Quentin Tarantino directing
Mark L. Smith (the Revenant screenplay) writing
Chris Hemsworth continuing.
Quentin Tarantino is a known Star Trek fan, particularly of the original series. He has in the past expressed interest in bringing an episode of TOS and giving it the budget and time it deserved. The episode he seemed to be most interested in was City on the Edge of Forever - which, in short, involved the screw finding a gateway to the past (in this case, WW2), and Kirk falls in love with a passionate pacifist woman - who in every way seems like a great person. The conflict becomes that she dies in 1930. Kirk, of course, wants to save her - the result of saving her is that she leads a pacifist movement that delays the US getting involved with the war, allowing Nazi Germany enough time to develop nuclear weapons.
I think it would be a very interesting story; although, perhaps with a different skin for the conflict since WW2 is no longer as heavily in the consciousness of people as it was in 1966. Although, Tarantino has shown he has a way of making those less than relevant time periods still as popular as ever.
So far, details of the story are unknown. Time travel is suspected (as in City on the Edge of Forever) because Chris Hemsworth has been cast to return. Of course, this could just be due to a flashback sequence. It might also be due to another very popular original series episode, Mirror Mirror.
Other options could be a bit of a reimagining of The Cage/The Menagerie with Hemsworth's character taking the place of Pike... which IMO would be really cool and unexpected. Those episodes are fantastic and are less discussed than a lot of others these days.
Mark L. Smith (the Revenant screenplay) writing
Chris Hemsworth continuing.
Quentin Tarantino is a known Star Trek fan, particularly of the original series. He has in the past expressed interest in bringing an episode of TOS and giving it the budget and time it deserved. The episode he seemed to be most interested in was City on the Edge of Forever - which, in short, involved the screw finding a gateway to the past (in this case, WW2), and Kirk falls in love with a passionate pacifist woman - who in every way seems like a great person. The conflict becomes that she dies in 1930. Kirk, of course, wants to save her - the result of saving her is that she leads a pacifist movement that delays the US getting involved with the war, allowing Nazi Germany enough time to develop nuclear weapons.
I think it would be a very interesting story; although, perhaps with a different skin for the conflict since WW2 is no longer as heavily in the consciousness of people as it was in 1966. Although, Tarantino has shown he has a way of making those less than relevant time periods still as popular as ever.
So far, details of the story are unknown. Time travel is suspected (as in City on the Edge of Forever) because Chris Hemsworth has been cast to return. Of course, this could just be due to a flashback sequence. It might also be due to another very popular original series episode, Mirror Mirror.
Other options could be a bit of a reimagining of The Cage/The Menagerie with Hemsworth's character taking the place of Pike... which IMO would be really cool and unexpected. Those episodes are fantastic and are less discussed than a lot of others these days.
