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Rick Berman's Personal Assistant Says Jendresen Script Scrapped, No More Star Trek for Few Years, Movie Unlikely In Immediate Future

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By GustavoLeao / 23:28, 25 February 2006 / People

The latest issue of Dreamwatch magazine, just out in the UK, reported that the Doug Mirabello, who is the personal assistant to Rick Berman, had made a post at The Awful Forums, which pretty much denied all recent rumours about Star Trek XI, and said there isn’t likely to be any Star Trek in movie theatres or on Television for quite some time.

Mirabello reported that the Erik Jendresen Star Trek The Beginning script had been scrapped.

He also says that to his knowledge there are no plans for using Patrick Stewart in any forthcoming TNG movie projects. "It’s more likely that some executive had a casual conversation with him and brought up some hypotheticals which he ran with when some reporter asked him about Star Trek…. [But] there’s a chance that someone else at Paramount is planning something huge and keeping us out of the loop. From what I’ve heard, Patrick wouldn’t do another Trek movie unless they paid him Professor X money…"

Mirabello was also more than happy to talk about some of the problems, which had plagued Enterprise.

"They had a hit show in the 1980's… they never really evolved with the times. People generally knew when an [Enterprise] episode was bad. We even had one director go to the producers and tell them he was ashamed to direct the episode where our crew turned into lizard people. The [Enterprise] finale was one of those where you’d go down to the stage and see people shaking their heads while reading the script."

As to if there is a future for any new Star Trek on television in the next few years, Mirabello is not optimistic, and is less so now that the merger between UPN and WB is in full swing.

"The TV side is now technically in control of the franchise’s future, and Les Moonves hates all things Sci-Fi. However, I think this is actually for the best – the public needs to want to see Star Trek again. The best way to achieve this is to take it away for a few years and then bring it back and do it right. The franchise needs a totally new creative team, some time off, and a cool new approach."

The original report can be found at Sci Fi Pulse.

To read the full article, get the latest issue of DreamWatch magazine at your local newsstand.



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Probably for the better. | Report this post to moderator
By: Hbasm (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:10:12 on Feb 28, 2006

I wasn't enthusiastic. It seemed like Erik Jendresen wanted to kill what little is left of Star Trek's message - the one that says, the future is a place where we would want to be.


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RE: Probably for the better. by BellaOxmyx @ 09:54:43 on Feb 28
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It's a shame the Jendresen script was scrapped. | Report this post to moderator
By: Krazy Joe (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:37:06 on Feb 28, 2006

That's a real shame. The Erik Jendresen script sounded like it had
real promise. It was a total departure from what had been donw in a
Trek movie up until now. A whole new crew. Multiple ships instead of
one. A different time frame. It sounded like exactly the kind of
departure the series needed. It could have been great.


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Doug | Report this post to moderator
By: ludwig (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:45:40 on Feb 27, 2006

I've talked to Doug, before I was trying to pitch a Star Trek script (unsuccessfully) that I had written. I talked with him for a while. He gave me the scooop on what's going on with the new film, this was last year exactly, he was a pretty good guy, if he said it, I'd accept it as fact.


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Whats the Problem??? | Report this post to moderator
By: mdavis3238 (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:35:04 on Feb 27, 2006

I dont understand Star Trek is a great francise,dont tell me Berman cant come up with stories????????????? I mean there is Star DS9 movies to be made, Star Trek Voyager Movies to be made,and Enterprise Movies to be made, and room for a few prequels,,,,enough for 10 more yrs of TREK, which means MONEY for PARAMOUNT whats up BERMAN< Brain not working????How about a story bringing WILL WHEATON back from Learning with the travler??? or Have a away team go back to 2006 and stop terriosts from killing the Father of the Man who creates STAR FLEET Academy... TONS of story lines.... Get TO WORK......


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RE: Whats the Problem??? by OV-101 @ 20:27:19 on Feb 27
RE: Whats the Problem??? by OV-101 @ 20:27:12 on Feb 27

Grain of salt... | Report this post to moderator
By: Groulx (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:52:15 on Feb 27, 2006

Without knowing the facts, this article is very hard to believe if this alleged person is still indeed employed to work directly with Berman or Paramount.

It would be pretty ballsy to make negative statements about episodes the Berman apparently co-wrote, and unauthorized statements about Trek, etc, and then have to show up the next day this week to continue working for Berman... applying black spraypaint to his bald spot, etc.


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RE: Grain of salt... by OV-101 @ 09:20:32 on Feb 27
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DreamWorks... | Report this post to moderator
By: Meglo (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:54:25 on Feb 27, 2006 | Edit History (1)

Don't forget that Paramount recently acquired DreamWorks. Many Paramount execs are being replaced in favor of DreamWorks people. This may have had some influence on the Trek situation. (Not that I'm complaining, I just think we don't have all the facts.)

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Garret Wang was right. | Report this post to moderator
By: Commander 1st Class TEG24601 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 06:37:53 on Feb 27, 2006


In November Garret had come out and said the Paramount would not be doing any movie idea that Rick could come up with. All the talk of another movie has been nothing but busy work for him until his contract is up. As soon as that happens, and another person in at the helm of the franchise, expect announcements about a new series and/or movie within 6 weeks.

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RE: Garret Wang was right. by MarkMat @ 10:50:42 on Feb 27

Scraps | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 00:23:15 on Feb 27, 2006

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Mirabello reported that the Erik Jendresen Star Trek The Beginning script had been scrapped.


Such comments align with speculation that has been around for some while: This particular Trek XI script was just a chew toy that Paramount tossed to Berman to keep him preoccupied while his contract with the Trek franchise expires.

Methinks Paramount isn't quite as stupid or evil as some fans want to believe.


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If the movie isn't going to get made.... | Report this post to moderator
By: Merlinus Ambrosius (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:39:31 on Feb 26, 2006

Then can some kind person leak the script so that we can see what we would have thought of it?

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RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light | Report this post to moderator
By: Berman My Man (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:02:46 on Feb 26, 2006

You blame Berman for the cancellation of Enterprise, but yet you seem to conveniently forget that back in the day, good ol' Gene Roddenberry himself was maliciously slandered and villified by the fans for the cancellation of TOS.

So who understands Trek now? Or are you actually going to say that Roddenberry doesn't understand Trek because his show was abruptly cancelled?

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RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by The Imagemaster @ 19:59:53 on Feb 26
    RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by TRexx @ 23:32:58 on Feb 26
       RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by The Imagemaster @ 05:35:18 on Feb 27
RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by Berman My Man @ 18:03:44 on Feb 26

History will remember Berman in a much kinder light | Report this post to moderator
By: Berman My Man (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:49:12 on Feb 26, 2006

than that shown by fans, who have been vitriolic without ANY remotely resembling understanding of what goes into a Star Trek production. Saying "Oh, yeah, sure, I can do that" is really a generic copout. Yeah, I could do brain surgery too, 'cause I saw this once on ER. And if something goes wrong, then yeah, of course I knew better. This is analogous to what Star Trek fans are.

Berman is a lot of things, but has anyone ever considered that maybe he is not the "end all, be all"? What about someone higher up in Paramount? Maybe there is someone else who is in control, and Berman is only the messenger. Besides, history will show that Berman is not as bad as the fans have made him out to be.

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RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by Postdoc @ 17:46:15 on Feb 26
RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by The Imagemaster @ 17:12:58 on Feb 26
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RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by jimbtnp @ 15:42:34 on Feb 26
    RE: History will remember Berman in a much kinder light by Berman My Man @ 18:05:35 on Feb 26

Berman is now offically out of the loop!!!! | Report this post to moderator
By: NEXUS (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:03:14 on Feb 26, 2006

They are waiting for his contract to run out so they can make a film with Singer,Stewart and Shatner.


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RE: Berman is now offically out of the loop!!!! by GreatCzarsGhost @ 11:49:07 on Feb 27
RE: Berman is now offically out of the loop!!!! by gorgon @ 10:39:18 on Feb 27

Odd | Report this post to moderator
By: DekaMaster (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:45:49 on Feb 26, 2006

Not that I particularly want to hear from Berman, but does anyone else find it odd that all of a sudden we're hearing from his "personal assistant" regarding the state of Star Trek.


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RE: Odd by steveleenow @ 19:30:24 on Feb 26

THANK GOD!!! | Report this post to moderator
By: The Imagemaster (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:06:47 on Feb 26, 2006 | Edit History (1)

Thank God, thank God, thank GOD this isn't happening. From everything I read, this would have been a disaster and killed Trek forever.

Star Trek needs a serious rest...and then a serious reimagining by someone who UNDERSTANDS what made Trek great. Particularly the original series. The original series should be the blueprint for any and all Treks. When I sit down and watch TOS DVDs I am still amazed at the excellent writing and character dynamics. NOTHING since has even come close.

Any new Trek needs to get back to the basics of telling exciting stories of exploration and action adventure -- with a small dose of having something to say about the human condition.

Also, any new Trek should take into account current technology and project that far into the future. There are things in REAL science that are hardly ever if at all ever presented in science fiction TV.

Finally, here's hoping Berman & Co. ARE off Trek -- it's about damned time if so.

He should never have been put in charge of the franchise -- Deep Space Nine notwithstanding.


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Rick Berman. | Report this post to moderator
By: Schpock (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:58:50 on Feb 26, 2006

Rick who?

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By: Three of Nineteen (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 04:40:19 on Feb 26, 2006

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[But] there’s a chance that someone else at Paramount is planning something huge and keeping us out of the loop.

Now wouldn't that be nice :)

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I'm not a believer in the &quot;Star Trek should rest a few years&quot | Report this post to moderator
By: MikeJonas (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 00:57:20 on Feb 26, 2006 | Edit History (2)

(because I believe that "making more now" doesn't automatically mean "more of the same" if you put the right creative people on it)...but this development does provide assurance of one thing: Star Trek, when it comes back, will come back the way it needs to come back: on television, where it has more of an opportunity to rebuild the fanbase.

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Good! | Report this post to moderator
By: GreginWA (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 00:12:29 on Feb 26, 2006

Let Star Trek rest for a while. It is tired and worn out. We have hundreds of hours of Trek to keep us entertained. Making more of the same just cheapens it, so let it REST.


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What a surprise! | Report this post to moderator
By: X-Drone1701 (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:47:20 on Feb 25, 2006

What a surprise! I think we all knew this was all a pile of bullshit. I mean really. First we had a Star Trek movie about the Romulan Wars, then about Starfleet Academy, then with the TNG crew, and then a mixed crew.

There never was no script other than a bunch of doodling on a napkin. This was all bullshit to begin with and we all knew it.

However, I have total faith in the future that some fans will put something together that's far better than anything put out by Berman and friends (I keep seeing some sort of TOS relaunch with new uniforms appearing).

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RE: What a surprise! by Starbrelz @ 08:31:53 on Feb 27
RE: What a surprise! by sb2004 @ 00:10:27 on Feb 26
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