Paramount/JJ trying another Trek movie (that will probably never get made).

[jackoverfull]

Didn't WOK have a bunch of different scripts before the stuck Nicky in the corner and told him to figure it out?

Several scripts, I think.

 

[The Wormhole]

I still don't believe this will happen.

 

[Amasov]

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Once upon a time, the film's director, Matt Shakman, starred in the short-lived Growing Pains spin-off, Just the Ten of Us.

 

[Lord Garth]

TWOK had four different scripts, Nick Meyer combined all four to make the fifth, and then it went from there. But they never changed producers or directors during the film. It was always Harve Bennett and, once they had him, Nick Meyer.

The experience with Star Trek XIV is more like when they were trying to make a Star Trek movie in the '70s. They went through several writers, producers, and directors -- not to mention directions -- before they finally got to TMP. Even then, there were only three versions that got any type of development beyond a pitch: The God Thing, Planet of the Titans, and TMP itself. With ST XIV, we have: the George Kirk version, the Tarantino version, the Noah version, the Kelinda version, and now this version.

It took about six years, give or take, to get from Paramount beginning to have serious talks about a Star Trek movie to actually having TMP released in theaters. From somewhere in 1973/1974 to the end of 1979. They wanted to make ST XIV shortly before Beyond was even released in Summer 2016. Even if it's released in Summer 2023, it'll officially be the longest it's taken to make a Star Trek movie and it'll have the most versions they had to go through before getting to the actual film that would be made.

 

[jackoverfull]

I still don't believe this will happen.

oh, I’m sure a new Star Trek movie will happen eventually, I’m just not certain this will be the time it happens.

I didn’t realize the Kelinda story had been scrapped...if that’s the case I can’t say I’m sad about it, as I didn’t like her discovery episodes at all.

 

[wayoung]

I hadn't seen it was scrapped, just that they were developing both projects in parallel. Probably choose whichever one to proceed with later. Not exactly a rare occurrence. But maybe I just missed that news.

 

[fireproof78]

oh, I’m sure a new Star Trek movie will happen eventually, I’m just not certain this will be the time it happens.

I didn’t realize the Kelinda story had been scrapped...if that’s the case I can’t say I’m sad about it, as I didn’t like her discovery episodes at all.

No news of it being discontinued. Perhaps multiple projects at once while Viacom et. al. prices it out.

 

[Steve Roby]

They're developing at least five TV series at the same time. I'm sure they can have more than one movie in the works. Hell, they could develop movies for theatrical release and movies as streaming exclusives.

 

[KennyB]

It does feel like "The Studio who Cried Trek" at this point but if they are filming in autumn.......this might be the one that we get. Hope it is GOOD.

 

[Amasov]

I'm more than content that we're getting Trek on a regular basis on TV. When we didn't, I would hang on the prospect of a new film. Now, it's far-less important to me that we see a big-screen adventure.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I'm more than content that we're getting Trek on a regular basis on TV. When we didn't, I would hang on the prospect of a new film. Now, it's far-less important to me that we see a big-screen adventure.

Agreed. The Kelvin films have their place in (real world) Trek history, and if another never gets made I won't shed a tear. Onward with TV Trek, which is really the medium in which the franchise most thrives.

 

[fireproof78]

It's not like we can't have both. Why not have both!? Is TV Trek being replaced or something? I don't understand any more.

 

[Lord Garth]

Sorry to quote myself, but...

With ST XIV, we have: the George Kirk version, the Tarantino version, the Noah version, the Kelinda version, and now this version.

Funny thought: if the new Star Trek movies had come out every two years since 2009, then there would've been enough room for all of these to be made, and the version it looks like we're getting now would still be coming out in 2023, right on cue.

Don't believe me? Check it out:

2009 --> Star Trek
2011 --> Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 --> Star Trek Beyond
2015 --> Star Trek 4 (George Kirk story)
2017 --> Star Trek 5 (Tarantino motherfuckers!!!)
2019 --> Star Trek 6 (Noah)
2021 --> Star Trek 7 (Kelinda)
2023 --> Star Trek 8 (co-written by Lindsey Beer, whose name is the only one that stands out. )

Weird, when you think about it like that.

 

[Amasov]

Agreed. The Kelvin films have their place in (real world) Trek history, and if another never gets made I won't shed a tear. Onward with TV Trek, which is really the medium in which the franchise most thrives.

And if I end up loving Strange New Worlds as much as I hope I do, my ultimate Trek spin-off is come to fruition.

 

[Amasov]

Sorry to quote myself, but...

Funny thought: if the new Star Trek movies had come out every two years since 2009, then there would've been enough room for all of these to be made, and the version it looks like we're getting now would still be coming out in 2023, right on cue.

Don't believe me? Check it out:

2009 --> Star Trek
2011 --> Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 --> Star Trek Beyond
2015 --> Star Trek 4 (George Kirk story)
2017 --> Star Trek 5 (Tarantino motherfuckers!!!)
2019 --> Star Trek 6 (Noah)
2021 --> Star Trek 7 (Kelinda)
2023 --> Star Trek 8 (co-written by Lindsey Beer, whose name is the only one that stands out. )

Weird, when you think about it like that.

We might've moved into the Kelvin version of TNG by the time we got to the seventh one.

 

[fireproof78]

Or got the Sulu film would have been nice. Or any number of actually interesting, enjoyable, exciting Star Trek stories in the Kelvin universe! But, I'm not bitter. Just sad.

 

[Amasov]

When Pine walked away from the fourth film initially, one of the ideas I had was thinking how cool it could've been to spin off some of the characters to their own films. I would've watched the hell out of a McCoy film starring Urban or a Spock-centric film with Quinto as the lead. And since Paramount seems scared of the words STAR TREK as demonstrated by Star Trek Beyond's marketing, they wouldn't technically have to brand them as such; they'd simply take place in the ST universe.

 

[fireproof78]

With Viacom's more direct interest hopefully that fear will diminish.

 

[The Wormhole]

And since Paramount seems scared of the words STAR TREK as demonstrated by Star Trek Beyond's marketing, they wouldn't technically have to brand them as such; they'd simply take place in the ST universe.

If the film wasn't branded "Star Trek" and still failed, everyone would claim they dropped the ball by leaving the marketable Star Trek name out of it. Just look at Enterprise, which initially left the Star Trek name out of the title, for fear that it would scare away new viewers. But then by the third season with the ratings going down the show got retitled Star Trek: Enterprise using the logic the Star Trek name would attract new viewers.

 

[wayoung]

Beyond was pretty heavily advertised as a Trek movie, right down to the old school poster that was sin line with the TOS movie art. I dunno where people are getting the idea they tried to distance it from the franchise....