Quite possibly the one film I am most looking forward to in 2008 is J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. While The Dark Knight is certainly up there, I am just so damn curious about what is going to happen in this new film and it sucks we don’t have anymore information than we do. However, we now have a little more information as TrekMovie.com was able to get some interview time with co-writer Roberto Orci, and who better to get the interview since they know everything to ask and as you will see from the first answer, Orci and his boys are paying close attention to them as well.
Here is a snippet from the interview:
TrekMovie.com: So I understand you recently completed the second big draft of the script. How different is this one from the original?
Roberto Orci: It is better. It is tighter. The villain is much better; in a first draft you tend to focus on your heroes. And I got to say that a lot of the things we read on TrekMovie.com contributed to the second rewrite.
TrekMovie.com: So far you guys have only officially confirmed Kirk, Spock and now Uhura and Chekov. So can you confirm that McCoy is in as well as Scotty and Sulu?
Roberto Orci: I don’t know how you can have Uhura without Bones. So yes it is the original crew.
TrekMovie.com: J.J. [Abrams] has said the film is Spock-centric, but does the young Kirk have as big a role as Quinto’s Spock?
Roberto Orci: Totally! It is Lennon and McCartney. However Spock’s role is key in that we also have Nimoy. Having said that Kirk is Star Trek and he is as essential.
TrekMovie.com: What about Bones? The Kirk/Spock/McCoy ‘troika’ is also quintessential Trek, with McCoy being the counterpoint to Spock and Kirk in the middle.
Roberto Orci: That is a big part of what we are doing. You are correct that their interaction and how they face the impossible is what Trek is about and that is no different in our movie.
For the complete interview click here.
Star Trek is expected to begin filming in November and released December 25, 2008.
