Tarantino's Star Trek Will Be Pulp Fiction in Space with a Gangster Element

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is hitting theaters next weekend. It serves as Quentin Tarantino's 9th film as a director, and it could be his last original work. When his promotional tour is over, he is turning his attentions to Star Trek with an original idea that he conceived and turned into JJ. Abrams. He still doesn't know if he will direct it, but if he does, it will be his final movie as a director. It will also be rated R. Contrary to belief, he is also referring to it as Pulp Fiction in space.

Quentin Tarantino is a little upset with Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty in the new movie franchise version of Star Trek. About being Pulp Fiction in space, or what some are calling The Wild Bunch in space, the filmmaker says this.

It isn't known if Simon Pegg will return to play Scotty in this iteration of the Sci-Fi drama, but the movie could harken back to one of the series greatest original episodes. In Season 2, Episode 7, titled "A Piece of the Action", Spock and Kirk get to become gangsters when they discover a remote world that looks like 1920's Chicago. Tarantino says this about bringing some of those elements back, which also ties into his history with Pulp Fiction.

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The movie is definitely being written as an R-Rated adult version of the franchise. But that might not mean what many immediately perceive it too mean. About making an R-Rated Star Trek movie, Tarantino says this.

In terms of using any of the original cast in his Star Trek, it almost sounds like Tarantino may be leaning towards bringing William Shatner back as Captain Kirk.

Even if William Shatner doesn't come back, it sounds like Tarantino is keen on using Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto's versions of Kirk and Spock. He goes onto say this.

It's too early yet to say if Tarantino will bring back the original existing Star Trek cast members, or if he will utilize the current movie timeline to tell his story. We'll have to wait until Once Upon a Time has come and gone. These quotes first appeared at Deadine.

Source: movieweb.com