Damon Lindelof, co-producer of
Star Trek, and co-writer of
Cowboys and Aliens and
Prometheus, gave a few quick words to IGN about the future of the
Star Trek sequel, as far as the main antagonist, Kirk, goes. He first tells about what he feels sets the upcoming sequel from its predecessor. Check it out. NOTE: Lindelof recently gave a pretty
spoilerific interview about
Prometheus to us, and if you haven't read it yet, you can read it
HERE.
I think that the first one was in a lot of ways an origin story. It was about how the crew comes together and a love story between how Kirk met Spock. How this emotional guy who thinks only with his heart befriends this logical guy who thinks only with his mind. And this next movie is about what it’s like now that these people are a crew.
Lindelof talks about how refreshing it is to not have to re-introduce the world to the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, and how good it feels to just be able to push on with what they really feel will make the sequel.
I also feel like just figuring out the time travel of the first movie - we had to put so much time and energy, and invoke screen time and energy into explaining the mechanics of what we were doing, it’s just such a relief not to be burdened with that stuff in the second movie and just be able to plough forward and do new things without having to explain what their connection is to the original time-line. That was a lot of fun too.
Kirk was quite the beginner in J.J. Abrams'
Star trek, but quickly rose to the famed role we all see him as today-The Captain. Lindelof tells IGN more about what we can expect from the newest leader, and the kind if role he will have in the next film.
Kirk is now in the Captain’s chair, for the first time, not having shanghaied it. And he has to learn how to manage his responsibilities as a captain with these friendships and relationships that he’s forming with these people around him. And I think also we’re introducing what is a very cool and nuanced force of antagonism that’s a little different from the first movie, which was just a steaming Romulan ball of rage that needs to be stopped at all costs.
Star Trek 2(unofficial title) will again be directed by J.J. Abrams(
Super 8), and the original cast will return. The film is expected for release May 17th, 2013.
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