Quentin Tarantino's STAR TREK Movie is Still "a Very Big Possibility"
After director S.J. Clarkson’s Star Trek 4 was shelved because Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth dropped out of the project, the Star Trek film franchise has been in limbo. The shows being developed at CBS All Access are moving fast, but there doesn’t seem to be any momentum on the film front.
Well, it seems like the film franchise is about to pick up some momentum with the R-rated Quentin Tarantino Star Trek project. While talking to /Film about the new extended edition of The Hateful Eight on Netflix, the filmmaker said that his Star Trek project is still a possibility and that he’s going to start working on it again after he’s done with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“It’s a very big possibility. I haven’t been dealing with those guys for a while cause I’ve been making my movie. But we’ve talked about a story and a script. The script has been written and when I emerge my head like Punxsutawney Phil, post-Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we’ll pick up talking about it again.”
That’s great news! I was really hoping that we would see this movie get made. As a huge fan of both Star Trek and Tarantino, I need to see what this movie will be!
The script for the film was written by Mark L. Smith, who is best known for writing The Revenant. There aren’t really any story details on the film yet, but Karl Urban previously shared some thoughts on the film saying that it's "bananas".
"Quentin Tarantino went in to [producer] J.J. [Abrams]’s offices and pitched him an idea for a Star Trek movie. I know a little bit about what that is, and it’s bananas. So, they are writing that as well. He is currently making a film with Brad Pitt and and [Leonardo] DiCaprio [Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]. So, it is going to be a year away from finishing that. So, it would be really rad to get to make a film with him. That would be a dream come true, he is definitely an auteur. Whether you like his films or not, he is a good filmmaker. And he makes interesting stuff. So, to me, that is when you get the best results."
Urban went on to say:
"I was personally delighted he was not only a Star Trek fan, but also interested in working with our cast. It’s not only a new story, but he is just one of those filmmakers that has a very unique and specific vision. And he totally utilizes the camera to tell the story. I think he would make a great Star Trek movie, I really do."
He then adds that he thinks Tarantino would deliver something completely unique:
"I think that Tarantino would be able to do something quite unique. So, fingers crossed that will happen. It is in the hands of Paramount. If we don’t get to make [Star Trek 4] next year with Chris Hemsworth, then that’s ok, let’s make a really good Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie. You will have to wait longer, but it will be well worth it."
The actor also talks about the R-rating of the film and explains that it will mostly be to show the horrors of space:
"You shouldn’t worry that it is going to be full of obscenity and stuff. He wants an R-rating to really make those beats of consequence land. If it’s not PG, if someone gets sucked out into space, which we have all seen before, we might see them get disemboweled first…It allows some some breadth…gives him some leeway to do that. To me, that was always one of the things I loved about what DeForest Kelley did. He would actually capture the horror of space. That look in his eyes of sheer terror always struck me when I was a kid."
Do you hope to see Tarantino’s Star Trek film get made?