J.J. Abrams Confirms That He's Not Yet Signed On To Direct Star Trek 2!

J.J. Abrams Confirms That He's Not Yet Signed On To Direct Star Trek 2!

The director reveals that he has not yet signed on to direct Star Trek 2 and is in fact waiting to read a script before doing just that! Hit the jump to hear what he had to say...

By JoshWilding - Jan 12, 2011 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
Source: Collider

In an interview with Collider, the director of Star Trek and Mission Impossible III talked a little about his commitment, or lack thereof, to the highly anticipated sequel to the 2009 hit. Head on over to the site to read the whole thing and hear what else he had to say about the various projects he's working on at the moment.

"I guess the idea of not wanting to choose to direct a film, for which I’ve not read a script. It’s a tough decision to make without seeing any pages. That’s not to say that I don’t have all the faith in the world in the spectacular writers. Damon Lindelof, Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman are awesome. My hope is that they’ll write the script, it will be great and we can make a fun, exciting sequel to Star Trek."


As I think you can see from his comments above, he clearly hasnt signed on to direct the highly anticipated sequel if he's still waiting to read the script. As he's worked with Lindelof, Orci and Kurtzman on both the first movie and various other projects, I'm sure that he will eventually decide to helm the project. However, with a release date set for the summer of 2012, and several TV projects (along with the mysetious movie Super 8) will we still see it that soon?




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marvel72
marvel72 - 1/12/2011, 10:14 AM
well get his signature because i've never been a star trek fan only liked three of the films.

-star trek 2
-star trek first contact
-star trek

but he actually got me intrested in star trek again.
Xandera
Xandera - 1/12/2011, 10:15 AM
Dear God Sign Him Up Now!!!
PaulRom
PaulRom - 1/12/2011, 10:29 AM
If it hasn't even entered production yet (especially considering Abrams hasn't signed on yet), then I doubt it would be out by summer next year.
I've never been much of a Trekkie, but after seeing Star Trek 2009 I was blown away.
Brashlight
Brashlight - 1/12/2011, 10:58 AM
The only way I see the sequal is if he is directing it! I have NEVER been a Star Trek fan until his movie and I LOVED IT!!! The sequal needs to be made NOW!!!
Elayis
Elayis - 1/12/2011, 11:11 AM
I think JJ is a pretty good director, it's just Kurtzman and Orci that I can't stand.

KEEP THEM THE HELL AWAY FROM STAR TREK!!!
kakinurmawth
kakinurmawth - 1/12/2011, 11:55 AM
well...here's hoping for a good script! I want him back for the second one or at the least producing it.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 1/12/2011, 4:02 PM
I wasn't a fan either. I didn't like the story at all, and I absolutely hated what passed for cinematography in that film. Shaking the camera around and endless closeups is no way to film action sequences.
Elayis
Elayis - 1/12/2011, 8:40 PM
I really hope they get rid of the constant pointless lens flares, as well.
blizzil
blizzil - 1/13/2011, 12:27 AM
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