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
Not gonna lie, I’m a little worried.
Hip Hip Hooray!
That source, though?
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.
Maybe a mirrorverse movie
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”
Potentially absolutely awesome.
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.
I’m not talking about ratings as much as the enjoyment of the fan base.
Not all the fan base. I left it on ep2
Obviously not everyone…
This is the daily share
it couldn’t be any worse than the 2 shite previous movies – shame really as the 1st reboot film is actually v.v.good!
Good idea
If Paramount tries to kill the Star Trek franchise once and for all, let them name Tarentino as the next movie director …
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!
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.
Totally lame idea.
I don’t know. An action sequence with black Betty playing in the background might be cool. Lol
Oh dear god! Sooooo many red shirts are going to die…..
Thatll be cool now we need stephen king to direct a star wars movie
This guy didn’t even stick to WWII canon. Hitler dies in paris in his movie lol
i guess hes used to working in alternate timelines
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
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
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?
If we get a city on the edge of forever by QT. This could be movie of the year
Are you kidding it’s an awesome idea man God knows the reboot need something it’s going to be interesting hell yeah
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.
there goes the franchise into the bullet-ridden toilet.
Exactly… :-(
Graphic blood and gore seem to be a Tarantino trademark– not really what I want to see in Star Trek…
think klingon
My upper cognitive functions scream “Hell no!”…while my reptilian brain says “Hells yeah!”
Couldn’t possibly wreck it worse than JJ
Don’t be so sure… :-(
as long as this is in the soundtrack somewhere, i’m down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml4wAnvfM4M
I’m down with you.
>:-(
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…)
discovery is not that bad and the jj movies are quite entertaining
Maybe…
But they are NOT Star Trek!
(at least not the ST we know and love!)
I have loved Star Trek since TOS originally aired and I love the JJ film’s and that cast as much as all the other entries in the franchise.
I agree, I love TOR, it is even more ST than ST.
Well…
Since STD is *not* ST, you are correct!
I’ve only seen the pilot from STD. Didn’t give me much to like.
The pilot was probably the best of the lot! 😉😆😢
I don’t mind Quentin’s movies but I don’t think he belongs in the Star Trek universe.
It will be an epic win or an epic fail
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
BAD!!!!!
Mmmmm bad
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
who knows yet
It would be like having George R. R. Martin write it. Dark humor and people are probably going to die.
i guess he knows these shoes are big, but could fit
Sulu as the Kill Bill woman
Vampires in space? Bloody shoot outs? What could he possibly bring to the table?
Bad
Very bad
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.
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.
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…
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…
Stephen Dale
This would spark my interest in Star Trek
Yes please. (and release a Rated R directors cut on Blu-ray!)
I really think this could be AWESOME!!
Quentin Tarantino working alongside;
*PG13 constraints,
*Grand CGI spectacle setpieces and lastly
*An existing franchise
well…… count me in