Most of you know Jonathan Frakes from 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', but these days he is mostly seen behind the camera directing shows like 'Burn Notice', and 'V'.
Frakes recently sat down with UGO.com and talked with him about his desire to direct a comic-book movie, the current Star Trek franchise, and they even ask him about the cartoon 'Gargoyles'.
When asked if he'd be interested in doing a comic-book movie:
" I’ve been trying to get one of those big ones, Fantastic Four, Iron Man...really, nothing would thrill me more."
On 'Star Trek':
" "Specifically with Star Trek I was really impressed with J.J [Abrams]' reboot out of our franchise, I thought he was loyal to the Roddenberry philosophy. The scope of the show was spectacular, the casting and storytelling Unlike some in the Star Trek family, I’m thrilled with what J.J. has done with the franchise. I was watching some reruns of Firefly because I was doing Castle with Nathan Fillion and I was always curious to see what that was. And I got a memo from Wil Wheaton, who’s working on Eureka which is also sci-fi-ish. It’s a genre that always needs to have a life on television. It had avid fans, for both the dark sci-fi and the fantasy sci-fi and I don’t think it’s going anywhere anytime soon. It’s like medical shows and procedurals; they’re part of what the audience expects on their menu."
When asked when he thinks we'll see 'Star Trek' return to tv:
" I had a Star Trek that I developed for TV, and we were told in no uncertain terms that they said no to Bryan Singer television Star Trek, they said no to a William Shatner television Star Trek. They feel at CBS Paramount that they don’t want to make the same mistake that’s been made before, which was watering down the brand by having a TV show and a movie. That’s what happened with Star Trek: Nemesis, and that’s why I think Star Trek: Enterprise didn’t last the way they expected to. It was the classic corporate greed of “we've got something good, so let’s continue to milk it” and we milked it so dry that the fans had no appetite for a movie. So I think what they’ve done by taking time off before the Abrams Star Trek, and they're doing it again because they haven’t even begun to shoot the second one, is a much smarter business plan."
And of course, hes asked about a 'Gargoyles' movie or reboot:
" I don’t know why Gargoyles was taken off the air, but that's a question that always comes up. I was at Emerald City Comic-Con in Seattle and there’s always a factor of the audience who know that the show was taken off the air too quickly and I had thought that there were talks of a movie but I don’t think Greg Weisman or Jamie Thomasan are involved in it, which seems odd to me. So I’m not sure what the status of that is. It was so literate, and filled with talented actors and writers, and the animation was great. It was very special, and it should still be on the air. Not only the mythology was great, but they had a lot of Shakespeare references, and the kids didn’t know it, but they were getting some version of education."
Be sure to click the source for the full interview over at UGO.com
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