J. J. Abrams To Direct Upcoming Trek
ROTTENTOMATOES.COM: J.J. Abrams to Direct Paramount's Next "Star Trek"Posted on Thursday, Dec. 07, 2006, 01:04 AM
Scott Weinberg writes: "We learned a while back that J.J. Abrams would be doing something on Paramount's newest "Star Trek" flick, and we assumed it'd be a producer's gig at the very least -- but nope, it looks like the kid will be directing the flick, too.
From Variety, by way of IGN Movies: "Although Mission Impossible III director J.J. Abrams has been working as producer on the upcoming Star Trek prequel for some time, he's only just been confirmed to be directing the picture.
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman confirmed the news to Variety in an update on the studio's diverse portfolio of coming movie and TV attractions. "We're revitalizing [Trek] in a new and interesting way," he told the trade paper, while confirming Abrams as director.
2009 was also mentioned as a potential release date for the film. Up until now, 2008 has always been the studio's intention, and progress on the film has not been reported to be substantially behind schedule thus far."
One theory on the hold-up: Those pesky screenwriters!
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Hey, guys - take your time. There's plenty of bad Trek to watch on video in the meantime. No need to rush things and add to that pile. The fans'll still be there when you're ready.
Labels: film industry, j.j. abrams, star trek
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
4:44 PM
2 Comments:
Actually, this is a comment on your comment Jeff ...
Of course the public will wait ... and if we know that the delays are designed to make a good product better that's icing on the cake.
That's one of the things I like most about your boss ... let's get it right, even if we have to delay the release of "Meet the Robinsons" or some other project.
I appreciate it both as a fan of good movies and as a stockholder who sees the wisdom in not letting some calendar dictate when a film is ready. Marketing can only do so much to pump up the box office of a bad movie.
Spend those filmmaking dollars wisely -- whether its $30 million or $300 million -- and keep delivering great entertaining movies. Trust your audience and your consumers. We'll find you.
Rushing to meet a release date with an unfinished script is one of the things that hindered the first Trek film. That, and the first effects house blowing their entire budget without a single shot to show for it! Yikes.
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