http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/star-trek/34692/star-trek-3-simon-pegg-gives-an-update
Apparently the script still isn't finished!
"the timeframe we're working in is extremely tight. It means we're having to come up with the goods. We can't be lazy about it".
How tight? Well, the screenplay needs to be done by June ("come hell or high water"). "The production is hammering on the door asking 'when can we build this? What are we gonna build? Who's in it?". "It's an interesting process", he notes.
How is he approaching the film? With some reverence. "I have to abide by certain rules and do right by the original series, and not be too post-modern with it and not be too aware of itself. I have to try to take on the spirit of the show, rather than fill it with stuff that people will just go 'oh, yeah, that’s from episode something or other'. It’s more than that".
He also touched on how he got the writing job, recalling that he and producer Bryan Burk were chatting about the direction to take the film, and musing whether "we should go back to the drawing board, a little bit, with the screenplay". It was after these discussions that Burk invited Pegg to take a crack at the script, something he adds is "a big responsibility".
Seems Pegg and Burk weren't too fond of the Orci/Payne/McKay script. It'll be very interesting if/when the original storyline eventually comes out, to compare with the Justin Lin-drected, Simon Pegg/Doug Jung-written movie.
Apparently the script still isn't finished!
"the timeframe we're working in is extremely tight. It means we're having to come up with the goods. We can't be lazy about it".
How tight? Well, the screenplay needs to be done by June ("come hell or high water"). "The production is hammering on the door asking 'when can we build this? What are we gonna build? Who's in it?". "It's an interesting process", he notes.
How is he approaching the film? With some reverence. "I have to abide by certain rules and do right by the original series, and not be too post-modern with it and not be too aware of itself. I have to try to take on the spirit of the show, rather than fill it with stuff that people will just go 'oh, yeah, that’s from episode something or other'. It’s more than that".
He also touched on how he got the writing job, recalling that he and producer Bryan Burk were chatting about the direction to take the film, and musing whether "we should go back to the drawing board, a little bit, with the screenplay". It was after these discussions that Burk invited Pegg to take a crack at the script, something he adds is "a big responsibility".
Seems Pegg and Burk weren't too fond of the Orci/Payne/McKay script. It'll be very interesting if/when the original storyline eventually comes out, to compare with the Justin Lin-drected, Simon Pegg/Doug Jung-written movie.
