Star Trek Beyond

I guess Lin is better than Roberto Orci.

Tyler Perry

I've heard he's not been ruled out just yet.

Jibbs
Knerys

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What was the source of the disagreement between Orci and Paramount?

Guardians of the Galaxy.

That's the movie that has a bug up Paramount's ass, and they want Star Trek 3 to feel more like Guardians. This comes on the heels of the first two movies being respectable, solid earners but not the kind of home runs Paramount needs. They want the third film to be huge, and they want it to be huge overseas especially. They look at Rocket and Groot and then they look at Keenser and they wonder why he doesn't have more of a role.

Weirdly, I think you could use aspects of Guardians as a template for a Trek movie. What made that film work was the way humor and characterization melded with strong action and big, fun ideas. The Enterprise crew aren't galactic ne'er-do-wells, but many of the best Trek stories have them bouncing off each other. Of course I'm sure that's not what Paramount means when they use Guardians as a reference. Still, this could be the moment we get Harry Mudd on screen.

If this is why Orci left I'm disappointed in him. If the studio is pushing to make a Trek movie that he feels won't be a proper Trek movie (and this is the guy who wrote Star Trek Into Darkness, the least Trek movie ever made), is quitting the right way to go? Why not stay and fight the good fight? Orci has said that he'll still be involved, but considering the film's current situation is all his fault - a year ago he set himself up as an obstacle to new directors coming aboard, his fights with the studio have left the film without a script very late in the process - I wonder how happy Paramount is to have his input. Of course a lot of this comes down to Bad Robot, who are still producing the picture, so perhaps Paramount only has so much say. It's also hard to imagine a guy who has no directing experience getting a shot at directing this movie - the 50th anniversary movie for a franchise he claims to love - and just walking away like this.

I won't lie: I don't know how I feel at this point. The whole process seems a bit fucked, and time is not on the movie's side right now. I don't think Star Trek 3 has an official release date yet, but it simply has to be December if they're starting over from scratch at this point. Some of the names on that Paramount wishlist freak me out - I like Justin Lin, but he's wrong for this movie. Wyatt is, without a doubt, the best choice, and since I doubt The Gambler is gonna make a dent at the box office it's good sense for him to come on to a movie that at least has a chance at being a big hit.

So basically Paramount doesn't know what to do with the property and now everything has to be a Marvel movie. 

Gotta love people looking to the last theatrical hit on how to continue a 50 year franchise...

Guardians of the Galaxy took a lot from Serenity (firefly)

So really if that's the case, Star Trek is trying more to be Firefly. Which is never a bad thing honestly...

Firefly was suspose to show the opposite side of all the Star Trek glitz. It was a different pov, not an elevation. He wrote after reading The Killer Angles and wanted to explore "the side that lost".

Here's a trailer for a fan film that is probably on par with what Orci would have delivered:

In the name of all that's holy - NO NEXT GENERATION TIES! That is all.

Oh.