We have known for quite a while now that Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman have been set to return as the writers for J.J. Abrams' popular reimagining of "Star Trek". With knowledge that "Star Trek 2" already has a release date set for June 29, 2012, the writers should have a good idea of just how soon they should have the script written out.
TrekMovie got the pair to give little bits of information on where the film is now to ready it for its release. Here is some of the Q&A from the article...
TrekMovie: At the WGA event earlier this year you talked about how second movies are all about the villain. Are you still thinking that way about this movie?
Kurtzman: I think the emphasis is a little different as the first movie is really about watching the team come together. That doesn’t go away in the second movie. The second movie is about how does the team now that they are on their journey, live together as a family, so that is still a big engine of the narrative.
TrekMovie: But the action plot and villain become a bigger part of the film?
Kurtzman: I think you have a little bit more room, but I don’t think you can skimp on time with the crew.
When asked if the sequel will have a colon in it (ala Star Trek: Nemesis), Bob (Robert) said "it probably has to…it can’t be Star Trek XII, it can’t be Star Trek IIa". I suggested an alternative, saying it doesn’t necessarily need to have “Star Trek” in the title and they and can use the same format as the recent Batman franchise films which followed up "Batman Begins" with "The Dark Knight". Bob (Robert) asked "Is that allowed? Will the fans revolt?".
I offered my (TrekMovies) pitch for the idea, noting that that the TOS movies all had a roman numeral and TNG movies already did the Star Trek+colon+subtitle thing and so their new series of Trek films should have their own style. Bob seemed intrigued with the idea, noting "Star Trek has been around long enough, you are going to know it is Star Trek, I like that " and Alex said "it’s interesting, we’ll take it to the court and see." Bob then suggested "Cold, Cold Space….or something like that."
This update does seem to give a good idea of where the sequel will go! "Star Trek 2" is set for June 29, 2012, and it is expected that it will bring back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Simon Pegg and Anton Yelchin.