.
The Discovery book was really nice, but I agree with you that the TMP one was kinda ho-hum (haven't checked out the FC book). TWOK is the holiest of holies, I feel like they'd do a better job on it @IronWaffle's report gives me hope.
I managed to help their research in a minor way a while back by providing some script drafts for TWOK they hadn't come across yet.