This has been in the news for a while but we haven’t had a thread about it.

Apparently confirmed. Quentin Tarantino’s tenth and possibly final film will be a Star Trek movie. Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) has been tapped to write the screenplay. Quentin Tarantino wants it to be R-rated, and Paramount agreed.

I don’t even know who to cite about this. Bing it or something.

Also there’s this:

[quote=Patrick Stewart]I admire his work so much, and to be in a Tarantino film would give me so much satisfaction. So, if he is going to direct something to do with Star Trek and there was the possibility of dear old Jean-Luc showing up again and doing that for Mr Tarantino, I would embrace it.[/quote]

Which doesn’t mean anything is happening there, but it’s at least one solid vote of confidence.

Personally, I’m psyched about it. Star Trek has occasionally dealt with some pretty heavy ideas like racism, judicial ethics, genocide, slavery,... at least back when it was good. At least a few scenes that would honestly not seem out of place in an R-rated movie too. Between that, and the fact that Star Trek is broadly a period piece, and Tarantino seems like he’d actually be a great fit for the franchise. He seems like a good candidate to return Star Trek to its proper form.

I feel like the TNG movies were all kind of bad because they worked better as episodes than action flicks.

OTOH, I thought Star Trek Beyond was boring and lame. But if you're going to make something punchy and in your face like the new ones seem to want, I can't think of a better person to do it than Tarantino.

I'm sad that it'd be his last movie, because, being a franchise film, it will probably deviate from a lot of his other work, and may not have the feel of a classic Tarantino film. It sounds like he's a sincere Star Trek fan, so perhaps he'll want to be true to the demands imposed by the franchise and create something that fits aesthetically and tonally in the Star Trek universe. Hopefully he'll make another after his Star Trek movie.

But if he doesn't go down a more conventional route, it's also kind of hard to imagine how this will work. The fondness and affection that the members of crew of the Enterprise have for each other is such a prominent feature of the latest Star Trek movies. That seems so incompatible with Tarantino's style. I can't think of any Tarantino movies where close friendships play a prominent role (where the friendships don't end in betrayal).

I look forward to being surprised!

I hope this won't happen.

Maybe he'll just be carted away anyway before this gets off the ground because of some hitherto unknown sexual crimes.

I haven't been disappointed by a major Tarantino film. Was he a big Star Trek fan? I remember (two?) Trek references in Kill Bill.

I'd love this, Star Trek has always been pretty grown up but tailored to a family TV audience. I haven't seen any of the JJ Abrams Star Treks as they looked pretty boring and Shatner is Kirk, anyone else is a poor substitute.

Having said that, they can't be any worse than the last couple of TNG era movies. I enjoyed First Contact but the one (two??) after that was (were??) forgettable and boring. I'd like to see the TNG crew back together if nothing else to give them a better send off than whatever the last movie was. They're all probably a bit too old now though and I know Brent Spiner has ruled out playing Data again but they might be able to CG him well enough to make it convincing.

I'd wager that if Burton/Sirtis/Frakes/etc were asked if they wanted to be in a Tarantino movie they wouldn't immediately decline!

I like the new Star Trek movies. Each one is worse than the last, but they're still worth watching (except maybe the most recent one).

I respect what Quentin Tarantino does, and his politics are good too, but I can't personally get on board with much of his films.

I liked Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained were different. They both were enjoyable as movies, and had their moments, but I think I just don't jive so well with the sense of humor and wouldn't rave about them the way some of my friends do.

So, moral of the story: I'll watch it and expect it to be a good movie with a heavy Tarantino slant, but will probably not do any raving.

I love TNG, but the idea of anybody from the series except Patrick Stewart reprising their role fills me with unease. Especially Brent Spiner. Best to just avoid that entirely. Bringing back Picard solo w/ a diff. crew wouldn't work either, so if he were to make an appearance, hopefully it would be as an Admiral, retired, a cameo, whatever. Our New Heroes can visit him at his winery.

Anyway, I'm fascinated by the prospect of a Tarantino Star Trek, for all the reasons mentioned previously ITT, but also because it seems likely that it would have to be a new cast/crew. Doesn't seem like they'd slot QT into the Abrams series storyline/characters, nor would they have him helm a ST: Discovery movie adaptation. TNG, DS9, and Voyager also don't really have the potential for this movie, for any number of reasons.

All I want from Star Trek is a new series (or a movie why not) that isn't a reboot or a ****ing prequel. Show us a ship/crew from a century or two after the TNG-Voyager era. New tech, new aliens, a further developed society (on Earth and elsewhere). New interesting ideas and places, not retreading the same ground that Enterprise, Abrams' movies, and Discovery are.

I love Patrick Stewart but honestly he's starting to look his age, I think a cameo would be for the best here.

What I love about this idea is seeing how Tarantino would do a mainstream movie. We know that he can do Tarantino movies. They are more or less their own genre. But something in an existing huge franchise is something entirely else. I was disappointed when he didn't get to do Casino Royale. But this time it seems like we're actually going to see him do it.