J.J. Abrams to Focus on STAR TREK 2 after SUPER 8 is Released

As you know J.J. Abrams is currently hard at work developing a great looking film Super 8, which we're all very excited about here at GeekTyrant. Once the movie is released Abrams is going to focus his attention on and commit to Star Trek 2. In a recent interview, the director talks about the the script, and how Damon Lindelof has had a much stronger role in the writing process.

Damon is working on the script for this one. As busy as I've been with Super 8, I remember that when we did the first one, Damon was that busy with 'Lost.' So it's going to be very cool to have him on board as a writer. There are some amazing ideas. These are not just great friends of mine, but they're great writers. I'm thrilled and very optimistic that it's going to get to where it needs to get to. 

He goes on to talk about Super 8 being his main focus right now: 

The truth is that my focus has been so much on finishing Super 8 that it's been something I'm looking forward to getting to, but with an incredibly compressed post schedule, there hasn't been a whole lot of time for me to be working with the writers. Now that Super 8 is drawing to a close in terms of this post schedule, I'm looking forward to jumping in and hopefully getting that ready as soon as possible.

Star Trek 2 is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 29th, 2012. And like many of you, I'm very much looking forward to it. There's still no word on if Abrams will commit to direct the film, but we hope he does.