Screenwriter Mark L. Smith (“The Revenant”), who worked with Quentin Tarantino on the failed film in the Star Trek universe, told the publication Colliderwhy the director refused to work on the film.
As it turned out, Tarantino simply did not want to end his career on Star Trek. Smith himself noted that their joint script still lies somewhere on the director’s desk.
He was planning to make a film, but then began to worry about his unofficial number of films. I remember we were talking, and at some point he says to me: “If you think that Star Trek will be my last film, my final work in my career, is that really how I want to end?”
I think that’s the point he couldn’t get past. Tarantino still has the script, he spoke very highly of it, I would really like the film to happen, but there is a feeling that this is the film that no one will ever make.
This would be the greatest Star Trek movie ever. Not because of my script, but simply because of what Tarantino was going to do with it. It was just a cool thing.
Mark L. Smith added that Tarantino’s Star Trek was intended to be a very violent movie with an R rating.
He wanted to make a violent movie rated R. The planned violence was on the level of Pulp Fiction. A minimum of swearing – only for a couple of special characters, but otherwise it would be the sharpness and flair inherent in Tarantino.
Quentin Tarantino has repeatedly stated that he will end his directorial career with his tenth film. This, apparently, will be the “Film Critic”. According to rumors, filming will begin no earlier than early to mid-2024.
