Star Trek Beyond

[Brandon Rhea]

Starting a thread for Star Trek 3 (or 13, if you prefer), since we're starting to get some basic news about the next Trek movie. What we know so far is:

1. It will be set during the five year mission and will take place in deep space.
2. It will probably be directed by Bob Orci.
3. It will probably be released in 2016 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the original show.

There's also rumors lately about William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy potentially appearing in the film. The rumors are saying that the roles will be small but important. William Shatner initially denied he was contacted about it, but later said he was contacted by none other than J.J. Abrams himself, asking if Shatner would be interested in appearing:

http://comicbook.com/2014/09/27/william-shatner-confirms-he-was-contacted-about-star-trek-3-and-/

Any thoughts on what the story might be, or how Shatner and Nimoy could factor into it? I like the idea that they would be in it, given that it's the 50th anniversary film, but I'm not sure how they would fit into it. One thought I had was that there could be a glimpse into the future. In the future of the alternate reality, or at least one of its possible futures, perhaps Captain Kirk is still alive and didn't die like he did in Star Trek Generations. Shatner could therefore play an older version of Chris Pine.

Thoughts?

 

[Oncaro]

As someone that only really got into Star Trek this year, and did so through watching TNG on Netflix, I think it'd be pretty cool to see Kirk meet the Borg and see how he reacts to them in comparison to, say, Picard.

 

[Cortan]

...Well, the Narada was running off future Borg tech, so you could argue that might draw in the attention of the Collective early...

Beyond that, I have mixed hopes for this. Orci, along with his usual partner Kurtzman, is a continuity and reference loving fanboy, which was both to the boon and detriment of the last two films - some neat blink and you miss it moments, some key plot points that don't properly work because they forgot that the audience (and the standalone film) don't necessarily understand as much as they do. See: Why the hell was the name Khan expected to matter to a younger, newer audience? At the same time, he seems to recognising some need to focus now he's in the directing chair, as he dropped Power Rangers as of the last week or two in order to focus on this production. So, who knows, maybe it'll work out.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Orci is untested as a director and has written some shitty movies, but the one thing that I come back to is that he's consistently been the biggest Trek fan of the new production team. J.J. Abrams wanted the flashiness and didn't really get Star Trek all that much (though he certainly made it more successful), while Damon Lindelof continued to prove himself as the king of convoluted endings. I'm hoping Orci, as a fan, gets it right.

The one thing that worries me is that his politics are insane (libertarian, 9/11 truther, etc). I'm hoping that doesn't bleed into the movie.

 

[Sovereign]

The second film was so bad. I have no hope for this one.

 

[BLADE]

Vulcan was an inside job!

Also both of the new movies sucked. The second one sucked more because it was dour, politically exploitative, and because it assumed (somewhat correctly) that idiot fanboys think fanservice is a replacement for an actual script. Very much hoping for an Insurrection/Nemesis-type crash.

Now those movies were stupid. But hilariously stupid.

 

[Oncaro]

I've currently seen all the TNG-era films except Nemesis (and in fact Insurrection was the first one I saw. I thought it was cool at the time, but compared to Generations and especially First Contact, it's "meh" for me). I'm kinda scared that Nemesis might fry my brain.

 

[Kaeb]

Yeah, in no way am I looking forward to this, given the people involved and their track record, this project will be a brain dead mess.

I'm worried about the fact that the cinematographer from those movies is shooting the new Star Wars, I really think he could compromise the potential for the look of the film. He's a pretty shit DP.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

http://1701news.com/node/704/star-trek-3-launches-new-cinematographer.html

Claudio Miranda is the new DP.

 

[Kaeb]

Meh.

 

[Ser Yorick]

I liked the first one for what it was, but the second was horrible.

 

[Liam]

The first one was ok, the second was just lame. I can't believe that 2016 is going to be 50 years. I didn't realize that Shatner was in his 80s.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-trek-3-loses-director-754509

Orci is no longer directing Trek 3.

 

[Clayton]

I hope it's Q

 

[Brandon Rhea]

There's been a hashtag going around called #BringInRiker, with fans wanting Jonathan Frakes to direct the movie. Frakes is interested, and said he has his agents making contact with JJ Abrams to express that interest:

http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/jonathan-frakes-wants-direct-star-trek-3

 

[Denzein]

#BringInRiker.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

http://trekmovie.com/2014/12/22/fast-and-furious-6-director-justin-lin-to-direct-star-trek-3/

Justin Lin is reportedly the new director.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

http://www.1701news.com/node/732

Simon Pegg will be co-writing the movie.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Justin Lin has confirmed that the title of the film is Star Trek Beyond. He also tweeted a behind the scenes photo, as the film is currently in production:

https://twitter.com/trailingjohnson/status/615644713824051204

 

[Shiuzu]

Triple Post. Please give Brandon an infraction.

And hopefully the title of the film and their intentions to start the five year mission will mean they're calming their movies down a little bit, and this might end up feeling like Star Trek.