File this under today's most unexpected news - a new rumor suggests Quentin Tarantino is planning to make a Star Trek movie at Paramount.
Sources close to Deadline say that Tarantino has cooked up a "great idea" for a Star Trek movie, and after sharing his idea with JJ Abrams (who 'rebooted' the series in 2009), a plan has reportedly been put in place to assemble a writer's room to begin building a script. If all goes to plan, Tarantino may direct the film, with Abrams attached to produce.
If the rumor is true, it's an unexpected move for the director, who's traditionally made his own original work (a couple of episodes of CSI and an episode of ER stand as the only exceptions). Further, the director is currently working on getting a distributor for what is supposedly the penultimate film in his career, based around Charles Manson and the Family murders. Would a Star Trek project really be his tenth and final film? Or is the news of his impending retirement now redundant?
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Sources close to Deadline say that Tarantino has cooked up a "great idea" for a Star Trek movie, and after sharing his idea with JJ Abrams (who 'rebooted' the series in 2009), a plan has reportedly been put in place to assemble a writer's room to begin building a script. If all goes to plan, Tarantino may direct the film, with Abrams attached to produce.
If the rumor is true, it's an unexpected move for the director, who's traditionally made his own original work (a couple of episodes of CSI and an episode of ER stand as the only exceptions). Further, the director is currently working on getting a distributor for what is supposedly the penultimate film in his career, based around Charles Manson and the Family murders. Would a Star Trek project really be his tenth and final film? Or is the news of his impending retirement now redundant?
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