S.J. Clarkson To Direct Next Star Trek Movie, First Female Director in (Movie) Franchise’s History

[WarpFactorZ]

If anyone can make Spock's crazy half brother and a quest to find God in the centre of the galaxy AWESOME, it's Quentin Tarantino. And it looks like he's doing the next film after this one. So I say, go for it!

I'd like to see Sybok really eschew the Vulcan way and drop "mutthfukka!" every second sentence. Too bad Sam L. Jackson is too old for the part.

That being said, I'd like to see this casting choice:

"Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain with Lucille!"

 

[XCV330]

I'd like to see Sybok really eschew the Vulcan way and drop "mutthfukka!" every second sentence. Too bad Sam L. Jackson is too old for the part.

That being said, I'd like to see this casting choice:

his last Trek appearances were dissapointing for him and unrecognizable to us. Mick Fleetwood got as much face time. It would be nice for him to get a better outing.

 

[Galileo7]

I think a lot of people consider The Voyage Home one of the best TOS films, at least. It and TWOK are the two favorites, usually. I'm more of an oddball for liking TMP best. ....

Agree, TMP all the way.

 

[XCV330]

Agree, TMP all the way.

I use TMP to sleep sometimes when I'm having trouble. I'm out by the glorious starship tour, better than Ambien. I had not thought about it till now but just because of that, I've probably played and watched the opening moments of TMP more than any other Trek movie, possibly more than any movie. I never realized it was my favorite till now.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Star Trek The Three Tenors
starring
Chris Pine as James T Kirk
Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk Snr
Chris Evans as George Kirk Jnr

And Chris Pratt as cousin Billy Joe Kirk.

 

[seigezunt]

Finnegan!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

his last Trek appearances were dissapointing for him and unrecognizable to us. Mick Fleetwood got as much face time. It would be nice for him to get a better outing.

JDM's problem was with the Xindi makeup, not with Trek in general. If given a human role to play, and if he liked the script, I don't see why he wouldn't at least consider it.

 

[Lancelot]

It sounds like they might at least be using the storyline he and Doug Jung already finished for this film -- their premise brought George Samuel Kirk back from the dead, and then Tarantino walked in the door and pitched his own, wildly-differing version (which now appears to be back-burnered for the time being). Payne and McKay were uncredited contributors on Beyond, but I'm guessing that Pegg will likely still be intimately involved in whatever they finally develop, here.

If George can be brought back by some known trek writers so can Shatner, same premise: they both died saving someone.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

JDM's problem was with the Xindi makeup, not with Trek in general. If given a human role to play, and if he liked the script, I don't see why he wouldn't at least consider it.

Well, not a human role, but a rougher-around-the-edges Sybok. In fact, read the quote under the picture in my post in his Negan voice (minus the Lucille at the end). He could totally add a new threatening dimension to the character that wasn't there before.

 

[PixelMagic]

Finnegan!

"I've got the edge. I'm still twenty years old." (looks like a 35 year old man)

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

"I've got the edge. I'm still twenty years old." (looks like a 35 year old man)

Looks like Finnegan began again.

 

[Mudd]

If George can be brought back by some known trek writers so can Shatner, same premise: they both died saving someone.

No.

 

[Jedman67]

No.

Would make a great SNL parody of the Kelvin movies.

 

[Jedman67]

And you know what? TV these days is much, much better than movies. It's smarter, richer, more creative, more inclusive, more innovative. The only advantage movies have is money, and that often leads to self-indulgent spectacle at the expense of story. I have more faith in a director who's only done TV than I have in one who's only done feature films. It's no coincidence that several of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's best directors came from a TV background. TV storytelling makes movies better. And Star Trek is a franchise that's always been better on TV than in movies.

Overall, directing for TV is not quite the same as directing for cinema.

 

[Christopher]

Overall, directing for TV is not quite the same as directing for cinema.

So what? Lots of big movie directors today got their start in TV -- Whedon, Abrams, the Russo Brothers, etc. Hell, Steven Spielberg got his start directing TV!! So did Ridley Scott. So did Richard Donner. So did Brad Bird. So did Edgar Wright. Not to mention Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah, Jonathan Demme, Sydney Pollack, etc. Many of the most acclaimed movie directors of all time, particularly SF/fantasy directors, got their start in TV. And most of them weren't nearly as experienced as Clarkson when they got their first movies.

Really, this is a bizarre objection. It's been decades since the snobbish perception of TV as inferior to movies has had any currency at all. There's plenty of cross-pollination between the two where directors, writers, and actors are concerned. It's routine for people to move from TV to movies and movies to TV. Modern TV is at least as prestigious as movies and generally a whole hell of a lot smarter and better-written. So where is this coming from?

 

[Jedman67]

I'm just saying that being a proven TV director doesn't make one automatically a good movie director. Ditto for actors.
It's not an entirely different job, but TV has been, for the most part, a more demanding job with very tight time limits.
You're also shooting for a smaller audience for a smaller script. I'll grant that in the past ten years, the differences have somewhat eroded, but its still a different job. My recollection is of Jonathan Frakes giving an interview as to how he got started with his directorial career - by directing episodes of TNG and then DS9, and showing a knack for it.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Not gonna lie, I'm glad we got Star Trek Beyond after all it's development troubles. That they're making a fourth movie following Beyond's weak theatrical run is awesome. If it's done a little cheaper, if it's more character than set piece driven, that's cool. I'm just happy to see these characters again and get closure on Jim Kirk's three movies of daddy issues.

 

[Paul Weaver]

I'm guessing that Pegg will likely still be intimately involved in whatever they finally develop, here.

I really hope so

 

[johnjm22]

I'm just saying that being a proven TV director doesn't make one automatically a good movie director.

Being a "proven" movie director doesn't automatically mean one is going to make a good movie.

Personally, the idea of having someone new at the helm gets me excited.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Me too. Even if she is a w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-woman.