The prequel event movie of the year STAR TREK seems to be gaining the trust of Paramount eventhough it hasn’t hit theaters yet til May 8th, 2009 because according to Variety, Paramount has re-hired the screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman along with Damen Lindelof to start working on STAR TREK 2 and they’re looking at 2011 as the release year for the sequel.
J.J. Abrams will get the producing credit as well but no word yet on whether or not he’ll return again to direct. But let’s be real, shall we.. if STAR TREK banks big money at the box office, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out who’s going to direct the second movie.
The three musketeers (Orci, Kurtman, and Lindelof) are aiming to deliver their script to the Melrose studio as Christmas gift. They’re going to see how this prequel installment does for the fans before taking a certain type of direction.
This is what Kurtzman said…“With a franchise rebirth, the first movie has to be about origin. But with a second, you have the opportunity to explore incredibly exciting things. We’ll be ambitious about what we’ll do.”
I wish I could tell you I’ve seen the movie and that I support this sequel move but I haven’t seen the movie to take a stand on this matter. Having said that, I gotta admit, even though I’m not a trekkie, the truth is..all the trailers, footage, clips that are out there for this movie have been absolutely fantastic, I might even become a trekkie after this summer, we’ll see.
