Editing Newsletter/Summer 2007 (section)

==Star Trek XI: Separating Fact from Fiction, part 1==
by [[herbalsheila]]

Though CBS Paramount is keeping Star Trek XI a classified top secret, eyes only project, we are attempting to separate fact from rumors. The rumors are abounding and the truth is mixing with rumors to make it confusing enough for anyone.

The following is true as officially endorsed by CBS Paramount and stated by writers and producers in official interviews.
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Filming will begin this fall for Star Trek XI to be released Christmas Day 2008. JJ Abrams is the producer of the highly anticipated film. The screenplay has been written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who previously collaborated with Abrams on "Mission Impossible III." Kurtzman and Orci will executive produce with Bryan Burk, and Abrams will produce along with Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof. Scott Chambliss will be production designer and Daniel Mindel will be director of photography.
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The writers did promise that this movie will contain more action than any "Trek" film that has preceded it. Since CBS Paramount gave the writers no stipulations and no limits, this film will have the biggest budget of any Star Trek film to date. But Abrams insists that, "We've made a pact not to discuss any specifics," so very little confirmed information is forthcoming.

The title of the eleventh film in the Star Trek franchise may simply be "Star Trek," and it's being considered more a reimagining than a prequel. James T. Kirk will be in Star Trek XI as announced by Abrams in May 2007. As far as key roles, the writer/producers were very coy, only saying things like, "We never said Bones was in it." Though the early report from Variety pointed to a story taking place at Starfleet Academy, with Kirk and Spock in their late teens or early twenties, Abrams specifically referred to those reports as being "premature" and "not entirely accurate.”
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A promotional poster released by Paramount and StarTrek.com indicates a prequel movie, spotlighting James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock in their years before Kirk took command of the Starship Enterprise. On July 22, 2006 at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, Paramount Pictures began circulating a Star Trek XI promotional poster, bearing the gold of command uniforms and the blue of science/medical uniforms from Kirk's era. The Enterprise (NCC-1701) will appear in the film. At the July 2007 Comic Con recently held in San Diego, it was announced with permission from Paramount by director Abrams, that both Leonard Nimoy will appear as the older Spock and the younger Spock will be played by Zachary Quinto (Heroes). 

In one interview Orci said, "We're not going to start totally from scratch. We want it to feel like it's updated and of the now. That's actually the discussions we're having now: how to keep the look of the universe yet have it not look like nothing's new. It's tricky." 

"I actually love the technobabble!" Kurtzman said. "I don't think you can do Trek without technobabble." "Trek, more than anything, has always been about the human interactions," Orci said. "It's all about the human soul."