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***Chris*** · 11-19-2019, 07:47 PM

Interesting, and good to know that this is still in the planning process. Can't say that I'm familiar with any of his other work.

Thanks for bringing that over LightYears.

**crazy_diamond** · 11-20-2019, 04:11 AM

thanks for the info, I'm not either.

***Chris*** · 11-20-2019, 06:32 AM

Hope that we get some more news soon.

Waldfrau · 11-20-2019, 08:32 AM

Thanks!

obisgirl · 11-20-2019, 12:49 PM

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This surprised me. I guess Tarantino is out as director. He totally would have tackled the Mirror universe, though.

**crazy_diamond** · 11-20-2019, 01:04 PM

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A fourth Star Trek film is reportedly on the way, with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldana all returning. But there’s one unexpected new player, according to Variety. Back in 2018, it was reported that S.J. Clarkson, the British director who’s helmed episodes of shows like Jessica Jones and The Defenders, was tapped to direct the movie, making her the first female director in Star Trek movie history. But now, Lucy in the Sky director Noah Hawley is taking over, reportedly slated to write and direct the upcoming feature, which will be his second after the Natalie Portman drama grossed a dismal $319,976 last month.

What happened? According to Variety, the Clarkson film was shelved “when deals could not be reached”—specifically the idea to have Chris Hemsworth return as Kirk’s dad, seen in the opening scene of the 2009 Star Trek, back in his pre-Thor days. With Hemsworth out, Clarkson then reportedly signed on to direct the pilot of the planned Game of Thrones prequel series—the one that has since been cancelled.

“I didn’t feel like we landed on a reason to revisit that yet,” Hemsworth told Variety earlier this year of the fourth film. “I didn’t want to be underwhelmed by what I was going to bring to the table.”

And, just to keep everything straight, this Star Trek is also a completely separate project from the movie that Quentin Tarantino is working on with The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith.

The studio is reportedly now hoping that Hawley’s version of the story will get the franchise off the ground again, after 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, directed by Justin Lin, made $100 million less worldwide than the previous film, Star Trek Into Darkness. Hawley is, to put it mildly, a left-field choice. His FX series Fargo was a critical hit, winning six Emmys, but he followed it up with the superhero head-scratcher Legion, which ended earlier this year. Lucy in the Sky had been positioned as his splashy feature directing debut, a Portman vehicle starring the actor as a fictionalized version of Lisa Nowak, the astronaut who drove 950 miles to confront a woman apparently having an affair with a fellow astronaut. Nowak also wore diapers in order to save time on the road, but Hawley, diaper coward, did not include that detail in the film.

Lucy in the Sky was largely panned by critics, currently sitting at 23% on Rotten Tomatoes. Hawley took the early negative remarks in stride, telling IndieWire, “We all want to be liked, but I’m okay with not being liked, as long as I feel like I get a fair chance with people.”

However, the film’s box office performance was a pale sum against its reported $27 million budget. While this sort of misstep could have knocked Hawley off the directing shortlist for a mega-franchise like Star Trek (how many women have ended up in movie jail because of lesser mistakes?), it seems the director is on track to still take on the Trekkies.

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***Chris*** · 11-20-2019, 02:25 PM

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And, just to keep everything straight, this Star Trek is also a completely separate project from the movie that Quentin Tarantino is working on with The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith.

So there's still 2 separate projects on the table? Interesting. Personally, I'd rather have them focus on 1 and do it well.

**crazy_diamond** · 11-21-2019, 03:50 AM

agreed

***Chris*** · 11-21-2019, 06:57 AM

I'm afraid that 2 projects will split the audience so that neither makes a huge splash at the box office.

**crazy_diamond** · 11-21-2019, 01:20 PM

Yeah was thinking the same

***Chris*** · 11-24-2019, 08:23 PM

We'll have to keep our fingers crossed that they know what they're doing.

**crazy_diamond** · 11-25-2019, 04:09 AM

I still reckon that should leave it as 3..

***Chris*** · 11-25-2019, 07:56 AM

I'm up for more, but I'd rather see a continuation of this than a Tarantino version.

**lyndell75** · 01-15-2020, 03:20 PM

**Arrakis** · 01-15-2020, 05:22 PM

So no gory revenge story in star trek?

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