Second Movie Script "halfway done" already?

[086gf]

Zoe Saldana thinks so and it would seem we've got a trilogy on the way.

All indications from Paramount over the last few months have shown they are anxious to keep the ball rolling with the Trek franchise and get another movie out ASAP. Now it appears they planning for the long term and want the creative team to be thinking two steps ahead. The latest news comes from a comment from Bob Orci at Comic Con. Also at Comic-Con, Zoe Saldana says the next Star Trek script is ?half done.?

The latest indication of forward thinking comes from a comment made by Star Trek co-writer Roberto Orci at a party at Comic Con to io9. When asked if he could give an update on the latest meeting with Paramount about the next film, he said:"Nothing was decided [at the last meeting]. It was really about, hmmm. You know what, I?ll give you a tidbit. [They said to us] ?We thought maybe you could do that as like 2 and 3.?"

This is actually not the first time Orci has talked about the third film from the new team. Back in June he told Collider that the team were thinking about linking the next two films, saying:"In terms of thinking about more than one movie, we want the movie to be self-contained in a way, but we?re discussing the idea of having a couple of threads where if the second movie works, you could pick up into a cohesive whole."

At the time Orci cited the Spock/McCoy ?remember? scene in Star Trek II, which was picked up in Star Trek III.

Of course it has been reported before that the new crew are all up for options for two additional films, so it makes sense for the studio to be thinking long-term. Studio bosses have been touting Trek as one of their key franchises moving forward.

The question now is, how far will they take this link between the second and third films? An extreme case would be to go as far as filming them back to back, which has been done before, like with the Lord of the Rings films or the last two Back to the Future films.  One thing is for sure, it looks like there is more Trek in our future.

More here. http://trekmovie.com/2009/07/25/orci-talks-again-about-linking-next-two-star-trek-movies/

[CyAn1d3]

so now its jumping on the trilogy bandwagon.... figures.
but if it follows like all the other trilogys than the next will kick more ass than the prior.
look @ the new batmans, i didnt like "begins" that much, but i friggin love TDK.

[Nebula]

so now its jumping on the trilogy bandwagon.... figures.

umm it was already on that bandwagon since the cast signed up for 3 movies....

[CyAn1d3]

so now its jumping on the trilogy bandwagon.... figures.

umm it was already on that bandwagon since the cast signed up for 3 movies....

yea but wouldnt that have ridden on how well the first one did anyway?

[Dalek]

Doesn't matter. Paramount thought that this film would a be a success before it came out.

[Shadowknight1]

Which, compared to the other Treks, it was a phenomenal success.

[CyAn1d3]

i guess you could call that arrogance in its finest.
i still havnt seen it yet. moneys a bitch

[Tuskin38]

Yeah, Paramount announced they were doing a 2nd one before the first one even came out. Thats how well they thought it was going to do.

[Trim]

Excellent news IMO, looking forward to seeing a couple more films at least.  Now if we could just convince Paramount to get the ball rolling on a new series.  8)

[NeoKaede]

i guess you could call that arrogance in its finest.
i still havnt seen it yet. moneys a bitch

Every actor signing for a "Big Name Movie", signs for 3 movies: Bale for Batman, the Spiderman guy... It's how Hollywood works now.

[Shadowknight1]

Not that that's a bad thing...usually.  Spider-man 3 was fairly awful, so hopefully Star Trek doesn't follow that Good-Awesome-Crap motif.

[CyAn1d3]

Not that that's a bad thing...usually.  Spider-man 3 was fairly awful, so hopefully Star Trek doesn't follow that Good-Awesome-Crap motif.

ya, eric foreman as venom...... *barf*....
ugh.. that had to be THE single worst act of casting ive ever seen.... i mean eddie brock was a friggin body builder??!??!