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Justice League of Star Trek Never Happened
Brent Spiner calls Star Trek's 'Justice League' crossover idea 'fantastic' but too expensive for Paramount.
In brief
Brent Spiner calls Star Trek's 'Justice League' crossover idea 'fantastic' but too expensive for Paramount. Brent Spiner says a Star Trek crossover movie with multiple generations of characters would have been 'fantastic' but too costly for Paramount to produce. Originally reported by ScreenRant.
Brent Spiner on 'Justice League' idea
Brent Spiner says his and John Logan's Star Trek crossover idea was a 'pipe dream' because it was too expensive for Paramount.
“Thing is, it was a pipe dream on our parts, because obviously, nobody could afford to do that. Particularly not after my salary”
Paramount rejected the concept
Paramount executives said they wouldn't fund the Star Trek crossover movie after Spiner and Logan's pitch.
“Yeah, we had meetings, and they said, ‘Nah, we don’t want to do that’”
The 'Justice League' concept
The idea involved Star Trek captains, crews, and villains from different eras teaming up through time travel.
“One of the ideas that John Logan and I had about what the next film would have been was a Justice League of Star Trek”
Cost was the main problem
Spiner says the time travel and Mirror Universe elements would have been too expensive to produce.
“The problem with that more than anything is cost, how do you pay for that?”
Star Trek franchise in decline
Star Trek: Nemesis failed at the box office, ending the Star Trek: The Next Generation movie franchise.
“Star Trek: Nemesis bombed critically and at the box office, putting an end to the Star Trek: The Next Generation movie franchise”
Paramount shifts focus
Paramount moved Star Trek to J.J. Abrams after Star Trek: Nemesis failed, but the franchise later faced new challenges.
“After four years, Paramount gave the keys to Star Trek to J.J. Abrams”
Current Star Trek future
Skydance's new Star Trek movies aim to break away from legacy characters to attract new audiences.
“Skydance's priority is to launch new Star Trek movies, with the first known project by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein containing no legacy characters”
Here's the gist
Brent Spiner says a Star Trek crossover movie with multiple generations of characters would have been 'fantastic' but too costly for Paramount to produce.
