Paramount-Airspace Pictures, helmed by Oracle's son David Ellison, has swept the film and television industry with thunderous momentum. In addition to annexing Warner, it is also actively promoting the sequel to "Top Gun" and the game blockbuster "Call of Duty". "Star Trek", which has been dormant for many years, is also expected to return to the screen.
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who have won high praise from film critics and fans for their creations of "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of Honor", have been selected to helm the new "Star Trek". The new work will provide a new interpretation of the theme and use a new cast for this purpose. Not only does it have nothing to do with the previous series of films starring the two actors, it also has no overlap with those many TV series.
Goldstein and Daly also previously created and directed the original Cold War-themed action film "SOS" starring Ryan Reynolds for Sky Dance Films. It received high praise in early previews and will be released on Apple TV next year. "Star Trek" is the duo's latest venture and will be produced by their GoldDay studio.
"Star Trek" has been away from the screen for nearly ten years. During this period, both Ya Hawley and Matt Shakman were invited to direct new films, and even the sets were built. However, they missed out on the project one after another - Hawley turned to FX's "Alien: Earth", and Shakman took over Marvel's "Fantastic Four: First Class."
Even Tarantino Tarantino tried to weigh in, suggesting an R-rated Star Trek set in 1930s gangster America—apparently Tarantino was referencing Star Trek: The Original Season 2, Episode 17, "A Piece of the Action," in which the crew of the Enterprise visit an Earth-like planet where gang culture is prevalent.
This "Star Trek", which was destined to shock the world, ultimately failed to take place because Quentin was unwilling to end his career with "Star Trek". He kept shouting that he would retire after making ten movies. It seemed that "Star Trek" would be his retirement movie. It was not high enough, so he suggested that others take over and he only provided advice.
But no one dared to take on Quentin's project, so this so-called greatest Star Trek movie only stayed at the script stage, lying quietly in Quentin's desk drawer.
Elsewhere, another premature project sparked more furore.
Cairo native Adam Driver revealed in an interview last month that he and Soderbergh had conceived a Star Wars story. The script was written by Scott Burns. The plot was set after "Star Wars 9: The Rise of Skywalker" and the protagonist was Ben Solo.
It is said that the story is very exciting, and Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm at the time, also fell in love with it, but Disney did not agree to make it. They were eager to draw a line with the past and reopen the story. Ben Solo should not be alive.
"I really enjoyed the writing process and it's one of the coolest scripts I've ever worked on, but it's a pity the fans won't get to see it," Driver said.
Fans were so anxious now that they rented a plane and flew over the Disney headquarters in Berkshire during Disney's earnings conference. A banner was dragged behind the plane: "Shareholders want Ben Solo":
A notice looking for Ben Solo was also posted on a telephone pole on the main road in Los Angeles. The date of disappearance listed on the notice was five years and ten months ago, when Star Wars Episode 9 was released (December 2019):
The enthusiasm of fans is in sharp contrast to the failure of Star Wars 9. It was the Waterloo that caused Disney to lose the courage to tell the story of Skywalker. Company leaders felt that it was safest to bring up the baby Mango, and "The Mandalorian and Gu Gu" is scheduled to premiere in May next year.
