The week after Christmas is typically a slow news week for movie news, but occasionally something cool gets mentioned, and this definitely falls into that category. In a recent interview forJames Cameron’s AVATAR with MTV, stunning actress Zoe Saldana dropped a bit of news about the next STAR TREK movie, stating:
“I spoke to J.J. and Bryan Burk, his producing partner at Bad Robot, and they are still in the middle of building the script with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, and we’ll probably be going into pre-production around this time next year.”
This most likely puts the release date at Summer 2012. I mean look, we all knew they were going to make another one, but this is perhaps the first confirmation that it is indeed in motion, and hey, that’s something. The question remains, what exactly will the plot of the second J.J. Abrams outing be? Khan? Harry Mudd? We’ll let you know as soon as we do!
Here’s a clip from MTV.com where they talked to Zoe Saldana at San Diego Comic-Con 2009
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
