There has been a bunch of speculation and rumour floating around about the possibility of a new Star Trek film being in the works. Yeah well… you can put those to bed right now… because it ain’t happening. The good folks over at CinemaBlend offer us this:
The latest issue of sci-fi magazine Dreamwatch features an interview with Doug Mirabello, assistant to Trek producer Rick Berman, who has confirmed that the Jendresen script has indeed been jettisoned and there are now no plans to bring back Star Trek in any form in the forseeable future.
On the Patrick Stewart rumors, Mirbello says, “It’s more likely that some executive had a casual conversation with him and brought up some hypotheticals which he ran with when some reporter asked him about Star Trek… From what I’ve heard Patrick wouldn’t do another Trek movie unless they paid him Professor X money.”
So there you have it. Can’t say I’m too broken up about it. Every single one of the “Next Generation” films have been big disappointments and the Star Trek fan base has been shrinking steadily with no new fans being brought on in years. It is indeed time to put this franchise to sleep. Maybe a new TV property… but even that is “ify” at this point.
