Ok so maybe it’s obvious that a franchise (or should I say ‘universe’) as big as ‘Star Trek’, which has already had several films and television shows over the years, would be prime consideration for a sequel. However, now it’s official that things are moving foreword; Paramount has hired Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman (who wrote the upcoming film ‘Star Trek’) and ‘Lost’ co-creator Damon Lindelof to write a screenplay for a posable ‘Star Trek’ sequel.
Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof spoke to Variety about the purposed sequel:
“There’s obviously a lot of hubris involved in signing on to write a sequel of a movie that hasn’t even come out yet,” said Lindelof, co-creator with Abrams of ABC’s “Lost” who produced the upcoming “Trek” but did not contribute to Orci and Kurtzman’s screenplay. “But we’re so excited about the first one that we wanted to proceed.”
As for potential storylines, Kurtzman stressed that the writing team will wait to take a cue from fan reaction about which direction to go.
“Obviously we discussed ideas, but we are waiting to see how audiences respond next month,” he 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.”
Paramount probably won’t green-light this project until the Monday after May 8th (Which is when ‘Star Trek’ hits theaters in most parts of the world). Ok, maybe not that fast but I can almost guarantee that if this film does well they’ll be fast tracking a sequel.
Post your thoughts below. How do you think ‘Star Trek’ is going to do opening weekend?
Source: Variety
