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Quentin Tarantino producing new Star Trek film

Quentin Tarantino is producing a new Star Trek film with JJ Abrams.

By Nesta Wed 06 Dec, 2017 10:15 AM
Quentin Tarantino, best known for his violent dramas Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, is reportedly planning a new Star Trek film with J.J. Abrahms, who is busy with Star Wars episode IX.

According to the Independent, Tarantino "has come up with a great idea for a Star Trek movie at Paramount" and, after sharing this idea with JJ Abrams, the pair will put together a writers room who will listen to Tarantino's thoughts and sculpt a movie around them.

Tarantino might even be the one in the director's chair, once again according to the Independent.

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Tarantino, who is known for his violent, dialogue-heavy and usually original movies, would be entirely new to the sci-fi/action genre that Star Trek has unfortunately been classified as.
Tackling an intellectual property like Star Trek would be a marked shift for Tarantino. The writer-director has stayed away from film franchises throughout his career, focusing instead on developing his own idiosyncratic material. However, he has served as a for-hire director in television before, helming episodes of both ER and CSI.

In an interview with the Nerdist podcast this September, the director said he was "definitely a fan of the original series" and "in particular a fan of William Shatner's".

In the same interview, however, Tarantino criticised the recent reworking of the Star Trek canon in Abrams's 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness. "The Khan stuff doesn't work at all", he complained. "Benedict Cumberbum [sic] can't be Khan! Because [Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan actor] Ricardo Montalbánardo [sic] is Khan!"

Tarantino went on to dismiss the idea that Abrams' rebooted franchise takes place in a different timeline as "a crappy lawyer loophole". It remains to be seen whether Tarantino's Star Trek idea will use the same 'loophole', or revert to the storyline of the original television series.

Sprawling film franchises have become so omnipresent in Hollywood that there’s often a sense of dismay expressed when young, upcoming filmmakers with unique voices are thrown into the blockbuster system. The argument is that the aesthetic and tone of a franchise like Marvel or Star Wars is so overpowering that it would drown out, and perhaps hamper the development of, a given filmmaker’s individualistic voice. With Tarantino, however, it it hard to think of any director with a honed sensibility. The excitement about this particular project wouldn’t be the impact that Trek would have on Tarantino; it’s what Tarantino would have on Trek.

Please let us know in the comments what you think of this development, and what you think will happen in the new Star Trek film.

WRITTEN BY Nesta - EDITED BY Eaglesg
SOURCE: The Independant
17 Comments
Fri 08 Dec, 2017 10:22 AM
Im honestly really excited for this, it would really show a side of Trek we haven't seen before. Besides, Tarantino is an excellent director, so it's pretty much quaranteed to be good.
Fri 08 Dec, 2017 11:44 AM
I disagree, initially. I'm willing to give him a shot. I appreciate his work for the most part, yet I don't accept that Star Trek is in his wheelhouse.
Fri 08 Dec, 2017 1:13 PM
dont think he the right one for ST. nut i am willing to see with what he comes up with, Terran i would like to see him do Smile
Sat 09 Dec, 2017 3:46 AM
Sat 09 Dec, 2017 11:13 PM
He seems more like he would fit in better with the Star Wars universe. Still, I am willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt.
Sat 09 Dec, 2017 11:24 PM
I would love to see him do a Trek Film, but I don't want it to be Rated-R.
Sat 09 Dec, 2017 11:37 PM
I would love to see him do a Trek Film, but I don't want it to be Rated-R.
Took the words out of my mouth. I think a lot of us like the increase in the action from recent films, keeps stuff exciting, but don't want it to become nothing but hardcore action sequences.

"Do you remember when we used to be explorers?" Jean Luc Picard, Star Trek Insurrection.
Sun 10 Dec, 2017 1:30 AM
I don't mind if it's R-rated, and that doesn't mean it devolves into an action fest. There have been a few times Trek would have benefited from an R-rating, and some were plenty disturbing on their own so this R-rating could just be for safety. But this is Tarantino, so, I'm just curious about what kind of movie we're going to see in general.
Sun 10 Dec, 2017 6:34 AM
Not a fan of most of the things he's directed, and not sure what to think of him directing a Star Trek film, honestly. There's been several great directors for Star Trek films, and a few not so great ones. I'm leaning that he may end in the latter of those, but if the rumor is true then I guess only time will tell. Not going to hold my breath. I suppose as long as he sticks to what Trek is and not something closer to his other films, it may be okay.
Sun 10 Dec, 2017 9:52 PM
I can honestly say I loathe all of his films so I dread to think what he will do to my beloved Trek. If he leaves the core of what Trek is alone then it might be OK, but it definitely should not be r-rated.
Mon 11 Dec, 2017 8:01 AM
I was hesitant when I heard that Quentin Tarantino would be directing the new Star Trek but I recalled when he directed a CSI triple episode (might have been a double) and he pulled it off very well so I say let him have a shot.
Tue 12 Dec, 2017 8:56 AM
Well, it would be quite interesting if there was a "stand-alone" movie (like in ENT Season 4) set entirely in the Mirror Universe. That would be a good justification for the R-Rated thing.
Tue 12 Dec, 2017 3:10 PM
If Patrick Stewart is interested in reprising Jean-Luc Picard in an R-rated Star Trek, I'll definitely be interested in the new movie!
Tue 12 Dec, 2017 5:00 PM
If Patrick Stewart is interested in reprising Jean-Luc Picard in an R-rated Star Trek, I'll definitely be interested in the new movie!
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Wed 13 Dec, 2017 2:45 PM
I would be cheering if they had someone like James Cameron, but Tarantino nope.
Wed 13 Dec, 2017 5:54 PM
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Possible time-travel.

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Shame on you Tarantino.
Wed 13 Dec, 2017 10:23 PM
While I really like most of his films, I'm having a hard time seeing him do a Trek film.