In a recent LA Times article, J.J. Abrams and Roberto Orci discussed the possibility for a possible Star Trek sequel. Speaking cautiously, Abrams said that he would not make another movie simply to cash in on the sequel, and said they were currently looking at the next angle they would like to approach.
Speaking to the LA Times, he said: “The ambition for a sequel to ‘Star Trek’ is to make a movie that’s worthy of the audience and not just another movie, you know, just a second movie that feels tacked on. The first movie was so concerned with just setting up the characters — their meeting each and galvanizing that family — that in many ways a sequel will have a very different mission. It needs to do what [the late ‘Trek’ creator Gene] Roddenberry did so well, which is allegory. It needs to tell a story that has connection to what is familiar and what is relevant. It also needs to tell it in a spectacular way that hides the machinery and in a primarily entertaining and hopefully moving story. There needs to be relevance, yes, and that doesn’t mean it should be pretentious. If there are simple truths — truths connected to what we live — that elevates any story — that’s true with any story.”
Previously, screenwriters for Star Trek were asked to split their idea for the Star Trek sequel into two separate movies, however, at a recent press conference, the writers said they would not.
Star Trek is the 8th highest grossing film of 2009 and is the highest-grossing film in the series.