By GustavoLeao / 11:25, 24 September 2008 / Feature Films

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IESB posted their complete interview with Star Trek writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and here are few excerpts.

IESB: Do you approach Eagle Eye differently because it's not an existing franchise? It gives you more liberty I assume.

Bob: What it does is make us answer only to ourselves. When you are doing a property like Star Trek, we feel it doesn't just belong to us, it belongs to all the fans that really love it and there has to be a certain respect that goes into that and there has to be a certain openness to what longtime stewards of those properties believe and feel. When you do something original like this that's not a part of your process. It's more - it's a different thing, maybe there's more freedom.

Alex: It's obviously a different kind of responsibility in that there were certain thrillers going up that were the standard that we needed to hold this movie to, you know, what it felt like to go through that ride, or In the Line of Fire or any of those really great thrillers you remember for your whole life. That was the type of standard we were holding ourselves to in the development process and the shooting.

IESB: Of all the things you guys have produced or written in the past, which is the one thing that you think really felt similar to Eagle Eye?

Bob: Let's see, thinking about it, a lot of our work has the theme of what is the balance between technology and humanity. Fringe in a way is about that, Transformers in a way is about that, Star Trek is about that, so that theme keeps bringing us back. In terms of the fact that this is a thriller, I think...

IESB: Talking about things that excite all of us, give us a couple updates, when are we going to see the Star Trek trailer?

Bob: Before Christmas sometime I think.

Alex: I think they are still debating the date.

IESB: There are some rumors that it might be attached to Eagle Eye. That's not true?

Bob: I don't think it will be. I think there was discussion of that at some point but I don't think so.

IESB: And then, the Transformers 2 trailer, there is talk that it may be attached to Star Trek? Nothing before then, or do you think Michael will tease us early like he did last time with the Mars footage.

Bob: I actually don't know, I can't imagine you would have to wait until May, but who knows. I can't imagine that.

The full interview is here.

The Hollywood Reporter also posted a new interview with Orci and Kurtzman. Here is an excerpt.

THR: With "Transformers," your emotional through-line was "a boy and his car," and with "M:I-3" it was "Marriage: Impossible." What was your mantra for "Trek"?

Orci: For "Trek," it's how a family comes together. And then more specifically, the story of two brothers, Kirk and Spock. It's the first time Alex and I got to really write about our friendship, in a way. So that was a big inspiration for us -- the coming together of opposites in a partnership that takes you to places you can't even believe. I mean, that's us.

THR: Have you had any funky interactions with Trekkies since you got this job?

Orci: Only online. And not funky. You know: passionate, informed (laughs), emotional. Nothing that's made us uncomfortable. But someone on one of the chat boards mentioned that it looks like I was gaining a little weight and I should stay off the doughnuts. So that's the only thing that I've had to contend with. But you know, that's the price.
 
The full article is here.