Tarantino and Abrams to Do Next Trek Movie

[Lance Warren Baylis]

My only fear is that Quentin Tarantino is someone with a very established style. Trek as a franchise, even under Abrams, kind of has a cancelling effect on individual styles where the heritage overtakes the ambition of new blood to turn everything upside down ( or at least, did until Discovery ) but I think if Tarantino does Trek then the 'Tarantino' part might end up unbalancing the 'Trek' bit, and we could get something even more antiethically Trek.

Nick Meyer might have had a 'question everything' approach, but his starting point was the original 79 episodes and he was meticulous about using the way those characters interacted on TV as a base for taking the franchise new places. Balance is key.

 

[Smellmet]

Trek has endured a LOT of different styles. I wouldn't be too worried.

 

[johnjm22]

If they could write and correctly market a truly epic film, like maybe 2/3rds as epic as Infinity War, it's possible the film could hit 500 mil at the box office.

I don't know. For something massive and epic, you're probably talking about a 300M+ budget (200M Production +100M Marketing).

From a financial perspective, and considering Paramount's current situation, that kind of spending on a franchise that's shown limited upside seems irresponsible.

I think they should go in the opposite direction. Cut the budget. Tone down the action and focus more on character interaction. Limitation can be good for creativity. They've tried the mega-budget action spectale and it's run out of gas quickly. Try something else.

 

[Jayson1]

My only fear is that Quentin Tarantino is someone with a very established style. Trek as a franchise, even under Abrams, kind of has a cancelling effect on individual styles where the heritage overtakes the ambition of new blood to turn everything upside down ( or at least, did until Discovery ) but I think if Tarantino does Trek then the 'Tarantino' part might end up unbalancing the 'Trek' bit, and we could get something even more antiethically Trek.

Nick Meyer might have had a 'question everything' approach, but his starting point was the original 79 episodes and he was meticulous about using the way those characters interacted on TV as a base for taking the franchise new places. Balance is key.

Tarantino though is a Trek fan. Maybe not one like us who can point out obscure episode knowledge without even thinking to hard about it but more of a casual fan who might have enjoyed it but didn't take it to serious because it wasn't his main love. I think his movie will in away not be all that different from the Kelvin UNiverse but simply more edgy and vulgar and gory. It will be a interesting thing that stands apart or so we think. What I am curious about is what happens when people love the movie like I think they will and they want more Trek in this new universe. Not sure Tarantino would come back for a sequel but it could open the door up for Trek's first real HBO level tv show. Also we just know that the new Kelvin Universe movie no matter how good it will is going to forever live in the shadow of the Tarantino movie and they will be compared endlessly until the day we all die.

Jason

 

[Lancelot]

Tarantino though is a Trek fan. Maybe not one like us who can point out obscure episode knowledge without even thinking to hard about it but more of a casual fan who might have enjoyed it but didn't take it to serious because it wasn't his main love. I think his movie will in away not be all that different from the Kelvin UNiverse but simply more edgy and vulgar and gory. It will be a interesting thing that stands apart or so we think. What I am curious about is what happens when people love the movie like I think they will and they want more Trek in this new universe. Not sure Tarantino would come back for a sequel but it could open the door up for Trek's first real HBO level tv show. Also we just know that the new Kelvin Universe movie no matter how good it will is going to forever live in the shadow of the Tarantino movie and they will be compared endlessly until the day we all die.

Jason

I hope it isn't vulgar, we don't need an R rated Star Trek, limiting it to mainly adults which is cutting down on your audience - Paramount don't need less exposure.