[Movies] New Star Trek Prequel To Be Reboot
Posted by Ashish on 03.08.2007
Film to take franchise in totally new direction...
MTV has confirmed today that the upcoming Star Trek prequel will totally reboot the franchise and give it a brand new start.
Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci confirmed the following:
"Orci and Kurtzman … confirmed that the film is not in any way a prequel but a reimagining of the franchise," says MTV.com, which also adds that the plan is to simply call the film Star Trek -- with no subtitles, Roman numerals, or colons anywhere in the name.
"We're not going to start totally from scratch," Orci tells the site regarding the look of the film. "We want it to feel like it's updated and of the now. That's actually the discussions we're having now: how to keep the look of the universe yet have it not look like nothing's new. It's tricky."
The two also said that the new film will be more action-packed than the previous films and that it will have a bigger budget.
The two, along with director JJ Abrams, have been given total creative control to reshape the franchise how they see fit. They believe that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry would have approved of the new script.
"Trek, more than anything, has always been about the human interactions," Orci says. "It's all about the human soul."
