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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: Trek XI is set between end of TOS & 1st film | Report this post to moderator
By: Cmdr. Riker (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:32:03 on Jun 10, 2006

I'm pretty sure only approximately two years passed between TOS and TMP. MY understanding was that shortly after TOS ended the Enterprise returned Earth to undergo a refit at which time Kirk was promoted to Admiral. If TMP takes place in 2271, and TOS ended in 2269, I'm only counting two years there. Where did ten years come from? Did I miss something? It was my understanding the big gap was between TMP and TWOK. TMP in 2271 and TWOK circa 2286, with TSFS only months after TWOK, TVH only months after TSFS, and TFF just weeks after TVH. Then another six-year gap between TFF and TUC.

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RE: Trek XI is set between end of TOS & 1st film by Capricorn Two @ 20:36:07 on Jun 10
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    RE: Trek XI is set between end of TOS & 1st film by Cmdr. Riker @ 20:05:26 on Jun 15

RE: Trek XI is set between end of TOS & 1st film | Report this post to moderator
By: Capricorn Two (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:24:40 on Jun 10, 2006

I'm sure the Hanso Foundation will be behind the trouble....

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