Star Trek 2 met Klingons en Khan?

Co-scenaristen Alex Kurtzman en Roberto Orci en regisseur J.J. Abrams dachten onlangs hardop na over de geplande sequel op de Star Trek reboot van vorig jaar. Trek Movie heeft enkele hoogtepunten van het interview dat SFX Magazine had met het drietal. Zo sprak Orci over de mogelijke aanwezigheid van Klingons in de sequel:

Introducing a new villain in the sequel is tempting because we now have this incredible new sandbox to play in. On the other hand, some fans really want to see Klingons and it’s hard not to listen to that. The trick is not to do something that’s been seen before just because you think it will be a short cut to likeability.

Kurtzman valt zijn professionele wederhelft vervolgens bij en gaat dieper in op die nieuwe vijand:

Starting at a premise of what you want to see and then working a story around it is not how we do it. You have to start with what is the right story. And that if you can say “That’s a story that Khan fits into”, that’s how you get to that. Not deciding on a menu list of items and then seeing if you can’t string them all together.

Kurtzman en Orci willen dezelfde balans bereiken als in de eerste film, die volgens hen donkere elementen bevat maar tegelijkertijd warm aanvoelt. Ook humor speelt nu weer een belangrijke rol, aldus Orci:

Humor is part of the franchise and I think it’s critical, certainly to the Bones-Spock relationship. It’s definitely a big part of the Bones-Kirk relationship. So, I don’t see any world where humor doesn’t play a part.

Ook Abrams deed nog even zijn zegje met betrekking tot het vervolg, die overigens pas in 2012 uit zal komen:

The universe that Roddenberry created was so vast. And so it’s hard to say there’s one particular thing that stands out as what the sequel must be. Which is on the one hand, a great opportunity. On the other hand it’s the greatest challenge – where do you go? What do you focus on? But I’m incredibly excited about the prospects.