After the success of Star Trek Into Darkness, Paramount is keen to get another movie going as soon as possible. However things are slightly up in the air, as while Zachary Quinto recently suggested it’ll shoot next year with JJ Abrams directing, the helmer is also busy working on Star Trek: Episode VII, which may mean he has to step aside from Star Trek.
At the moment there isn’t even a script, but now Badass Digest reports that screenwriters Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz are being eyed to write the next movie in the rebooted sci-fi franchise. They’ve previously worked on the likes of Thor and X-Men: First Class, so they should know what they’re doing.
They would replace Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtman, who penned the first two instalments. It may also suggest that if those writers are going, Abrams is probably out too, although his Bad Robot production company will still produce the movie. Indeed Miller and Stentz have history with Bad Robot, producing and writer for Fringe.
Quinto may well be right that Paramount want to shoot next year, so expect to hear more very soon, including whether Abrams will direct or not.