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Star Trek XIV: What do you want?
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1966 Shatner, Nimoy and all the gang replicated with AI CGI, including also a realistic Arex and more of Randy and CGI Majel Barret as Number One and CGI Jeffrey Hunter as Chris Pike
It's inevitable really
Can't believe how badly Paramount + Abrams fumbled everything about the Kelvinverse.
If only Abrams had been willing to spearhead a franchise for a while.
Frustrating that it too Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof so long to come up with a damn script.
Abrams wanted a clean slate but Paramount refused cuz the 'old Trek' merchandise was bringing in around 25-30 million if I recall and Abrams threw his hands up.
Scriptwise there are like four different versions floating around the vaults but Paramount can't find enough financiers for it, nobody wants to finance 150M+ for an IP with such bad results.
It'll be 10 years since Beyond in 2026, I think us hardcore Kelvinverse Fans needs to let it go now
to think it's been speculated the Animated Series could be redone in CG but now it could actually look like The Original Series itself!!
Not exactly. He didn't see the business sense in competing with themselves for limited money. In 08-09 landscape that made sense.
CBS and Paramount wanted more consistency and the merchandising of TOS and TNG and their Starfleet Academy line were good sellers.
The delay between 09 and ID was more the issue, as well as the caginess around Khan.
IIRC, Abrams wanted a huge multi-media blitz with Trek with TV shows and games, but CBS wouldn't allow it - probably cos they already had plans for their version now on Paramount+. It was a victim of the split brands they had back then, when the TV people and movie guys were competing.
Yes you're right, but the pettiness of Moonves baffles me. Guy hates scifi with all his blood yet held ST hostage for that long. Good riddance.
Yeah. Had Abrams gotten more of what he wanted I could see that being the kick off of a new era.
There was a rumour that Legacy would be the 2nd Long Treks telemovie after Section 31, when they announced they planned them every 2 years. Then the 3rd one a Discovery reunion. I reckon it was just someone trying an educated guess but you never know...
They could. But I don't know if Paramount trusts Jeri Ryan to lead a theatrical movie by herself.
Paramount would have to rely on Patrick Stewart again to set up Jeri Ryan leading a Legacy theatrical film series, and Paramount doesn't seem very interested. Even though a final TNG theatrical movie should sell itself, and perform better than NEM by default. And Stewart will probably only come back if they do the story he wants to do.
So I think Trek XV - is it XV now with Section 31 coming out on P+? - is still in limbo.
Maybe Chris Pine should write the film?
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