Screenwriter Despised by Geeks to Direct Star Trek 3
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| Ewen Roberts |
We knew he wanted it. Now we know he has it.
Roberto Orci, whom you know as a cowriter on Michael Bay’s Transformers movies, JJ Abrams’ Star Trek movies and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as a producer on Ender’s Game, is going to direct the third installment of the Star Trek reboot cinematic saga.
I met Orci on the set of Ender’s Game, and in his defense I can say that he came across as very fan-friendly and totally willing to hear audience concerns. Perhaps not coincidentally, Ender’s Game is the truest film to source he has been associated with, possibly because it was the one where the principal nerd hate in its direction had nothing to do with him. But I will say that before he deleted his very entertaining Twitter feed, he had Fidel Castro as his avatar and was prone to linking to conspiracy theories, which may explain why every major movie he’s written has featured a large-scale secret plan by either government, an evil corporation, or both.
Honestly? I hope they let him make exactly the movie he wants, and he rises or falls based on its reception. Because thus far I think he’s been insulated. Let this be the test, and if he passes it, great.
Do you think he will?
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Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist