Quentin Tarantino is developing a Star Trek movie

[BluRayTim]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Perfectly said. What is the tangible benefit of an R rating? So Hackatino can add gratuitous violence, f-bombs and nudity?

What the !@#$ for? Its a Star Trek movie. Just stick to the basic formula that has worked since like 1965? Why? Why? Why?

Why do you hate Quentin Tarantino so much, s2mikey? He’s one of the greatest directors, producers and writers ever.

Quentin Tarantino is the only person I know of that makes death so comical. That’s the brilliance of Tarantino.

And Star Trek has been around since 1966, not 1965.

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by Arawn

WTF! Why does his editor have to explain the Kelvin timeline to him? Why not try... here's a thought... watching the movie yourself?



ay caramba

I can only imagine what Tarantino thinks of Avengers: Endgame’s timeline shenanigans

[mastadge]

Originally Posted by BluRayTim

And Star Trek has been around since 1966, not 1965.

But the Wagon Train to the Stars pitch was made in '64 and "The Cage" was completed in early '65.

[Darth Marcus]

Source: IndieWire

Quentin Tarantino ‘Steering Away’ From ‘Star Trek’ in Favor of Smaller Final Movie
Zack Sharf - December 16, 2019

Bad news for anyone anticipating Tarantino's R-rated "Star Trek" movie.

Is Quentin Tarantino leaving “Star Trek” behind? The director has been attached to an R-rated “Star Trek” movie for well over a year now, but in a new interview with Consequence of Sound he casts some doubt on whether or not he’ll move forward as the project’s director. Tarantino is committing to his 10-film plan before retiring from feature filmmaking, which means he only has one movie left. “I think I’m steering away from ‘Star Trek,'” Tarantino said, adding that he has not had any official conversations with Paramount Pictures about his involvement.

Tarantino successfully pitched an R-rated “Star Trek” to producer J.J. Abrams and Paramount in December 2017. The studio brought in “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith to work on the screenplay while Tarantino began production on “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Tarantino said earlier this year he would return to punch up the “Trek” script after his “Hollywood” press tour wrapped, and then he would make a decision as to whether or not he would direct the “Trek” film. The filmmaker told /Film in May that helming “Star Trek’ was “a very big possibility,” but flash forward a few months and it seems like Tarantino doesn’t want his 10th and final film to be something as massive as “Star Trek.”

“In a strange way, it seems like [‘Hollywood’] would be my last. So, I’ve kind of taken the pressure off myself to make that last big voilà kind of statement,” Tarantino told Consequence of Sound. “I mean to such a degree there was a moment when I was writing and went, ‘Should I do this now? Should I do something else? Is this the 10th one?’ No, no don’t stop the planets from aligning, what are you, Galactus? If the Earth is saying do it, do it…But in a weird way, it actually kind of freed me up. I mean, I have no idea what the story of the next one’s going to be. I don’t even have a clue.”

Tarantino added, “One of the things that ‘Hollywood’ has done is that it has made me feel like I’ve made my big statement on Hollywood and that there is the accumulation of a career, accumulation of my interest, accumulation of the filmography. If the idea that all the films are a boxcar and it’s all one train, they’re all telling one story. Well, this is the climax, so I can actually see now my 10th movie probably being a little smaller.”

The filmmaker reiterated an idea he revealed earlier this year by saying he sees his final movie as more of an “epilogue” to his career than a climax. “You know, an author’s note,” the director said. “And look, I might come up with a really big idea. But right now, the idea of a smaller audience almost all the way around is appealing to me.”

Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” has been one of the top contenders this Oscar season, picking up nominations from major guilds and earning a Best Picture and Best Director nomination from the Golden Globes.

[Batman90]

I still can’t believe he’s going to be doing 10 films. I like his style and want more films from him.

[John1701D]

I'm fine with it. I enjoy his films, but he's not what I want from Star Trek.

[Mandalorian]

Not much of a loss. I like that his ten will be original (“original”) IP. I still have a hard time buying the retirement though. Time will tell.

[TheWildWhelk]

Originally Posted by John1701D

I'm fine with it. I enjoy his films, but he's not what I want from Star Trek.

I want more Westerns from him; like Tarantino i am a HUGE fan of Sergio Leone, and feel that westerns could be Tarantino's new milieu. Glad he's leaving Trek alone.

[Darth Marcus]

So it sounds like the Tarantino-written Star Trek is still on the table, he just won't be the one to direct it.

[DanTheMan]

I’m sorta relieved on the inside. If he’s sticking to his guns on just 10 films, I would prefer the final film to be something special and fresh.

If Tarantino’s considering strictly writing contributions afterwards, I’m all for that.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

Source: IndieWire

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[aiman04]

As I have predicted since the beginning. Move along.

[KManX89]

Kinda glad to hear it's not happening. Just like I'm not the biggest fan of should-be R films being dumbed down to "chase those extra dollars" (because it worked so well for Expendables 3, right?), I don't believe in making something traditionally family/teen-friendly (or anything really) R-rated for the sake of it.

It would be like if QT was hired to make an R-rated Avengers movie, it kinda goes against the whole fabric of the franchise (not that Disney would ever allow that and the first Avengers actually DID initially receive an R rating for the Coulson-stabbing scene, but you get the point). Sure, you could argue Discovery was already delving into R-rated territory, but it's not exactly getting the best reception from longtime fans.

The Bond, Bourne, F&F, Mission: Impossible, etc. franchises are fine the way they are and I would never want them needlessly changed.

[spider-neil]

I really hope QT last movie is a genre movie. Horror or Sci-Fi.

[dcfan88]

He did say in one interview had he directed Star Trek he would've made an 11th film because he wants his final film to be his own movie and not an IP belonging to someone else.
Personally, I'd love to see Tarantino do a horror film but I don't see that happening.