As we reported yesterday, the Star Trek sequel has begun production. Today the LA Times ran an article about the beginning of shooting for the new film with some quotes from co-writer/producer Damon Lindelof and actor Bruce Greenwood (who is back as Admiral Pike). Excerpts below.
Lindelof and Greenwood on Star Trek sequel
The LA Times has a piece today on the start of production of the new Star Trek sequel. There are no new plot details, but it does have a nice quote from co-writer/producer Damon Lindelof who said in part:
"Every single person involved with this movie has the same ambition — to do everything they can to justify the long wait … to live up to the lofty expectations of 40-year ‘Trek’ fans and those who are coming to the party for the first time. The energy is crackling. The warp core is primed. And we are, at long last, ready to boldly go once again. I hope to God we don’t screw it up.”
Lindelof (2nd from left) with rest of Star Trek sequel team (Burk, Abrams, Kurtzman and Orci) – says team is determined to make sequel worth the wait
Actor Bruce Greenwood, who is back as Admiral Pike, is also quoted in the piece talking about the camaraderie shared by the cast:
"I was talking to Anton [Yelchin] the other day and he was saying that they all got together on the bridge a few weeks ago and it was just like no time had passed at all. None. I had dinner with Chris [Pine] a few months ago and he said he couldn’t wait to get back with the gang of people that makes this work. The same with me. They’re wonderful people and the show is like the icing. What’s great is the family. I know it’s an overused term and people roll their eyes but it really feels that way to me.”
Greenwood happy to be back with the "Star Trek" family
See the LA Times story for more, including observations of the cast milling around the Sony lot earlier this week.
Sounds great guys. I hope you don’t screw it up.
Looking forward to seeing Zoe and April on screen making sweet sweet Trek
Guys truly did a great job reviving the franchise. The only thing they royally screwed up was the Shatner thing. They should make good on that. How bout an endcredit scene or special scene in special feature dvd. Other tha that I dont see them screwing up
Officially getting extremely excited. Can’t wait to see how it unfolds, day by day.
OK, now I’m ‘officially’ excited; it’s really happening.
This cast really made it work; can’t wait to see them in action again. So glad they got Bruce Greenwood back. Just hope he’s not still in the wheelchair flashing binary for yes and no. Pike could be a prime ‘mentor’ figure in this new universe. Not to mention Cumberbatch as the villain (great choice!), Peter Weller and so many others. And even a engine room upgrade (yay; hopefully the Budweiserprize is a thing of the past)!
I’m also very glad and grateful that Bob Orci reads the feedback from the fans on this board (he must be made of really stern stuff, as we ST fans can be a real contradicting pain in the a$$ sometimes). It is unprecedented (to my knowledge anyway) in Star Trek’s history that the writers have actually been in such close communication with the fans like this.
Thanks again, Bob Orci.
Can’t wait for 2013.
The Human Adventure is Just Beginning… ;-)
This screams obvious… Pike (now Kirk’s segregate father, since this Kirk’s father is dead) will die. Thus marking the new Kirks passage into manhood. I wonder if his mother will play a role in this new movie.
I also wonder if they are going to do a James Bond casino royal type thing with Kirk and show him really get into a girl, have her betray him or have him choose to stay with the fleet over her and in that way explain why he remains the single guy sleeping around with all the alien girls. From a character point of view it might be nice to know why any of these characters made the decision (unlike most normal human beings in a military type outfit) to decide never to marry and get out of the service once their time is up. Bones has a reason… he tried marriage and it didn’t work. Scotty loves the enterprise more than women maybe. Spock and Uhura makes sense now. But the rest…
I hope the new people in charge answer some of these questions and treat these characters like real humans who you and I encounter every day and not just as “stock characters” who we never question why they never miss or talk about their family or any other normal feeling your average person would feel put into their situation.
Also, there was a review posted of Trek (2009) on here recently. It pointed out something that’s important. Nero in the 2009 movie didn’t seem like anything but a cheap “black hat” character. But as it turns out if you read the comic books he is a deep and well thought out character but you’d never know if it you didn’t read the comics. I hope they get away from that with this new movie. Give a reason to feel and maybe even root for the “bad guy” in this movie beside a quick few sentences like “oh yeah… Spock because of this negligence destroyed my planet.” Please realize that character development must happen for the “black hats” as well as for our beloved hero’s too in order to make the movie emotionally compelling. And please do it in the movie… not by having us have to dig through books and comics the average person won’t bother with. Bad guys and good guys need to have an arc.
Do you want to not screw it up….don’t remake Khan
Cool Pike will be back! :) A great cast as far as I can tell. Very well done on that.
Hopefully poster Janice knows that Bruce Greenwood is back as Admiral Pike. With him as Pike, I now have my own super 8!
Is that the most recent photo of the Bad Robot production team? Anyway, Bob Orci, you guys look great. What do you mean about not having what you described as your “ugly mug” put on screen again? You all look perfectly presentable. I mean, you’re not Chris Pine but no one is quite as good to look at as Chris Pine, but one could do worse…:)
I think my heart grew three sizes reading that L.A. Times piece. When I’m so excited – even more so than over plot points or set designs – that a bunch of people I’ve never met have been reunited and all seem to be so happy around each other and enthusiastic about this project – that’s when I know something’s truly special. Best wishes, all.
Great to see that they’re developing that “Family” feeling that all the Trek casts had with each other. Especially as this is the first “family” to not have a TV Show where the cast & crew would meet every day on set for seven years. They’ve only done one film together before and it’s nice to see them getting that “family” feel to their personal interactions.
Pike was the best part of ST:09.
Hey, it’s good luck to give the Shephard’s prayer before a project:
“Dear Lord, please don’t let me f*** up…”
—Alan Shephard, Project Mercury
#5 – “And even a engine room upgrade (yay; hopefully the Budweiserprize is a thing of the past)!”
At Scotty’s insistence, the distillery has been given a major upgrade…:)
#6 – “I also wonder if they are going to do a James Bond casino royal type thing with Kirk and show him really get into a girl, have her betray him or have him choose to stay with the fleet over her and in that way explain why he remains the single guy sleeping around with all the alien girls.”
Already been explained in TWOK – Carol Marcus. One of the best things about this alternate universe is that some events don’t have to take place as they did in the prime universe. Carol may not be around to break his heart the way she did in the other universe or this new Kirk realises who she is before he gets her pregnant. It is possible that he could become promiscuous again for a time, until…
Correction: Shepard, not Shephard.
When I think of Bruce Greenwood I will always think of him as the best portrayal of JFK (Thirteen Days).
Ever.
Greenwood is back as Pike! The more I read the more I am happy about this project. Better to take the time and do it right than to throw together something just to get it out!
Hope the bring back the same cast as the last one made. They were PERFECT. Not sure if I will watch if not the rest.
I hope they are comfortable enough to make a movie that takes itself a bit more seriously this time… I know Star Trek of the past has been accused of taking itself “too seriously”, but I’m up for something closer to the opening 8 minutes of the 2009 movie than the other hour and a half. Those few minutes were inspired movie making.
This isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy the humor or the rest of the movie.
Expectations are REALLY high now!!!!!
Hey Bob Orci. No pressure. At this point when trek 09 was getting going we here at trekmovie and all trek fans did not really know what to expect about the new Star Trek movie.So expectation was on a lower level. We watched and looked for any clue we could. The new movie came out and most of us loved it. Now with Trek 13 we all know what to expect and Myself included. we expect mega things from Trek 13. We expect excitement and a great story and lot’s of action and the family that Trek is know for. I am very excited about the new movie and the cast of Actors that have been brought in. So Once again Bob Orci. No pressure.
Damon Lindelof says, “I hope to God, we don’t screw it up.”
Damon, don’t write a scene where the crew meets in a church. And Kirk’s dead father meets his son. He explains they are all dead and they made this universe so they could find each other. Oh, and no polar bears, smoke monsters or surviving a nuclear blast point blank.
yeah, yeah… what are they gonna say? we’re working to make it not suck?
They were not all dead in the Lost Finale .
They were coming from different periods in their lives .
Some were dead , some were not.
Will the next film have a “happy ending” and, if so, does that mean it will be restricted?
What time of day does the next movie take place? Sunrise or sunset?
On an another note will this movie star Dawn Wells (Gilligan’s Island) or Alice Eve?
In other words, will this movie feature the crack of dawn or eve’s full moon?
#26.
LOL!
I’m hoping for eve’s full moon…..and a pair of hooters to boot!
#27
Red Dead Ryan “I’m hoping for eve’s full moon….and a pair of hooters to boot!”
Well, owls DO come out at night!
Well, she could be the Vulcan woman, let’s say T’Schwing, assigned by the Vulcan High Council to mate with Spock… you know, to propagate the species!
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Or on a serious note, since she’s not a character seen before, supposedly. Well, we never saw George Kirk’s wife, Aurelan.
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And Peter Weller could be the CEO of the company that’s building the Deneva Colony. That would explain the need for a “family man”, his wife, and his daughter. And playing off the old long clue from Bob about liking ‘The Mote in God’s Eye’…. maybe this isn’t a retelling of the Immunity Syndrome, but something centering on Deneva years before? Aaargh, even just a character name would be relieving. Since they’re not releasing anything, it must be a previously-known name of a perhaps-not-seen-on-film-before character. If it were something “new” that K/O&L created, there’d be no biggie in releasing a name.
Unfortunately, as the producers didn’t cast Olivia Wilde, there’s no chance of seeing any “Wilde-ass”!
Bummer!
Okay, I forgot that Op: Annihilate had an actress for Aurelan. Anyway, some sort of good/bad combo first contact with a non-human but biological intelligence still seems a Mote-like idea. If the spores of Immunity Syndrome were intelligent… and one form… and the flying parasites another….
If you make me cry again boborci there will be hell to pay :)
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Gary says, “They were not all dead in the Lost Finale.” .
I’m talking about “Sideways World.” “Sideways World’ is a limbo. Everybody there is dead. The way the afterlife works is that if you die before your child, you’ll see your child. Time has no meaning. Remember Jack’s father and Jack’s conversation in the Church? Look at the lines below:
Jack :They’re all dead?
Christian: Everyone dies sometime. Some of them before you, some of them long after you.
Jack: Why are they here now?
Christian: There is no now, here.
Jack: Where are we now? Christian: This is a place that you all made together so you could find one another.
(The last line was just contrived and ludicrous.)
Here’s a quote from Wikipedia on “Lost.” (Link)
“The series finale reveals that the flash-sideways timeline is actually a form of limbo, where some of the survivors and other characters from the island are reunited after having died because their time on the island had been the most important part of their existence. In the end the survivors are all reunited in a church where they “move on” together.”
I liked the first five seasons of Lost. But then season six hit. Now it’s become “The Ghost Whisperer.” The finale was contrived and saccharin. Lost is not an exception to bad final seasons. There are TV series that do not have good final seasons. See “The X Files.” Heck, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s last season wasn’t that good.
Link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_(TV_series)#Overview
I get lost in all the Trek minutiae sometimes. The bottom line is that everyone involved seems to like the project tremendously, and in show biz, that’s half the battle. You tend to put your best efforts into doing what you like.
All too often among the Hollywood crowd, I’ve read about stars’ prima donna egos and antics derailing what otherwise could have been a great movie. I trust that these stars, this Trek family, won’t suffer from such indignities.
I am so stoked!
Where does that image of the Enterprise come from on the upper right of this article? I’d love to have a poster of that!
Wonder if Trek will be 3D’s last hurrah….
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2086535/Movie-fans-fed-3D-cinema-prices-opt-traditional-2D-screenings.html
And the problem with seeing the 2D version is you’ll be distracted by all the parts that will have been so obviously shot with 3D in mind.
I’d rather they didn’t bother.
Yes Lindelof I also hope you don’t screw it up. As Star Trek XII will be the make or break one for this team.
Both keeping the momentum of the last movie and keeping the fans happy are things that will keep it big.
I know this particular article doesn’t say it, but Anthony, as a fellow Star Trek fan, I would like to respectfully request that you stop calling the next Star Trek movie Star Trek 2. There already was a second Star Trek film. It was called Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan. If it’s not too much to ask that at least here on this site you call it Star Trek 12 or the twelfth Star Trek film. It would be greatly appreciated not only by myself, but fellow Trekkies/Trekkers who view this site.
Many thanks
Conrad,
When has this site ever used “Star Trek 2” ?
38. Captain Conrad
As a Trekker for 40 years, I disagree. Please don’t attempt to represent your view as that of all fans! This is an entirely new series of films. With a new team, a new cast and even a new timeline. Star Trek 2 is the appropriate way to refer to this film until it’s actual title is known.
#39 don’t try to represent your view as that of all fans. The appropriate way to refer to this film is obviously 2.0. ;-)
# 38-40
Have a vote maybe?
The only type of 3d that will take off has not been realised yet – a floating 2d screen hovering in front of me instead of holding a tablet or watching an lcd screen… shop signs that fly out of the storefront and hover up and down over shoppers… traffic signs that float over the road, move and animate based on driving conditions.
3d will only work as holograms – basically what you saw in Back to the Future 2.
Holographic 3D will lend itself better to other applications, rather than movies.
Essentially a dramatic movie in holographic 3d would have to be within a holodeck environment or maybe a circular theatre.
But I’m sorry Hollywood, you are barking up the wrong tree – you always were.
Avatar was a unique spectacle which ushered in the fad. And Hugo was a beautiful love letter which I hope signify the end of the fad.
Throw your effort into holographic R&D.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – if I cant walk around it, it aint 3d.
can’t wait for the next film this is going to be awesome :)
38-40
What annoys me about the new movie as Star Trek 2 is that it makes the mainstream seem unaware that there already is a Star Trek II.
It annoys me but I guess the fact that the Abrams movies are out of canon with the rest of Trek then it prob makes sense but I think the movie will follow the Next Gen movie style of titling
38, 39, 40, 41 & 44
We should check with MONGO on this.
He’ll know.
YESSS! Bruce Greenwood is back!!
Now, all I ask for is an Admiral Archer (or other ST:ENT) cameo and we’re good ;)
Wonderful to have Bruce Greenwood back as Pike, but I hope he doesn’t have to become truly disabled in order to heal some raveled timeline or that he doesn’t have to die in order to impart some kind of dramatic impact.
I heard the rumors swirling around ST II:TWOK before it opened, and I sat there watching the movie with knots in my stomach waiting for Spock to die. So I didn’t enjoy the movie as much as I should have.
There is only one way this movie can be screwed up and that is to allow any leaks of plot to the fan-“boys” and fan-“girls” out there (myself included) who will make mincemeat of the story months before the big reveal. I want to walk into this movie and be as astonished as I was with the first. So even if we (myself included) beg, scream, and plead for crumbs of information regarding the plot, STARVE US. Thanks.
One thing that is really starting to annoy me is the fact that so many people here have chosen to ignore the fact that Bob Orci and the rest of the Supreme Court have said outright that the story of this movie is NOT a rehash or remake or reimagining of an existing Trek episode. This new film will have an original story that hopefully has the ability to bring something new to the 45-year old franchise we all love.
In closing, the story is NEW!
Why not have
Star Trek
something here
Something like that which was done with the TNG films. Seems like it would work to me.
Maybe they will just call it, Boldy Go