I’ve obviously been hiding under a rock these last few months. It never dawned on me, until today, that J. J. Abrams was directing Star Trek HoD and Star Wars VII. How does one separate two historical and epic movie franchises? Via Deadline Hollywood, we get a little insight:
I don’t know because we’re just getting started. … Even though I was never a Star Trek fan, I felt like there was a version of it that would make me excited, that I would think ‘that’s cool, that feels right, I actually would want to see that’.
… With Star Wars … I feel like I can identify a hunger for what I would want to see again and that is an incredibly exciting place to begin a project. The movies, the worlds could not be more different but that feeling that there’s something amazing here is the thing that they share.
My knee-jerk reaction was that I’m in the middle of working on the Star Trek movie and I can’t even consider it. But then time went by and I got further along working on the movie and getting to a place where I had done most of the heavy lifting. So when I met with Kathy Kennedy we just started discussing it and I was able to actually engage in the conversation. …
I will say that Steven [Spielberg] was very encouraging of Star Wars. It’s funny because I talked to him about it and it turned out he knew all about what was going on.
Talk about pressure. Star Wars and Star Trek. Two entirely different and established universes with huge fan bases on both sides. Even though he isn’t an ST fan he clearly did a good job based on the reviews and accolades. With his interest in SW, it follows (but is not guaranteed) that we should have lots to look forward to and be excited about.
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