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Paramount launched it with MGM/Sony’s Quantum Of Solace Friday. I’ve been skeptical, but this Star Trek XI trailer looks intriguing. And, most importantly, mainstream. Maybe J.J. Abrams has pulled a Chris Nolan and reimagined a stale franchise. But Star Trek has failed to ever do much internationally. Which is why JJ and studio vice chairman Rob Moore are just finishing a road show sharing 25 minutes of footage territory by territory this past week in the UK, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy, I’ve learned, and receiving ”extraordinary” response. That has Paramount feeling optimistic about Star Trek XI‘s overseas prospects – ”building what has traditionally been a primarily U.S. franchise into a global one” – which are key to the franchise’s future. Hollywood knows there’s just no economy of scale anymore for a big budget domestic-only hit. This coming Wednesday, the studio will unveil these 25 minutes at a screening for selected opinion-makers. A revitalized Star Trek would give Brad Grey and Rob Moore a 3rd big new franchise in addition to Transformers and G.I. Joe. No other studio can boast that right now. Will the Paramount pinheads have the last laugh?
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What the shit??!! This looks like big-time shit. Spock going after Kirk drew a laugh from me, which isnt what its supposed to do. I dont know if this will do well to garner a successful franchise. Although Mr Abrams is quite creative. So this could be a hit you never know.
Shame on you for caling GI JOE a franchise. This film will be talked about all through 2009 as an epic misfire thanks to the stellar work on Stephen (Hack) Sommers and Lorenzo (Stab Your Boss ) D’Bonaventura. Biggest bomb of 2009. Because no one overseas wants to see a US film called GI JOE.
Cars?
Gee, a Boy’s Own space movie. Let’s hope this breaks the curse of the odd-numbered “Star Trek” films.
For JJ Abrams, I’ll be first in line. It’s truly the only way I would have given this franchise another chance.
Casting choices are fresh and interesting, what’s not to root for.
Is spocks insignia on the wrong side because he is chocking kirk.. Please do nto make fun of this question. Anyone at Paramount? Can’t be a mistake- must be deliberate.
abrams casts too pretty – is this dawson’s creek star trek? meh
So Kirk was a delinquent, Spock is emotional & aggressive, Uhara can’t keep her clothes on and Scotty seems ever-so-slightly insane… but theres some original sound effects folks!
but putting the canon down for a moment, that was sure one hell of a trailer, the kid in me can’t wait…
I’m a sucker for a good trailer and that was a good one. Although, Cloverfield had a great trailer too but managed to suck on delivery.
That is weird about the insignia, it’s on the correct side when Spock is first attacking Kirk, but reversed in the closer shot. To the internets!
WOW THIS FRIGGIN’ MOVIE IS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FINALLY A TRUE BLUE SPACE EPIC!!YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This may be the eleventh movie the franchise has produced, but that doesn’t make it “STAR TREK XI” any more than BATMAN BEGINS was BATMAN V.
It’s STAR TREK. Period.
Abrams is the right guy to revitalize a very stale franchise, and he’d be hard pressed to do worse than the last two Trek films, two pieces of uber-dreck if there ever were.
Visually it looks just like a Michael Bay movie. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
@ tinfish
According to canon Spock struggled with his human half when he was younger.
@ Lisa
I’ll bet they probably just flipped the shot for visual symmetry when editing the trailer.
Well the film looks fun..I’m looking forward to it
Not sure about this one. I’ve never been a Trek fan and for me to get into it based on Abrams and a reinvention would take something pretty damn special. Going by the trailer, I don’t see it. I guess the danger to a guy like Abrams is having audiences tire of his M.O. To be a brilliant producer, you’ve got to adapt, evolve, improvise…and never be formulaic.
Color me skeptical. TV is a bad training ground for movies. For the Star Trek movies to be successful, they have to appeal to young and youngish men. TV (and Abrams work) is a Gay-Female ghetto.
The actors look Metrosexual, Spock is played by a well-known, typecast actor who is best known for the creepy Sylar on “Heroes.”
The point of Trek was to BE Kirk, the manly guy who broke the rules, saved the day, and got the girl. Story-wise that was all it was. It was NOT the interminable soap operas beloved of the female-gay ghetto that is TV.
Maybe Abrams gets that, maybe he can pull it off, but there is nothing in his background to suggest he has so far done so.
I love Star Trek. Bad, good, mediocre, I will watch it.
I even enjoyed the horrible graphics, but original actors provided voice of the old DOS PC games Star Trek 25th Anniversary, and the Judgment Rites. They were like additional episodes of the TOS. XI can come, I will go and see it.
The new Kirk seems like a pretty boy, but then again, wasn’t Shatner back in the day?
I thought Mission Impossible III was a fantastic action film that was hurt by Cruise’s bad press (although Cruise did a fine job) so I’m eager to see this Trek film.
It did seem a bit Michael Bay, and despite what someone above me wrote, that is not a good thing. I think The Rock is Bays only great film, but here’s hoping that Abrams and co. can make an entertaining flick.
I am looking forward to it.
Why?
Because it looks like it could be fun. I actually am looking forward to Urban’s McCoy, and Pegg’s Scotty.
I thought Mission Impossible 3 was terrible. Everything in it that was new to the franchise Abrams borrowed from his own Alias show. As for the new Trek… well, it looks to me like a halloween party. Cool Spock costume dude, you look just like Leonard Nimoy. Boring.
I don’t want to be one of those haters that goes ape over a preview…but, ummm, wow, his looks horrible.
Hard to tell much from a poor quality, dark, bootleg trailer…. I’ll wait to see it on a big screen.
Frankly I’d rather see a trailer that didn’t look like someone pirated it off the screen of the local cineplex before I make up my mind.