Quentin Tarantino is close to making an adult Star Trek movie
For some time, Quentin Tarantino was involved in developing an R-rated Star Trek film, but the project never came to fruition. Now, Mark L. Smith, the screenwriter of the rebooted movie, has finally spoken out about his work and why it wasn’t made.
Quentin Tarantino and his 10-film rule
In an interview with Collider, Smith revealed that the project may not be moving forward because Tarantino wanted to do his own thing with his latest film.
“It was different, but it was a unique and different story that Quentin wanted to tell and that fit my thinking. So I wrote that, Quentin and I went back and forth, he was going to do some stuff about it, and then he started worrying about the number, his kind of unofficial movie number.”
“I remember we were talking and he said, ‘If I could wrap my head around the idea that Star Trek might be my last movie, it’s the last thing I’d do. Is this how I’m going to end it?’ And that’s a hurdle he’s never been able to overcome, which is why the script is still on the table. I know he said a lot of good things about it. I would love it if it happened. It’s one of those things that never happens. But not because of my writing, but simply because it’s the best Star Trek movie Tarantino wants to make. “It was like a wild thing.”
Apparently, Tarantino’s plan to make only ten films is being taken very seriously. Although we haven’t seen that grown-up version of Star Trek yet, Smith did offer some details about what he has planned with Tarantino.
“It was very difficult. It was going to be some pulp fiction violence. Not a lot of language, we only kept a couple of things for the unique characters to bring that into the Star Trek world, but I was bringing a sense of humor and a Tarantino-like style to it. “It was great.”
At the moment, Tarantino is busy working on his tenth and final film, The Movie Critic, so his path in science fiction has definitely left him behind.