A Star Trek Sequel Is Already In The Works

 

Paramount must be pretty sure of themselves.  A full month before their new franchise reboot to Star Trek opens in theaters, they have already green lit the sequel to the film.

 

As Paramount Pictures readies the May 8 release of its "Star Trek" franchise relaunch, the studio is moving forward with a sequel, and has hired Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to pen the screenplay.

 

J.J. Abrams, who directed and produced the latest chapter, is onboard to produce the follow-up alongside his Bad Robot partner Bryan Burk. No decision has been made yet on whether Abrams will return behind the camera for the sequel.

 

Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof also are receiving producing credit on the sequel.

 

The story is still in the embryonic stage, but the trio are aiming to deliver their script to the Melrose studio by Christmas for what would likely be a summer 2011 release.

 

Hells yeah!  More Star Trek is ALWAYS a good thing as far as I'm concerned.  There's no word yet on whether the cast members from the first film will be back for the sequel yet, but I'd be shocked if they weren't.  Paramount would have been stupid not to sign all of the principal actors to multi-film contracts.  The real question is, what will the sequel be about.

 

As for potential storylines, Kurtzman stressed that the writing team will wait to take a cue from fan reaction about which direction to go.

 

"Obviously we discussed ideas, but we are waiting to see how audiences respond next month," he said. "With a franchise rebirth, the first movie has to be about origin. But with a second, you have the opportunity to explore incredibly exciting things. We'll be ambitious about what we'll do."

 

So where they go with it will depends on how the fans react to the first one, eh?  Well that's good to hear at least.  It means they aren't going to just do whatever the hell they want, regardless of whether people hate what they do in the first film or not.  Let's just hope the film is as awesome as it looks, and then we'll be in for some even cooler sequels.