Ok, now last week we reported on a story that J.J. Abrams was handed the reigns of the Star Trek franchise and would be overseeing a new Star Trek feature film. Great.
We also reported to you that the story of said new film would revolve around a younger version of Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the gang all hanging out in their academy days. Think of Star Trek meets Saved By The Bell. NOT SO GREAT!
Well, about a week after the storm, Abrams has now come out and said that reports of that story line aren’t true. He didn’t come out and say what the story WAS going to be about… but he just said that a young Kirk story wouldn’t be it. I think that sounds fishy.
As the good folks over at Cinema Blend pointed out, the rumors on this one came from some pretty reliable sources… and they were bang on correct about Abrams involvement. And why did they wait a week to come out and say the reports about a young Kirk storyline were wrong? Here’s my theory:
I think the reports were correct, and that having read the huge negative reaction to the news around the web, they backtracked. Now let me be clear about this… I have NOTHING… TOTALLY NOTHING to back that up with. It’s just what I believe. Judge for yourself.
