This appeared in a story on Tech Times, June 30. Apologies if it's appeared elsewhere on these boards. I tried to do due diligence:
The relevant parts:
Link to entire story:
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/6...yond-director-justin-lin-confirms-twitter.htm
The relevant parts:
andLin said that the screenplay penned by Pegg and Doug Jung does not borrow any plotlines from the previous Star Trek movies or TV series the way Into Darkness did.
I had no problem with Khan and Klingons in STID, but this will be nice, too."It's all new and fresh ... The Klingons, Romulans and other species are great, but it's time to go further. It has been fun to focus on creating whole new worlds and species," he said.
Link to entire story:
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/6...yond-director-justin-lin-confirms-twitter.htm