Star Trek's Troubling 50th Anniversary

[BillJ]

BOOM.

Confirmed less than 20 minutes ago: Simon Pegg Co-Writing ‘Star Trek 3′ With Doug Jung

Deadline.com wrote:

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Pegg has been set to co-write Star Trek 3, the film that just got Fast & Furious director Justin Lin aboard after Roberto Orci exited the helmer chair. He will co-write the script with Doug Jung, creator of the TNT series Dark Blue. Pegg’s already a pivotal player in the JJ Abrams-produced Paramount/Skydance pic; he will also reprise his role as Scotty, the engineering wiz originated by James Doohan in the original Gene Roddenberry 60s series. Don’t be surprised if Scotty beams up further on the call sheet. Jung also wrote for Bad Robot and Paramount a film called Diamond, which is how he got the gig. They are just getting underway.

Good. I'm sure there are people out there relieved that they know who to hate for the next seventeen months.

 

[Dales]

I worry about how the screen writers keeps changing and changing with only 3 months to go. this does not look good.

 

[CorporalClegg]

The writers turnstile worked out okay for Casablanca.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

BOOM.

Confirmed less than 20 minutes ago: Simon Pegg Co-Writing ‘Star Trek 3′ With Doug Jung

Deadline.com wrote:

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Pegg has been set to co-write Star Trek 3, the film that just got Fast & Furious director Justin Lin aboard after Roberto Orci exited the helmer chair. He will co-write the script with Doug Jung, creator of the TNT series Dark Blue. Pegg’s already a pivotal player in the JJ Abrams-produced Paramount/Skydance pic; he will also reprise his role as Scotty, the engineering wiz originated by James Doohan in the original Gene Roddenberry 60s series. Don’t be surprised if Scotty beams up further on the call sheet. Jung also wrote for Bad Robot and Paramount a film called Diamond, which is how he got the gig. They are just getting underway.

Good. I'm sure there are people out there relieved that they know who to hate for the next seventeen months.

Pegg already said "fuck you" to the fans, so he has a head start!

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Loving. It.

 

[Amaris]

I worry about how the screen writers keeps changing and changing with only 3 months to go. this does not look good.

No need to worry. It looks like the writing crew has been settled, and they'll have a script before long. Lots of time to write and smooth out a script by the time the shooting starts.

 

[BillJ]

Loving. It.

+1

 

[CorporalClegg]

Loving. It.

+1

+2.638

 

[Amaris]

Loving. It.

+1

+2.638

+3.141592

 

[CorporalClegg]

I was waiting for someone to do that. Somehow I knew it would be you.

 

[fireproof78]

I worry about how the screen writers keeps changing and changing with only 3 months to go. this does not look good.

No need to worry. It looks like the writing crew has been settled, and they'll have a script before long. Lots of time to write and smooth out a script by the time the shooting starts.

The director is far more the important thing, as they can bring what writers and drafts they have and give order to it. With Lin in charge, I have no doubt that things will be lined up and organized within a month or two, leaving plenty of room for production.

Seriously, if Nick Meyer, who was still a Hollywood newbie, can come in, assemble a script from 8 drafts, and produce a film under budget, I have every confidence in Lin.

 

[Amaris]

I was waiting for someone to do that. Somehow I knew it would be you.

Well, you know how much I love pi.

I worry about how the screen writers keeps changing and changing with only 3 months to go. this does not look good.

No need to worry. It looks like the writing crew has been settled, and they'll have a script before long. Lots of time to write and smooth out a script by the time the shooting starts.

The director is far more the important thing, as they can bring what writers and drafts they have and give order to it. With Lin in charge, I have no doubt that things will be lined up and organized within a month or two, leaving plenty of room for production.

Seriously, if Nick Meyer, who was still a Hollywood newbie, can come in, assemble a script from 8 drafts, and produce a film under budget, I have every confidence in Lin.

That's a good point, also. I'm just saying that a script can be written, revised, and ready in 3 months easily.

 

[fireproof78]

That's a good point, also. I'm just saying that a script can be written, revised, and ready in 3 months easily.

100% agree

 

[Maurice]

"Easily"? Have you ever written a screenplay?

 

[fireproof78]

"Easily"? Have you ever written a screenplay?

Once, but that was with help, and a much smaller production.

I know easily may not be the right term, but it certainly is not the panic driven enterprise that it can be made sound like.

 

[Amaris]

"Easily"? Have you ever written a screenplay?

Yes, actually. I've written several screenplays.

Also, I'd like to point out that I didn't say the script would be good, just easily written in 3 months.

 

[Maurice]

The iron triangle of fast, cheap, good: you can only pick two.

 

[BigJake]

The iron triangle of fast, cheap, good: you can only pick two.

Totally. Although I think at this point it can reasonably be supposed Pegg doesn't come cheap.

 

[Amaris]

The iron triangle of fast, cheap, good: you can only pick two.

I was cheap. I wrote them for free!
I was fast, in that I could bang out a revised and ready script in a few months!
I was... okay, well two out of three ain't bad.

(Seriously, though, they were decent)

 

[Dales]

"Easily"? Have you ever written a screenplay?

sometimes screenplay can turn out differently from what was said on screen. writers may write a screen play down but when the actor acts it out, they will find it bad. this is why many films have said when they start filming, they change a few things written in the screen play or some of the things written in the screen play don't even make it to the actual film.