Erik Jendresen on Writing Star Trek XI
Source: SyFy Portal
March 10, 2005
SyFy Portal interviewed Erik Jendresen (Band of Brothers), writer of the 11th "Star Trek" film, who revealed new details about what we can expect. Jendresen says the film will feature a new slate of characters, as well as a new cast.
"I can certainly say that the story concept, the basic idea of this thing, is pretty damn big," he said. "It's a noble enterprise, pun intended." He says at first he was not interested in joining the project, but then they asked him if they could approach the movie with a clean slate. "When I heard the notion, I realized that the people I was talking to were serious, and genuinely dedicated. I started to really think about it, and, ultimately to develop a story. And it's a pretty good one."
Jendresen confirmed that the movie would take place more than a century before Captain Kirk, but acknowledged that it would not be an Enterprise spinoff.
"We're going 160-odd years before Kirk is born. It's an earlier time, and I think it would be really refreshing to feel something in the course of telling this tale, instead of being wowed by special effects, or presenting another crew in jeopardy where, in the end, the captain does something brilliant, and all's right with the world."
But that doesn't mean that everything is okay. "By the end of this story, everyone isn't fine," Jendresen added. "I can safely say as a storyteller with certain standards... my intention is literally as a writer, as a storyteller, as a filmmaker, to go boldly where no one has gone before."
Source: SyFy Portal
March 10, 2005
SyFy Portal interviewed Erik Jendresen (Band of Brothers), writer of the 11th "Star Trek" film, who revealed new details about what we can expect. Jendresen says the film will feature a new slate of characters, as well as a new cast.
"I can certainly say that the story concept, the basic idea of this thing, is pretty damn big," he said. "It's a noble enterprise, pun intended." He says at first he was not interested in joining the project, but then they asked him if they could approach the movie with a clean slate. "When I heard the notion, I realized that the people I was talking to were serious, and genuinely dedicated. I started to really think about it, and, ultimately to develop a story. And it's a pretty good one."
Jendresen confirmed that the movie would take place more than a century before Captain Kirk, but acknowledged that it would not be an Enterprise spinoff.
"We're going 160-odd years before Kirk is born. It's an earlier time, and I think it would be really refreshing to feel something in the course of telling this tale, instead of being wowed by special effects, or presenting another crew in jeopardy where, in the end, the captain does something brilliant, and all's right with the world."
But that doesn't mean that everything is okay. "By the end of this story, everyone isn't fine," Jendresen added. "I can safely say as a storyteller with certain standards... my intention is literally as a writer, as a storyteller, as a filmmaker, to go boldly where no one has gone before."
