New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators

[Morrus]

With the Abrams/Kelvin universe being officially cancelled, it looks like Star Trek is being rebooted by the guys who made the recent D&D movie.

A new Star Trek movie is on its way from the duo behind Dungeons & Dragons film

A new Star Trek movie is in the works at Paramount from Dungeons & Dragons duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. Read more at Empire.

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[TheHand]

Cautiously optimistic with them at the helm! I like that they seem to be introducing new characters too!

 

[Morrus]

I'm not sure I want Star Trek to be a flat-out comedy, though. It worked for D&D (which had a choice--be LotR or a comedy) but I don't want mainstream Trek to be that.

 

[TheHand]

I agree, I think there’s room for humour in Trek, but I don’t want to see something approaching Lower Decks turned into a film. I thought the filmmakers had a good balance of fun, action, and drama with Homecoming. Hmmm… the thought they could make their Trek movie too silly now has me a little concerned.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I'm excited, I just wish I knew for what.

It's not Kelvin, it doesn't sound like a film outing for any established television cast. So another reboot? Or an original ensemble of characters?

The filmmakers definitely succeeded on making an ensemble of original characters work in an established setting for Honor Among Thieves, so I am more positive about that possibility than I would be with it in other hands.

 

[Umbran]

I'm not sure I want Star Trek to be a flat-out comedy, though. It worked for D&D (which had a choice--be LotR or a comedy) but I don't want mainstream Trek to be that.

I think that Spider-Man: Homecoming was a good mix of serious and comedy, though - anyone who can make the Vulture into a serious villain earns a little leeway.

So, Trek that contains comedy, but isn't just comedy, is a goodly possibility.

 

[Reynard]

I wonder if they are aiming for something like Peter David's New Frontier -- something deeply rooted in the universe but not beholden to the original cast or other encumbrances.

 

[Donald]

Maybe with Picard S3 being it's last, they'll finally do something in the "present" and advance the ST universe along.