//Next `Star Trek' Heads to Theaters// (Hollywood)
HOLLYWOOD -- The long-rumored new “Star Trek” movie will begin filming this fall, Paramount confirmed Tuesday, under the direction of J.J. Abrams (“Mission: Impossible III,” “Lost,” “Alias”).
The script, which the Hollywood Reporter said over the weekend was about Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock's meeting at Starfleet Academy and their first mission together, was written by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, who also did the “Mission” screenplay.
My first thought is that the "Batman Begins" movie easily bested the Batman movies, which started out lamely indulgent and went downscale to lame and stupid. Batman Begins though, was a pretty good show.
But it's also a comparison that doesn't work too well, because I can't think of a Star Trek movie that I really hated. Eh, Five wasn't that good, and you could tell Picard and the crew were getting bored in the last one, but it was still decent fun -- probably because you had the same people playing the same characters.
They've all built up good will. I could deal with an overweight O'Hura. Everyone in the cast hates Shatner, but he's built up enough good will with the public to pretty much do whatever the hell he wants to with his life.
So, we now have a movie that won't star Shatner and Nimoy. It's hard to imagine anyone playing Kirk without it being a parody.
Meanwhile, I also thought all the "Mission: Impossible" movies sucked.
But, what the hell, if it shoots this fall it'll probably come out next summer, so by then I'll be needing some Trek goodness.
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