STAR TREK 3---Idris Elba (THOR) is in talks to play the lead villain in the sequel directed by Justin Lin (FAST AND FURIOUS).
BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE---photo released of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. Premiere is March 25, 2016.
FANTASTIC FOUR---The Thing is seen in this banner for the reboot movie.
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM---Matt Smith (DOCTOR WHO) is reportedly starring as Newt Scamander in the movie based on the HARRY POTTER spinoff book.
FARGO---Bruce Campbell will play Ronald Regan in this series set in Fargo, North Dakota where Ronald Reagan is campaigning for President.
A STAR IS BORN---Bradley Cooper is in talks to direct and possibly star in the latest remake. Cooper would replace director Clint Eastwood who is no longer involved with the remake. Beyonce is being sought to return to the Warner Bros. movie.
BLACK SAILS---Ray Stevenson (ROME) will play Blackbeard the Pirate in the Starz pirate series.
BILLIONS---new Showtime 12-episode series underway starring Damien Lewis and Paul Giamatti and involves the world of high finance in New York.
PREACHER---Joseph Gilgun will play Irish vampire Cassidy in the AMC series based on the comic book.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER---movie underway based on the KEY & PEELE series which stars Keegan-Michael Key as Mr. Garvey.
SUPER TROOPERS 2---Broken Lizard is trying to raise over $11 million in a crowdfunding campaign to pay for the sequel.
LAZARUS---tv series underway based on the comic book.
Why is it necessary to have a villain in a Trek movie? More importantly...Why does God need a spaceship?
Yeah, just another generic Star Wars style Sci Fi film. WOK was great, but write something that requires other kinds of drama. There's so much that could be done.
Why is it necessary to have a villain in a Trek movie? More importantly...Why does God need a spaceship?
Yeah, just another generic Star Wars style Sci Fi film. WOK was great, but write something that requires other kinds of drama. There's so much that could be done.
That's what the TV series are for.
They're not going to spend $100m+, one every few years, to make a drama. It has to be a big box office spectacular these days, to compete with all the other blockbusters.
Why is it necessary to have a villain in a Trek movie? More importantly...Why does God need a spaceship?
Yeah, just another generic Star Wars style Sci Fi film. WOK was great, but write something that requires other kinds of drama. There's so much that could be done.
That's what the TV series are for.
They're not going to spend $100m+, one every few years, to make a drama. It has to be a big box office spectacular these days, to compete with all the other blockbusters.
Star Trek 4 was about whales and was the highest grossing Trek until the reboot. You need a threat of some kind, but it doesn't have to be a villain.
They could try a natural disaster story where the Enterprise and crew need to save a population on a planet or asteroid. Okay they did that in the first 10 minutes of Into Darkness but anything would be better than another boring/generic bad guy.
They could try a natural disaster story where the Enterprise and crew need to save a population on a planet or asteroid. Okay they did that in the first 10 minutes of Into Darkness but anything would be better than another boring/generic bad guy.
Exactly. There are ways to tell a high-stakes, emotional story without resorting to the "Villain du Jour" formula every time. But JJ-Trek is apparently aiming at a fairly low common denominator.
That's what the new Star Trek is... a re-boot series.
There's already been Star Treks 1 to 6 with Kirk, Spock, et al.
They should of counted the NG movies as a "reboot" too and started over with "1".
Edit: I do think they should have called JJ Trek something else to avoid confusion. Just like the reboot horror series having the exact same names like Halloween 1, 2, etc. (1978,1981,2007,2009)
Exactly. There are ways to tell a high-stakes, emotional story without resorting to the "Villain du Jour" formula every time. But JJ-Trek is apparently aiming at a fairly low common denominator.
Let it be said the people running the films don't "get" Star Trek at all. This new tone is supposedly a reason why CBS isn't actively optioning a television series (there is/was also a lot of friction between Bad Robot and Paramount, which couldn't have made the idea any more promising).
Given Mr. Abrams' obvious surplus of imagination, it's only a matter of time before the crew of NCC-90210 go back in time to make sure JFK is assassinated properly--after somehow changing it in the first place. I'll bet Kirk even gets to make sure he pulls the trigger himself.
Given Mr. Abrams' obvious surplus of imagination, it's only a matter of time before the crew of NCC-90210 go back in time to make sure JFK is assassinated properly--after somehow changing it in the first place.
I'll bet Kirk even gets to make sure he pulls the trigger himself.
This summation is so accurate, I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
They could try a natural disaster story where the Enterprise and crew need to save a population on a planet or asteroid. Okay they did that in the first 10 minutes of Into Darkness but anything would be better than another boring/generic bad guy.
Exactly. There are ways to tell a high-stakes, emotional story without resorting to the "Villain du Jour" formula every time. But JJ-Trek is apparently aiming at a fairly low common denominator.
To be fair, that's been the formula for most of the movies. Only TMP and TVH didn't have a "heavy." Abrams didn't introduce the bad guy to Star Trek. "The best villain since Khan" has practically been the movie mantra for decades. The Next Gen films were the worst offenders.
Abrams didn't introduce the bad guy to Star Trek. "The best villain since Khan" has practically been the movie mantra for decades. The Next Gen films were the worst offenders.
While I'm not a fan of Abrams' version, this is sadly true. That a show with episodes like "Darmok" and "Who Watches The Watchers?" had nothing but films that relied on action shows just how mismanaged Star Trek already was by then.
Why is it necessary to have a villain in a Trek movie?
I totally agree. For all the faults of ST:TMP and IV, at least they were original insofar as there was no villain as such. TOS didn't always have a villain of the week either.
And if in the new film the baddie is out for revenge again, I seriously will just give up.
