‘Star Trek’ to boldly go -- again
“Mission: Impossible III” director J.J. Abrams is going from Cruise control to warp speed.
A couple of weeks before the arrival of Tom Cruise and “M:I:III,” Abrams has committed to produce the 11th “Star Trek” feature film and there are plans for him to direct as well, Paramount Pictures announced Friday.
Abrams, producer of the TV series “Lost” and “Alias,” also will write the script with his “Mission: Impossible III” co-writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, Paramount spokeswoman Nancy Kirkpatrick said.
The studio is hoping to release the new “Star Trek” film in 2008.
No plot for the movie has been nailed down and no one has been cast for the film.
“Star Trek” movies have grossed more than $1 billion but the last one, “Star Trek: Nemesis,” four years ago did relatively weak box office and got tepid reviews, while the last TV incarnation, the ratings-challenged “Star Trek: Enterprise,” was canceled last year.
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