The unexpected might have just happened. Director Quentin Tarantino, the oddball behind Kill Bill and Django Unchained, is developing a Star Trek film with J.J. Abrams.
According to Deadline, Tarantino has come up with an amazing idea for a new Star Trek movie and Paramount and J.J. Abrams are getting behind. There is even the possibility that QT might direct:
“Sources said that Tarantino has come up with a great idea for a Star Trek movie at Paramount. After sharing his idea with J.J. Abrams (who himself is busy prepping Star Wars Episode IX), I’ve heard the plan is to assemble a writers room of scribes who’ll hear Tarantino’s take and begin to put together a movie. If it all works out, Tarantino might direct it, with Abrams producing.”
Quentin Tarantino hasn’t been secretive about his love for the franchise. He’s expressed his interest in Star Trek many times, even going as far as to say he would prefer working on a Trekkie film over a Star Wars film:
“I would be more inclined to do a Star Trek kind of thing rather than Star Wars. I haven’t considered considered it, like I’m going to do it, but I did web spin a little bit about the idea…The obvious one would be The City on the Edge of Forever. That’s what everyone would go to, but there’s a reason why everyone would go to that! It’s one of the classic stories of all time. And one of the great time travel stories.”
Of course, the film is still in very early stages and everything could change. For now, QT is working on his upcoming film for Sony.
Source: deadline.com
Quentin Tarantino working alongside;
*PG13 constraints,
*Grand CGI spectacle setpieces and lastly
*An existing franchise
well…… count me in
Yes please. (and release a Rated R directors cut on Blu-ray!)
This would spark my interest in Star Trek
Stephen Dale
He always did state his love for the franchise and his idea for a movie. Strange as it may seem, this could be the best thing for the franchise…
Will be interesting to see if he can put out a decent film without using his trademarks. Sex, uncomfortable perversion, over use of words like, “fuck,” and tons of gore…
The New Mutants (Marvel) is turning the comic book, super hero, genre on its head with more of a horror movie vibe to it. Now they’re looking to change other genres.
I’m looking forward to this.
If he’s working on it with Abrams, I’m guessing it’ll be a continuation of the Kelvin timeline. It’d be interesting to see them do a Kelvin version of the TNG story.
Very bad
Bad
Vampires in space? Bloody shoot outs? What could he possibly bring to the table?
Sulu as the Kill Bill woman
i guess he knows these shoes are big, but could fit
It would be like having George R. R. Martin write it. Dark humor and people are probably going to die.
who knows yet
He should direct a DC movie, and I know what he’ll say to Kevin Tsujihara if that bastard want to interfere with his work
Mmmmm bad
BAD!!!!!
So first ever R rated star trek then? I’m intrigued. I mean if he likes Star trek perhaps he will dial it back a bit with the blood
It will be an epic win or an epic fail
I don’t mind Quentin’s movies but I don’t think he belongs in the Star Trek universe.
>:-(
It started with the stupid JJA ST Movie reboot, then we got the diseased STD… Star Trek has gone to the dogs…
(and thats coming from a hard core ST fan (since TOS!))
I’ll better watch “The Orville” reruns for the next year…
(I guess, Gene, from up there, does the same…)
as long as this is in the soundtrack somewhere, i’m down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml4wAnvfM4M
Couldn’t possibly wreck it worse than JJ
discovery is not that bad and the jj movies are quite entertaining
My upper cognitive functions scream “Hell no!”…while my reptilian brain says “Hells yeah!”
Graphic blood and gore seem to be a Tarantino trademark– not really what I want to see in Star Trek…
there goes the franchise into the bullet-ridden toilet.
think klingon
Hes a big fan of the series and wants to do an updated faithfully done big budget version of one of the episodes… Or even draw inspiration from it… Sounds good to me…. There’s no way paramount would put out an r rated star trek so it could work.
Are you kidding it’s an awesome idea man God knows the reboot need something it’s going to be interesting hell yeah
If we get a city on the edge of forever by QT. This could be movie of the year
Maybe…
But they are NOT Star Trek!
(at least not the ST we know and love!)
Don’t be so sure… :-(
so, theres a merc ship. flying around edges of federation space and the frontier
you pay them, they kill them
among the crew, a dishonored Klingon warrior, Frengi (theres money to me made. why the fuck not), Vuclan, trying to repay a debt. Ex Borg (those blue aliens? forget what tehy were called) and assorted humans
and a mysterious cook
If he keeps to genre’s positive vision but first takes us to the bottom with the”horror of the edges of the frontier” it will be wonderful
Exactly… :-(
This guy didn’t even stick to WWII canon. Hitler dies in paris in his movie lol
oh, what if the dishonored klingon has a buddy, who was captured by the borg, and in saving him, he lost even more. so an arch could be them reclaiming the fallen klingons?
Thatll be cool now we need stephen king to direct a star wars movie
Oh dear god! Sooooo many red shirts are going to die…..
Totally lame idea.
Quentin is a good director, and if he kept to canon I could see him making a bloody good Star Trek movie, because he’ll give us back a good story rather than one so full of plot holes that it needs to rely on special effects to paper over the cracks.
i guess hes used to working in alternate timelines
If Paramount tries to kill the Star Trek franchise once and for all, let them name Tarentino as the next movie director …
I don’t know. An action sequence with black Betty playing in the background might be cool. Lol
Good idea
it couldn’t be any worse than the 2 shite previous movies – shame really as the 1st reboot film is actually v.v.good!
This is the daily share
Having an actual Star Trek fan at the helm I think would do it justice. Look how well Orville is doing!
Umm… Orville is a TV show, not movie, and it isn’t even doing so well compared to shows outside of Fox.
FOR Fox, it is doing okay. Anywhere else it would be considered to be limping along if not cancelled by now, with the ratings it has.
Potentially absolutely awesome.
I’m not talking about ratings as much as the enjoyment of the fan base.
awesome only small minded children will think it would be pulp fiction in space
“I can’t let you have this cargo container”
“Look at the big brain on Spock”
Maybe a mirrorverse movie
Tarantino has demonstrated with CSI that he can make a part of the franchise that is not necessarily his “version” of things. He is versatile. While I am not a huge fans of his films due to the violence and profanity that he uses, I do not assume that he will make Trek film that has all of that in it. I don’t see him doing a Kill Bill in space. He is a compelling film maker, and this could be a good thing for the franchise. Let’s see where they go with it.
I’m down with you.
That source, though?
Hip Hip Hooray!
Not gonna lie, I’m a little worried.
If anything, it has the potential to give TOS purists a little more of what they wanted. Just consider how well he is at revisiting retro genres of film like old kung fu flicks with Kill Bill or grindhouse films with Death Proof.
‘Do you know what they call a cheeseburger on Risa?’
7/32 pounder with cheese. There’s a slight gravity difference between Risa and Earth.
Risa uses the metric system.
Beter than abrahams
Say Darmok again… Say Darmok one more time… i dare you i double dare you
I’m already imagining space vampires, werewolves, mermaids with phasers, Samuel L Jackson quoting the bible and John Travolta blowing up the head of a Vulcan. :-
I need to sleep! :p
Naah… This will be turn into some bloody space comedy
They do, except at restaurants with 20th century America themes.
Wait until Samuel Jackson is a captain with a foul mouth
Yep the year trek died 2017. First disco. Now this possibly happening?
I won’t ever watch anything he does unless or until he walks back his anti-police officer stance.
I skipped hateful 8 due to his attitude towards cops. But yeah the year trek was killed by paramount 2017!
Fantastic a descent movie
Can’t watch anything made by a law enforcement hater!
He has a method that is versatile. I’d love to see his interpretation.
Better than JarJar abrhams
What the title of that article?
Versatile? Do you know how he rips everything in his movies off from some better director? Has he had one original idea in any one of his movies?
‘Mother******, I said take us to warp!’
I guess everyone is a red shirt then…
That would be interesting.
Love it! :D <3
Not all the fan base. I left it on ep2
Whatever. I love my Star Trek Fan Films. http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/1.html
http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/2.html
I really think this could be AWESOME!!
Bring in the red shirts!
There hasn’t been original ideas in movies in decades all copycats
Obviously not everyone…
Bad. Very very bad
Good lord…
Hmm…. I’m not a fan of Tarantino either but I guess with the not so good effort of the 2009 film and the travesty of into darkness id say a fresh perspective would help in any case as far as helping out Abrams so I’m all for it.
I love Tarantino. If he loves Star trek, he will do it justice.
No effin prequels!!
No prequels or time travel. That ish has been overdone like crazy.
One think I know is, I believe we were promised no more Kelvin/Abramsverse… So, this should be a prime universe movie.
We were promised that with Discovery too yet 90% of it is basically abramsverse style. Not dockin it cuz it hasn’t even come out yet but I had to point that out too.
Promising!