We can see the scene now: the Enterprise bridge is in flames, smoke gushing from damaged panels. The turbo lift doors crank slowly open and Scotty emerges. Looking around, he realises that with the rest of the crew dead or incapacitated, he’s now in command. Roll opening credits! Okay, so that likely won’t happen with Simon Pegg now on script duty for the third Star Trek film, but it’s certainly within his power...
According to Deadline, the new Trek film has taken another twist, with Pegg hired to work on the script alongside Confidence scribe Doug Jung. They’re taking over from Patrick McKay, John D. Payne and Trek reboot veteran Roberto Orci, who was briefly attached to direct.
**Fast And The Furious **director Justin Lin is currently in the command chair for the film, but the report says nothing about what the plot will be for this new outing. Pegg, of course, has plenty of scriptwriting experience, having co-written the Cornetto Trilogy with Edgar Wright, Paul with Nick Frost and Run, Fatboy, Run. Jung’s credits also include HBO series Big Love and cop TV drama Dark Blue, and he got the Trek gig off the back of a mysterious film called Diamond he wrote for the Bad Robot team.
With the main cast, including Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Karl Urban and Anton Yelchin set to return, Star Trek 3 is set to dock with US cinemas on July 8 next year. Best get writing, Simon.
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