Wednesday, April 23, 2014
It looks like one of the officers aboard the USS Enterprise may be promoted to captain.
Variety reports that Star Trek 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness co-writer Roberto Orci is in the running to direct the third mission in the current film series. He’s already co-writing the new movie, and if he gets the job, it would be his first time behind the camera of a big budget film, but it seems Paramount Pictures has yet to make up their minds. J.J. Abrams won’t be back in the captain’s chair because he’s busy with an even bigger sci-fi adventure, Star Wars: Episode VII.
It’s not all good news coming down the subspace channels, though. Variety also reports that Orci is splitting with his longtime collaborator Alex Kurtzman. Along with Star Trek, the pair have written and produced dozens of projects, including Transformers, Sleepy Hollow, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It seems both of them want to pursue new projects separately.
