Tarantino's Trek won't happen according to William Shatner

Was this Star Trek film boldly going anywhere in the first place?

Sadly, despite William Shatner saying Quentin Tarantino is a “wonderful guy and an extraordinary talent,” the iconic actor doesn’t believe the filmmaker’s R-rated Star Trek movie will ever be made. “No,” Shatner said while appearing at this year’s Comic Con Liverpool (per Monopoly Events). “It’s past its time.”

More importantly, while appearing on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast in August 2024, Tarantino himself said clear as day, “It’s never going to happen.” For those who aren’t familiar with the backstory, Tarantino loves The Original Series and Shatner, in particular, who he also credits for his fondness of Star Trek.

And as many Trekkies know, the creative, Oscar-winning writing genius behind the films Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained has brainstormed online about what his take on Gene Roddenberry’s creation would look like.

What I can assure fans of, regarding the matter, is that Tarantino’s Trek wouldn’t have resembled what J.J. Abrams did for a number of reasons.

First, although Tarantino enjoyed Abrams’ initial Star Trek (2009), the famed filmmaker was not at all happy that Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), since he believed only Ricardo Montalban could portray that role.

Second, Tarantino wasn’t thrilled that he’d probably have to use every single TOS character, which was one of the strengths of the Kelvin Timeline movies.

I honestly don't think Trekkies missed out on anything too extraordinary. Don't forget, Scotty himself, Simon Pegg, even went on record saying that the filmmaker’s Trek script was “bat s**t crazy,” after Abrams and Star Trek Beyond producer Lindsey Weber had read it — the latter having described it to Pegg.

I’ve heard Tarantino discuss everything from the expansion of classic Original Series episodes into 90-minute+ feature films to his enjoyment of the must-see “City on the Edge of Forever” and even The Next Generation’s “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” However, none of it is going to happen, right?

Or could this little multi-million-dollar merger happening between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery shake things up?

What do you think?

Did any other Tarantino fans out there hear Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) screaming, “Say ‘what’ again!” after I asked that question?

Well, let’s try another. Would you still want to watch an R-rated, Shatner-led Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie? Share your thoughts and comments with us on the Redshirts Always Die Facebook and X pages.

Live long and prosper, Trekkies!

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