Forget Quentin Tarantino, the Next Great 'Star Trek' Movie Is About its Fans

Forget Quentin Tarantino, the Next Great 'Star Trek' Movie Is About its Fans

7 years ago
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Quentin Tarantino has an idea for a Star Trek movie and people are very excited about it. Deadline broke the news that Tarantino had approached Paramount and JJ Abrams with an idea both liked enough that the studio has given the director a team of writers to help him sort it out. It’s interesting news for Trek fans, who’ve languished through a trilogy of mostly terrible movies and the much-debated new television series Star Trek: Discovery.

Tarantino is a man who built his career on homage and there’s reason to believe he’d treat Trek right, but his project—if it even gets made—is years away. But that doesn’t mean the next great Star Trek movie isn’t on the horizon. It’ll be out in a little over a month. It’s called Please Stand By, stars Dakota Fanning, and will be out at the end of January. Watching its trailers filled me with a weird mix of hope and exuberance for the franchise that I haven’t felt since Deep Space Nine ended in 1999.