Earlier this month came the rather surprising news that Quentin Tarantino had pitched a Star Trek movie to Paramount Pictures and producer J.J. Abrams, with the studio immediately decided to press ahead with development.
Well, according to Deadline, the project now has a screenwriter in Mark L. Smith, whose credits include The Revenant, along with the upcoming Bad Robot (and possible Cloverfield movie) Overlord. Smith had previously taken part in a writers room with Tarantino, Lindsey Beer, Drew Pearce and Megan Amran and has now closed his deal.
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Tarantino, a big fan of the series, is said to be keen on directing the Star Trek movie, which will boldly go where no other Trek movie has gone before – into R-rated territory. Smith will now work on the script for Star Trek while Tarantino shoots his next as-yet-untitled movie, which is set to the backdrop of the 1969 Manson Family Murders and is set for release in August 2019.
