What Does STAR TREK 3 Have In Common With AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON?

What Does STAR TREK 3 Have In Common With AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON?

Location, location, location! Roberto Orci's Star Trek 3 (which should be beamed up for a 2016 release) is apparently planning on shooting in Seoul, South Korea, a city which movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron and The Bourne Legacy have recently taken advantage of...

By JoshWilding - Oct 05, 2014 03:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
Source: Trek Movie

With J.J. Abrams busy shooting Star Wars Episode VII in the UK, it's screenwriter Roberto Orci who has been chosen to take over directing duties for Star Trek 3. The news that William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy have been approached for cameos has made longtime fans - who likely consider this Star Trek 13 - happy, even if the movie is being helmed by the man who co-wrote the likes of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Transformers (he is unproven in terms of directing to be fair).

Regardless, according to a new report on Trek Movie, the threequel will follow in the footsteps of Avengers: Age of Ultron by shooting in Seoul, South Korea. Their source? The Mayor of that city who recently announced the following on his Facebook page: "Today I met with Jeffrey Chernov, producer of ‘Star Trek 3,’ at the Paramount Pictures Studio and agreed to film a portion of the upcoming movie in Seoul." Orci meanwhile would head over to the site's messageboards and tease, "the Mayor was a lovely man :)" The Bourne Legacy was also partly shot in Seoul. 

Rumour has it that Earth won't factor into this new movie, so the beautiful city is likely being used as a stand in for an alien world. We'll hopefully find out more soon! Star Trek 3 is set for a 2016 release to coincide with the franchise's 50th Anniversary. Are you guys excited?
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Starfox
Starfox - 10/5/2014, 4:17 AM
"Rumour has it that Earth won't factor into this new movie"
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 10/5/2014, 4:17 AM
I wonder if it's cheap to film in Seoul?
loki668
loki668 - 10/5/2014, 4:49 AM
No Earth?!? OUTSTANDING!!!! Now, I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with this!!!!
loki668
loki668 - 10/5/2014, 4:51 AM
@MrChuff

Now, now. No need to klingon to the past or to start tribble! Maybe they'll show Kim Cardassian and her big ass will bring peace to the galaxy (or engulf it).
loki668
loki668 - 10/5/2014, 4:52 AM
BEEEEWAYYYAAAAR DA "PUN"ISHER!!!!!
loki668
loki668 - 10/5/2014, 4:52 AM
I've had no sleep. Can you tell?
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 10/5/2014, 4:57 AM
Earth never factored in to the Star Wars movies and three of them where awesome but the other three where bad.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/5/2014, 5:02 AM
It's Star Trek. Don't really need Earth anyway.
ManThing
ManThing - 10/5/2014, 5:13 AM
I haven't really much cared for these new Star Treks...
ekrolo2
ekrolo2 - 10/5/2014, 5:29 AM
@MightyZeus

Not sure if you're serious or not by Earth doesn't exist in Star Wars.
CamtonoOfBeskar
CamtonoOfBeskar - 10/5/2014, 5:44 AM
Talking 'bout hacks, this guy is the genuine article.
LaserKing
LaserKing - 10/5/2014, 5:48 AM
Bring it...
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 10/5/2014, 6:08 AM
@ekrolo2

"In A Galaxy Far Far Away"
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 10/5/2014, 6:58 AM
@DoubleD



This is a Star Trek article...
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 10/5/2014, 6:59 AM
Also, fantastic news! REJOICE! Maybe now we can get a Star Trek that FEELS like Star Trek yet retains some of the improved upon qualities of the "reboot" (is that what you'd call it?)
GrilledPopcorn
GrilledPopcorn - 10/5/2014, 7:08 AM
I don't recall The Bourne Legacy featuring South Korea?!

The B.O. in South Korea grows as their economy continues to grow maybe one of the reasons to film there.
LensmanMatt92
LensmanMatt92 - 10/5/2014, 7:15 AM
Its Orci we are talking about, Star Trek 3 is gonna be crap.
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 10/5/2014, 7:33 AM
@DoubleD

By that logic, it'd be like if I was reading an article about a possible Ebola victim in Washington D.C. and then I started talking about how D.C. is filled with corrupt politicians....it is a very primitive and irrelevant way to think/act and does nothing to contribute to the discussion.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 10/5/2014, 8:23 AM
@DoubleD But it's not referring to guardians now is it? That's old news anyways.
jrp6048
jrp6048 - 10/5/2014, 11:24 AM
@DoubleD i like your thinking
JorL5150
JorL5150 - 10/5/2014, 11:27 AM
With orci I have zero confidence.

Zilch.
CaptainAlabama
CaptainAlabama - 10/5/2014, 4:01 PM
I'm not as excited about the 3rd movie as I was in 1 and 2...
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