Scriptwriter Erik Jendresen was signed to write a script for the next Star Trek movie ealier this year. In an interview with Dreamwatch magazine recently he confirmed that he has now turned the first draft of that script in to Paramount.
According to Jendresen the working title for the next movie is Star Trek: The Beginning (which ought to give you some hints about where they're going with it). The plan is to have the movie set a few years after the end of Enterprise and prior to the original series of Star Trek. The movie won't feature any existing Star Trek characters either apparently. Jendresen stated that:
"The story is big and epic, and it isn't as antiseptic as the television stories had to be."
If it goes through unchanged, this could be a radical change in direction for Star Trek. Jensen said that they're focusing on a small group of men and women with a particular focus on one character. There will be a couple of ships in the movie as well as the principal ship but it won't be a traditional captain and crew of a starship story.
Interesting huh? Could this be the new direction that Star Trek needs? Or is it just all talk? While I firmly believe that Star Trek needs to do something different than re-hashing the original series for the sixth time, I'm not sure how the hard core of Trek fans would react to a movie which doesn't feature all the familiar Trek elements.
http://www.sflare.com/archives/erik-jendresen-talks-new-star-trek-movie-script/Much is riding on this next film. The franchise is on life support. If it sucks, this could be the end of Trek.......
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