Aparently, Paramount jumped the gun in the first article and J.J. Abrams did not commit to the project until this last Friday. Unfortunately, the project will still center around the Starfleet Cadet meeting of Kirk and Spock.
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Abrams takes helm of 'Star Trek'
By Tatiana Siegel
Feb 24, 2007
The Starship Enterprise finally has a new captain.
After months of speculation, J.J. Abrams has signed on to direct the next installment of the "Star Trek" feature franchise, sources said late Friday. "Star Trek XI" revolves around a young James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, chronicling their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and their first space mission.
Abrams, the prolific co-creator/executive producer of "Lost" and director of "Mission: Impossible III" has been developing the project through his Paramount-based Bad Robot shingle as a producer and writer.
But Abrams did not commit to directing the project until Friday evening, when the deal was finalized, sources say. Abrams reps at WMA and those at Paramount declined comment.
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I must say that I am not a fan of Lost, at all, and I think that revisitng Kirk and Spock is a step in the wrong direction. I will see the movie, of course, but I don't see myself liking it. If the Others are controlling Starfleet from behind the scenes and a wild boar tells Kirk to say "the world will end" at the beginning of each Capitan's Log or the Enterprise will explode, I'll eat Abrams alive (or put an explosive in his head a la Mission Impossible 3).
I believe that as soon as Ronald D. Moore left the Star Trek universe, things started going down hill. Manny Coto, writer for Enterprise, was an exceptional talent, but was bogged down by Berman until it was too late. If a Star Trek movie is to succeed again, we need Moore back with the help of Manny Coto.