Saldana Says 'Trek 2' Pre-Production A Year Away

I don't think J.J. Abrams would want to work much faster than this outlined schedule by Zoe Saldana, his beautiful Star Trek star who spoke to MTV recently about a sequel. Trek was a blast in my opinion, but it was also a pretty accomplished film with a tight, efficient script. That's no accident, because those things don't happen by accident. As a comparison, I offer Transformers, which went from a pretty entertaining first film to an absolute train wreck because there was no time to develop the story. It was two years between installments there, and Trek looks like it will wait three years before boldly going again. That gives Abrams and company time to get it right, a process that Saldana say is already underway.

"I spoke to J.J. and Bryan Burk, his producing partner at Bad Robot, and they are still in the middle of building the script with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, and we'll probably be going into pre-production around this time next year."

"This time next year" is almost 2011, anyway, and that's just pre-production, meaning casting, location scouting, and all the rest. So even if that process only takes two or three months (which it won't), there's simply no way to get this film ready for that summer. But trust me, Paramount doesn't want to mess with summer 2011. It's too crowded as it is. So, summer 2012 and a three-year gap between Trek films is about right. Abrams has other stuff he's working on, the cast of Star Trek, particularly Chris Pine, has its obligations to consider, too, so a mid-2011 shoot sets the film up nicely for the following summer, although I hope we can get a summer blockbuster as entertaining as the first one between now and then.

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Waiting is good... The Transformers comparison is a good one and I would add Pirates to that list. The first was great because the script was very good while the second and third felt rushed and then fell flat, from their shoddy story to the hammy dialogue.