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Abrams Cohorts Emphasize Respect for Mythology in Trek XI, Say Script Will Contain Old and New

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By Steve Krutzler / 17:07, 7 June 2006 / Star Trek: Nemesis

TrekWeb reader Christopher Allan Smith (MotherFraker) sent in the following report about Star Trek XI:

Recently, Jeff Goldsmith, Senior Editor for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, interviewed Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci about MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3 after a screening of the movie in May sponsored by the magazine. In the magazine's podcast, dated May 26, the duo gave the clearest indication yet of their plans for Star Trek XI.

Below is a word for word transcription of everything they said when asked about their pending Star Trek work. To this listener, it's the clearest indication yet they are not re-imagining (as this listener had hoped) but building on the current canon. Enjoy.

Question: I know you can't say much, but is there anything you could even tell us to interrelate you pick a starting point so vast and so rich as Star Trek?

A: There are pockets within the universe, and we know the mythology well, and we are fans of the novels that happen between the movies and all that kind of stuff, which aren't even counted as part of the mythology sometimes and we do know that there is a space to begin to see a lot of the origins of a lot of the things we know and we're going to start there. We're very mindful of being totally true to the mythology and totally true to what's come there, and in a way try to embrace the fact there's such a rich history to it that this is not a case of trying to come in and be so clever that you're going to reinvent everything. It's a case of coming in and using the stuff you know is great and you know really works and not violating anything that's come before it.

Question: So, are we able to say that this is going to be with characters we know or new characters which preceed the characters we know?

A: It will be a bit of both, I think. It will be both.

Link to magazine: http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/current.html

iTunes info: Go to Podcasts, Search for Creative Screenwriting, Episode
Dated May 26, 2006.
Podcast Timestamp 38 min. 33 seconds.



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RE: Fans of the novel, eh? | Report this post to moderator
By: Capricorn Two (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:57:50 on Jun 10, 2006

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I think it would have been an excellent to see all this in a movie format, or even in as part of a series episode.

I never understood why some of the novels were never adapted, or even considered. Instead of adapting VENDETTA we get INSURRECTION and NEMESIS.



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RE: Fans of the novel, eh? by GustavoLeao @ 09:24:54 on Jun 11
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