While Star Trek’s TV offerings are flourishing, the
films are stuck in somewhat of a rut. After the plans for a fourth
Abrams-helmed Trek fell apart, the
studio hasn’t had a lot of clarity over what to do with the property, with
several film ideas, including one famously pushed by Quentin Tarantino, being
floated, tentatively put into production, and then lost into the ether of
production hell.
With recently
appointed film group president Emma Watts, formerly of Fox, now taking the helm
at Paramount, that seems primed to finally change. As reported by Deadline,
one of Watts’s top priorities at her new job is to figure out what, exactly, to
do about the Star Trek movies. Per these
plans, it seems the Trek movie written
and slated to be directed by Noah Hawley (Legion,
Fargo)is on hold. While Hawley is still attached to the project, it’s
paused for now, as is the project written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) which was, at one time, set to
be directed by Quentin Tarantino, though per the Deadline report he is no
longer attached to the project.
What does that
leave? Well, not making a Star Trek movie
isn’t an option, so that means returning to the idea of bringing back the
original rebooted cast for another go at it, though likely without Abrams. That
original project got held up due to contract disputes and the sheer cost of the
star power on display in that franchise. But with Star
Trek a bigger name on television than it’s been in decades, Paramount
has a strong incentive to find the money and get something moving sooner rather
than later.
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