Star Trek Sequel Already in Development, Lost’s Damon Lindelof to Co-Write Script
Lately it seems that every time a movie nears its release date, we start to see news stories popping up about the possibility of a sequel. By the time the movie actually comes out, it’s like people are already tired of hearing about it, and they’d rather just get a hot scoop about what’s supposed to come next. I’m not sure if it’s the people reporting the news or the people reading the news that are to blame, but either way, it’s getting a little bit ridiculous.
In the case of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek, however, this week’s announcement that Paramount has just re-hired writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to start working on a sequel reads a little differently. It’s basically like a vote of confidence, trying to prove to on-lookers that there really is a future in this new franchise, and that they feel the first film will be a big enough success to justify a continuation. Of course, if the movie ends up bombing, it’s not like the sequel will be so far along that they can’t just pull the plug anyway.
The one interesting tidbit to be taken from the announcement, however, is the fact that Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof will also be co-writing the script with Orci and Kurtzman. He was a producer Star Trek, but did not actually contribute to the story. I’m sure adding more Lost influence to the mix will probably be seen as a good thing. Kurtzman, however, confirmed that they probably wouldn’t even start writing anything solid until after the first movie comes out:
“Obviously we discussed ideas, but we are waiting to see how audiences respond next month.. 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.”
Do you think J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek will be a big success? Could the news of a sequel actually be a sign that they are somewhat worried about it?
Comments (4)
This is really suprising to me because I think this is the one blockbuster that I think has the biggest chance of failure. I mean I want to see it, most people see it as a joke. But then again everyone laughed when I saw the Transformers trailer in theaters and that was huge.
Posted by Drew on March 31st, 2009I for one am not impressed about the addition of the Lost Producer, Lindelof since I never really got into the show and found the series boring. Of course I am in the minority when it comes to the series “Lost” but overall J.J. has never really impressed me. Alias did not interest me as did Lost and Cloverfield was pretty good but nothing innovative and MI III was of no interest to me as well.
I am skeptical of the New Trek but will definitely see it. I hope that it succeeds because if not Trek will be in serious trouble.
In my opinion Paramount must have a good amount of confidence in this new Trek to be talking about a new sequel. Or maybe they just wanted this writers on the cheap negotiating a new contract before the movie came out and possibly becoming a huge success…which I might believe knowing how cheap Paramount is. They are a really cheap studio.
Posted by 1138 on March 31st, 2009I’m really looking forward to this first new movie, as for a sequel… I am a bit worried. If they (for any reason) rush it, they will get a Quantum of Solace – a movie that is too similar to the first and lacks the freshness and urgency.
Allow me to illustrate my point: if I order a steak in a restaurant and it turns out delicious, I don’t want a steak the next day that he had been preparing at the same time as the first! I want to wait a week, tell the chef what I thought of the first steak and then let him cook me up a new steak with my comments in mind. Okay, I guess if you really did that you’d get a side order of spit… But you know what I mean, right?
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