Joe Cornish may direct `Star Trek 3`
J.J. Abrams` hands are quite full with his `Star Wars Episode VII` commitments, and so Paramount Pictures is said to on a hunt for a new director to take charge of the `Star Trek` franchise.
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New Delhi: Filmmaker J.J. Abrams` hands are quite full with his `Star Wars Episode VII` commitments, and so Paramount Pictures is said to on a hunt for a new director to take charge of the `Star Trek` franchise.
A number of names is said to be on the banner`s wishlist for `Star Trek 3`, but one of the most prospective names is `Attack the Block` writer-director Joe Cornish, said a statement.
Cornish is no stranger to blockbusters, having worked on the `Tintin` movie screenplay, as well as a draft of the upcoming superhero movie `Ant Man`.
The new `Star Trek` movie will be released in 2016, in time for the series’ 50th anniversary.
Abrams has earlier directed the 2009 film `Star Trek`, and then he went behind the camera for the 2013 film `Star Trek Into Darkness`.
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