Will reused sets/props help with the next flick's budget?

[Borgminister]

If they maintained the bridge set that might be 2+ million saved but beyond that I doubt there are any reusable sets. Costumes, props and CGI models could add up to another couple million I would guess.

The new bridge was mentioned as costing around US$10mil.

That's a huge savings for any sequel.

Just the bridge?!? 10 million? Sounds quite steep, doesn't it?

 

[jefferiestubes8]

bridge cost quote

The new bridge was mentioned as costing around US$10mil.

source please. URL or print publication & issue

 

[Nick Ryder]

Well it would have cost 3 million but they accidentially set fire to the first bridge they built because someone thought "lens flare" meant lighting a flare next to the lens of the camera. Then some nerdlinger left the parking brake off and threw everyone into the viewscreen. 5 redshirts and a Genius Bar "genius" died.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Of course, the very first bridge set before that one looked like an Ikea store gone horribly wrong. It fell apart the moment Chris Pine sat in the captain's chair.

 

[Falconfire]

The old TNG and E bridges have been put away in cold storage.

Hate to break this to you, but the old TNG bridges where completely torn down for Enterprise. The only bridge they had left was the E-E and thats been torn down too.

Nothing from TMP thru Enterprise still exists except for some odds and ends Paramount kept, certainly nothing set-wise is left.

 

[EJD1984]

Hopefully the production team is hearing the feedback about Engineering, and hopefully they'll spend some time & money giving us a proper engine room in the next movie.

It could easily be explained away as in the next movie takes place a few years later, and that there have been some upgrades to the systems of the ship.

They're probably also use the extra budget for more exterior location filming (hopefully outside of California).

 

[Yeoman Randi]

They could save loads of money by re-using the lens flares

*snort*

 

[Trajet]

Sets and models being reused and redressed is one of the main reasons Paramount spent less money on Star Trek II and III combined than they did on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Also, despite having vastly superior visual effects to the film that preceded it, TUC cost 10% less to make than TFF, mainly due to using redressed TNG sets wherever possible. Nemesis cost $10 million less to make than Insurrection, because of the much smaller amount of location shooting the script required.

So yes, given that they no longer have to construct the Enterprise sets and CG model from scratch, it should most definitely help with how far they're able to stretch Star Trek XII's almost inevitably larger budget.

I don't think we need to fear Paramount pulling a budget cut on Star Trek XII. Star Trek's production budget of between $120-150 million was average, or perhaps slightly lower than average for a major studio blockbuster, while its financial performance has been considerably above average.