Simon Pegg, Doug Jung To Write Star Trek 3

[WarpFactorZ]

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To Co-Write Star Trek 3

Spoiler

Maybe I'm very out of touch on how things go and in what order but doesn't the script have to be done first before any building goes on? Don't the set team have to have a script or know what to build according to the script?

Not necessarily. Sometimes filming actually begins without a script. Granted, those are movies which are under tight deadlines and the end result is usually undesirable garbage, but it happens.

Sounds like the current situation, if you ask me, which everyone is defending/denying is the case.

Of course, they could just choose to do everything CG and eschew sets all together.

 

[fireproof78]

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To Co-Write Star Trek 3

Spoiler

Well, the birdge shouldn't be a problem, since they know they're going to need a bridge, so, even if they don't have it already from the end of STiD, they could start building that now.

Films and TV shows often don't film in the same order they come in, in the script. So, I don't think that's as a big a concern as you believe it is.

Maybe I'm very out of touch on how things go and in what order but doesn't the script have to be done first before any building goes on? Don't the set team have to have a script or know what to build according to the script?

Not necessarily. Sometimes filming actually begins without a script. Granted, those are movies which are under tight deadlines and the end result is usually undesirable garbage, but it happens. The film industry after all operates on one golden rule: cheap, good, or on time, you can only have two. A script would certainly be helpful to getting things done properly, but properly is a term that is rarely adhered to in the film industry.

I would imagine that Lin already has storyboards and concept art in the works for concepts that are already agreed upon. The lack of script does not that some ideas are not finalized or that Lin is just spinning his wheels waiting for a script.

There are likely certain sets that are needed, regardless of the script, so those can start being built. The Bridge, Transporter Room, and probably some corridors. Pre-visualization of some concepts can be made as well.

I'm still optimistic that things are in motion even though we don't know the details. From what I have read about Lin (granted I don't know him personally) he doesn't strike me as a person to sit around and wait.

 

[EnriqueH]

Simon, let me see a copy of the script.

Aye, sir, queen to queen bishop three?

 

[MacLeod]

I'll reserve judgment on the script until after I've seen the film. Past success or failure is no indication of future success or failure. Pegg might co write a fantastic script, he might co write a horrendous script.. There might be aspects of it I like aspects that I don't. Only time will tell.

 

[JWPlatt]

...Pegg might co write a fantastic script, he might co write a horrendous script...

Too many posts are leaving out of the equation that Pegg is co-writer - not the only writer - and that the writers are under the thumbs of the studio, producers and director.

 

[M'Sharak]

Of course, they could just choose to do everything CG and eschew sets all together.

Wouldn't all-CG be more costly than using practical sets wherever possible?

Simon, let me see a copy of the script.

Aye, sir, queen to queen bishop three?

Heh.

 

[drt]

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Spoiler

To Co-Write Star Trek 3

Spoiler

There are likely certain sets that are needed, regardless of thescript, so those can start being built. The Bridge, Transporter Room, and probably some corridors.

Yep, that easily 1/3 to 1/2 of it will likely take place aboard Enterprise, they can essentially build those sets now (since it's doubtful they'll change the look up much) and shoot all of that footage first.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I'm looking forward to STXIII.

 

[BillJ]

I'm looking forward to STXIII.

Is it July 8,2016 yet?!?

 

[Dales]

I'm looking forward to STXIII.

Is it July 8,2016 yet?!?

no but I am nervous about july 8 2016 with the never ending writers change.

 

[Amaris]

I'm looking forward to STXIII.

Is it July 8,2016 yet?!?

no but I am nervous about july 8 2016 with the never ending writers change.

You mean the neverending switch of choosing Pegg as a co-writer? Yes, will the long list of failed writers never end?

 

[CorporalClegg]

I'm looking forward to STXIII.

Anyone who isn't is 7x7.

 

[bbailey861]

Simon, let me see a copy of the script.

Aye, sir, queen to queen bishop three?

Priceless!

 

[bbailey861]

I'm looking forward to STXIII.

Is it July 8,2016 yet?!?

no but I am nervous about july 8 2016 with the never ending writers change.

Go have a stiff drink. It'll calm your nerves.

 

[Greg Cox]

Is it July 8,2016 yet?!?

no but I am nervous about july 8 2016 with the never ending writers change.

You mean the neverending switch of choosing Pegg as a co-writer? Yes, will the long list of failed writers never end?

Most big Hollywood movies go through waves of rewrites and revisions and drafts and writers. That's why the scripts have green pages and orange pages and puce pages and magenta pages and so on, to keep track of the various different rounds of revisions, which usually continue through filming and into the inevitable reshoots.

Sounds like business as usual to me. And, yeah, "never ending" is sheer hyperbole in this case. We're only on our second team of writers, right? Good heavens!

The movie is still two summers away. Are we really starting the usual lamentations and predictions of doom already?

 

[Amaris]

no but I am nervous about july 8 2016 with the never ending writers change.

You mean the neverending switch of choosing Pegg as a co-writer? Yes, will the long list of failed writers never end?

Most big Hollywood movies go through waves of rewrites and revisions and drafts and writers. That's why the scripts have green pages and orange pages and puce pages and magenta pages and so on, to keep track of the various different rounds of revisions, which usually continue through filming and into the inevitable reshoots.

Sounds like business as usual to me. And, yeah, "never ending" is sheer hyperbole in this case. We're only on our second team of writers, right? Good heavens!

The movie is still two summers away. Are we really starting the usual lamentations and predictions of doom already?

Indeed. I have to admit that I would be so lost and confused writing that way, but it apparently works!

 

[Greg Cox]

You mean the neverending switch of choosing Pegg as a co-writer? Yes, will the long list of failed writers never end?

Most big Hollywood movies go through waves of rewrites and revisions and drafts and writers. That's why the scripts have green pages and orange pages and puce pages and magenta pages and so on, to keep track of the various different rounds of revisions, which usually continue through filming and into the inevitable reshoots.

Sounds like business as usual to me. And, yeah, "never ending" is sheer hyperbole in this case. We're only on our second team of writers, right? Good heavens!

The movie is still two summers away. Are we really starting the usual lamentations and predictions of doom already?

Indeed. I have to admit that I would be so lost and confused writing that way, but it apparently works!

Try writing the novelizations!

 

[Amaris]

Most big Hollywood movies go through waves of rewrites and revisions and drafts and writers. That's why the scripts have green pages and orange pages and puce pages and magenta pages and so on, to keep track of the various different rounds of revisions, which usually continue through filming and into the inevitable reshoots.

Sounds like business as usual to me. And, yeah, "never ending" is sheer hyperbole in this case. We're only on our second team of writers, right? Good heavens!

The movie is still two summers away. Are we really starting the usual lamentations and predictions of doom already?

Indeed. I have to admit that I would be so lost and confused writing that way, but it apparently works!

Try writing the novelizations!

No. I refuse. I'll leave that to you. I much prefer reading them to writing them.

 

[Blackanvill0]

Re:

Spoiler

To Co-Write Star Trek 3

Spoiler

Well, the birdge shouldn't be a problem, since they know they're going to need a bridge, so, even if they don't have it already from the end of STiD, they could start building that now.

Films and TV shows often don't film in the same order they come in, in the script. So, I don't think that's as a big a concern as you believe it is.

Maybe I'm very out of touch on how things go and in what order but doesn't the script have to be done first before any building goes on? Don't the set team have to have a script or know what to build according to the script?

Not necessarily. Sometimes filming actually begins without a script. Granted, those are movies which are under tight deadlines and the end result is usually undesirable garbage, but it happens. The film industry after all operates on one golden rule: cheap, good, or on time, you can only have two. A script would certainly be helpful to getting things done properly, but properly is a term that is rarely adhered to in the film industry.

Whew, thanks. I was beginning to think my Aricept quit working.

 

[Greg Cox]

Plus, remember that the average feature-film script is about 120 pages with a lot of white space. It's not like they have to write War and Peace overnight.

And, yes, the script is often being tinkered with well into post-production. And this is not necessarily a sign of disarray or confusion; it's often just about fine-tuning things as you go along.

"Gee, this scene reads great on the page, but it's falling kinda flat onstage. Maybe we can punch it up somehow . . . or perhaps we should just eliminate it altogether?"

It's funny, actually. People hear about "rewrites" and "reshoots" and such and assume that this is a sign of a troubled production or a "train wreck" in the making, when this often can't be farther from the truth. Making changes throughout is just a routine part of the process.

There's a reason we refer to unfinished movies (and books, for that matter) as works-in-progress. Nothing is set in stone until you have a final cut or draft--and sometimes not even then! And changing things throughout is just a routine part of the process. Really.

(Hell, I'm usually revising my books right up until they go to press.)