01.11.10 By: Jacob Hall
In typical Hollywood fashion, it looks like the sequel to JJ Abrams' Star Trek has grabbed a release date two years in advance, calling dibs on July 29, 2012, also known as the typically monumental pre-Fourth of July weekend. The first entry in the revised Trek continuity did a more-than-respectable $257 million domestically, but those are Batman Begins numbers. By snatching one of the key summer release dates so far in advance, it looks like Paramount is sniffing around for those Dark Knight numbers.I saw this initial report over at Coming Soon, but Harry Knowles over at Ain't It Cool dropped a tidbit I haven't heard previously, saying that Abrams will not pick up the directorial reins on the sequel. A shame, since it was Abrams' brilliant casting and stylish direction that saved Star Trek from its genuinely awful script. I've watched it on Blu-Ray three times now and each time I find myself ignoring the plot contrivances because I'm so much in love with what's done right.
Of course, Harry offers no substantial evidence of this being true, so I'm hoping he misheard something through the proverbial industry grapevine.
Expect to hear some real Star Trek news in, oh, about a year or so.
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Tags: batman begins, BatmanBegins, dark knight, DarkKnight, star trek, star trek 2, StarTrek, StarTrek2
Brianat 1-11-2010
You can't even get the date right, I think you meant June 29th, 2012.....
Then to say the script was awful just ruined this entire post. It was hardly awful. Typical negative posting on the internet, trying to point out the negative in a generally positive article. You didn't need to mention that you thought the script was bad, you could have left well enough alone, but instead you took a pot shot, and it's a complete distraction from what you're actually trying to say.
The post would have been much better without those snide remarks.
chrissthomasat 1-11-2010
Seriously. I had to read those first few sentences three or four times because they are so convoluted. I kept thinking, "Am I missing something here?" Guess anyone can write blogs.
Jacob Hallat 1-11-2010
Yep, that's a typo. Thank you guys for pointing it out and it will be fixed shortly.
And I do think my point about the script matters because Abrams is a key part of why the first film worked. Remove him from the equation and you have a film I'm suddenly less interested in.
Of course, calling me out on my "internet negativity" is pretty ironic when you've failed to give praise to the countless upbeat articles myself and my colleagues write every day.
But thanks for commenting!
brianat 1-11-2010
Point taken.
I also believe my post was off, in the sense I thought the script was great. It was fun, had several nods to the original series, and was far from awful. Awful would be Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen script, or the Dragonballs Evolution script. Those were awful scripts. Star Trek isn't even in their league of awful.
Secondly, you can be disappointed that Abrams wouldn't be on board without mentioning that the script was bad. He's proven he is a great director, and without him, I too would be less excited about the project. Not because I thought the script was bad, but because I like his visual style. I even appreciate his use of light flares ;)
Jacob Hallat 1-11-2010
Fair enough. I just can't look at the Ice Planet of Exposition without thanking the movie gods that Abrams got that scene and not someone less talented.