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MTV posted an exclusive interview with Star Trek XI screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Here are few excerpts from the article.
"There will be more action in this movie than any Trek that's preceded it," Kurtzman promised. Orci, without discussing a specific budget, added, "It'll be the biggest one. The economic models of the other [films] were very much based on the fans out there and their purchasing power. With this one we're going for the broad audience to bring people into Trek for the first time."
"The challenge of the movie is to be 100 percent true to the fanbase but also to bring in a whole new group of people who've never seen 'Trek' before," Kurtzman said.
As for recent rumors that Matt Damon, Adrien Brody and Gary Sinise were being considered to play the new versions of Kirk, Spock and McCoy, the duo were reluctant to spill the beans. Asked if they would be happy if Kirk were played by Damon, a long pause followed. Finally Kurtzman allowed, "I'm the hugest Matt Damon fan ever. If he became [Kirk], great."
Will William Shatner or Leonard Nimoy appear? "Really, who can say?" they answered.
They confirmed that Star Trek XI will be a starship-based adventure. "I don't know how you make Star Trek without a starship," Orci laughed. "You have to trek through the stars, so you need a ship for that. There, you got something out of us!"
Orci and Kurtzman also confirmed that the film is not in any way a prequel but a reimagining of the franchise. Whether that means a whole new look for Star Trek remains in question. "We're not going to start totally from scratch," Orci said. "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 duo also confirmed that the same production team that assisted them and Abrams on Alias and M:i:III will join them for Star Trek XI, including production designer Scott Chambliss and director of photography Daniel Mindel.
"We just hope they bless us," Kurtzman said about the former Star Trek stars. Shatner and Nimoy recently visited with Orci, Kurtzman and producer/director J.J. Abrams. According to the writers, the meetings went well. "It was pretty much the most stressful thing ever, but it was wonderful," Kurtzman said. "They were amazing."
Orci recalled. "We've been watching [Star Trek] all our lives. I've even read the books. It was all about, what have I always wanted to see in Trek?'Trek,' more than anything, has always been about the human interactions. It's all about the human soul."
"There will be more action in this movie than any Trek that's preceded it," Kurtzman promised. Orci, without discussing a specific budget, added, "It'll be the biggest one. The economic models of the other [films] were very much based on the fans out there and their purchasing power. With this one we're going for the broad audience to bring people into Trek for the first time."
"The challenge of the movie is to be 100 percent true to the fanbase but also to bring in a whole new group of people who've never seen 'Trek' before," Kurtzman said.
As for recent rumors that Matt Damon, Adrien Brody and Gary Sinise were being considered to play the new versions of Kirk, Spock and McCoy, the duo were reluctant to spill the beans. Asked if they would be happy if Kirk were played by Damon, a long pause followed. Finally Kurtzman allowed, "I'm the hugest Matt Damon fan ever. If he became [Kirk], great."
Will William Shatner or Leonard Nimoy appear? "Really, who can say?" they answered.
They confirmed that Star Trek XI will be a starship-based adventure. "I don't know how you make Star Trek without a starship," Orci laughed. "You have to trek through the stars, so you need a ship for that. There, you got something out of us!"
Orci and Kurtzman also confirmed that the film is not in any way a prequel but a reimagining of the franchise. Whether that means a whole new look for Star Trek remains in question. "We're not going to start totally from scratch," Orci said. "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 duo also confirmed that the same production team that assisted them and Abrams on Alias and M:i:III will join them for Star Trek XI, including production designer Scott Chambliss and director of photography Daniel Mindel.
"We just hope they bless us," Kurtzman said about the former Star Trek stars. Shatner and Nimoy recently visited with Orci, Kurtzman and producer/director J.J. Abrams. According to the writers, the meetings went well. "It was pretty much the most stressful thing ever, but it was wonderful," Kurtzman said. "They were amazing."
Orci recalled. "We've been watching [Star Trek] all our lives. I've even read the books. It was all about, what have I always wanted to see in Trek?'Trek,' more than anything, has always been about the human interactions. It's all about the human soul."
