Star Trek XI dead...again
The script for Star Trek XI is officially dead, and that's from the screenwriter Erik Jendresen. He's written a script for the new Star Trek movie that would be a beginning tale (another beginning) and no one's interested.
According to SyFy Portal through Dark Horizons:
...since the executive shakeup at Paramount, the project has been abandoned. Jendresen shares some of his thoughts with SyFy Portal today:"The notion was to do a prequel to the original series and fill that void with, ostensibly, a trilogy. Three films, which all would deal with Kirk's progenitor, a man by the name of Tiberius Chase... We wanted to reveal the actual cause of that war [the Romulan/Human War], which was surprising to all involved at the time. We simply wanted to reveal the truth behind that startling incident" said Jendresen.
He goes on to say that it's essentially dead because it's not moving. Strong insight there.
Personally there's only one way to go with Star Trek, kick the idiots who messed up the previous series who are still in control out into the street. Invite in some new talent to either write and direct a new feature followed by a series, or rewrite some of the Enterprise series and do it right with the same cast. They'd love it, the fans would love it, I know I would. Otherwise we're just headed for more schedule messing and poorly conceived features.
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