New Star Trek movie in '08
[Paramount] which has also produced and distributed all 10 Trek movies from 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture to 2002's bomb Star Trek: Nemesis, has signed a $22.5 million deal with Lost creator J.J. Abrams to pilot the 11th installment for release sometime in 2008.

Abrams told TV Guide in an interview last week that he and screenwriting partners Robert Orci and Alex Kurtxmann are already deep into development on the new Star Trek, which will take the series back to its roots with a prequel focusing on the early days of Kirk and Spock.

"We have an incredible beginning of a really dramatic story, and it very much honors the canon of Star Trek. On the other hand, it won't be like anything you've seen before," the Mission: Impossible 3 helmer told the magazine. "I think we have an incredible story, but we've sort of promised each other we wouldn't talk about the specifics yet. But I can say that we're actively working on it, we're in the middle of breaking the story, and it's coming along great."


Star Trek officially hits the big 4-0 next month. The original series debuted Sept. 8, 1966 on NBC.

-----------

Speaking of boldly going, I have purchased a ticket to London. Yarrgh. So there. I haven't read Tristram Shandy. I'll have to put it on my list.
- posted by k @ 3:10 PM