‘Star Trek 3′ Will Stay True to Original Franchise, Go Into ‘Deep Space’

[Wang Chung]

“Star Trek 3″ will boldly go where no man has gone before.

Director Roberto Orci promises that the latest installment of the rebooted franchise will stay true to its roots as it heads back to deep space.

“In this movie, they are closer than they are to the original series characters that you have ever seen,†Orci said during a podcast for Geoff Boucher’s Humans From Earth. “They have set off on their five-year mission. So their adventure is going to be in deep space.â€

This means the USS Enterprise will explore the universe rather than the San Francisco cityscape, which fans took issue with in previous installments.

“In ['Into Darkness'] they set out finally where the original series started,†he said during the interview. “The first two films – especially the 2009 ['Star Trek'] – was an origin story. It was about them coming together. So they weren’t the characters they were in the original series. They were growing into them and that continues on in the second movie.â€

The sequel marks Orci’s directorial debut. Orci, who co-wrote the first two movies, will also help pen “Star Trek 3.†He co-wrote “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ and the first two “Transformers†movies.

“Star Trek 3″ is set to debut in 2016.

Now we will see how well things get going from here, I have been really impressed with the first two in this series so far so this could be really good.

 

[Swinny]

Will be interested to see how this goes without JJ Abrams involved and how Orci does moving to the director's chair.

 

[Postman Dave]

Not sure what to think with those writing credits but I'll keep an open mind

 

[Swinny]

Not sure what to think with those writing credits but I'll keep an open mind

He wrote the first two Star Trek's though, so it's not like he's stepping in without experience. Don't see why he can't do it again. The directing though is what I'm curious about, but with the experience of writing the movies and knowing the cast and everything should help him out.