Star Trek Cinematic Universe at a Crossroads
In recent years, ViacomCBS has made tremendous strides in building the Star Trek television universe. The creators of Discovery are preparing for the premiere of the third chapter of the story and are working on several spin-offs, Picard set a record for the CBS All Access service and earned a renewal for a second season, and this summer the animated series Lower Decks joined the franchise. Against the background of the success of television projects, the affairs of the Star Trek cinematic universe look rather sad. Fortunately, executives from ViacomCBS and Paramount are looking for ways to fix the situation.The latest feature in the series, Star Trek: Infinity, failed to recoup the production costs. The blockbuster with a budget of $ 185 million was supposed to collect at least $ 370 million, but stopped at $ 343 million. Since then, the fate of the franchise has been in limbo. The producers were considering three film projects - a direct sequel to "Infinity" and two mysterious films from Quentin Tarantino and Noah Hawley. Today it became known that the latter was removed to the shelf. Insiders have heard rumors that his plot is associated with a virus that has destroyed most of the universe. Obviously, Paramount decided that the film would evoke unpleasant associations with COVID-19.  Now the choice comes down to two projects. The first will bring back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and other stars of the franchise, and the second will allow you to look at the "Pulp Fiction" in space ". This is how Tarantino characterized his script application. Apparently, the two-time Oscar winner was not joking. Several authoritative sources report that Quentin's script resembles the plot of the A Piece of the Action of the original Star Trek, in which Spock and company were transported to a planet similar to America during the time of Al Capone.  Paramount officials refrain from commenting. Source: The Hollywood Reporter The Topic of Article: Star Trek Cinematic Universe at a Crossroads. |
