Paramount Making Another Attempt at Star Trek Movie Script

Hopefully the fourth time is the charm as as Paramount is making yet another attempt at a Star Trek movie. This time they have tapped Kalinda Vazquez to write the script with JJ Abrams' Bad Robot remaining on as the producing company (this does not mean Abrams' is directing).

Vazquez's writing credits in the last 10 years include a lot of TV but no movies.  She wrote Star Trek: Discovery's "Terra Firma Part 2" (season 3, ep 10 involving the Guardian of Forever), Star Trek: Short Treks' "Ask Not" (Starfleet Cadet tested by Captain Pike), Runaways, Once Upon a Time, Nikita, Human Target, and Prison Break. Also now includes a comic mini-series not based on TV property with Marvel's "America Chavez: Made In The USA" with issue 1 just coming out this past Wednesday.

The previous attempts to write a script include Quentin Tarantino (he was not willing to direct it), the return of Kirk's dad (Chris Hemsworth was too expensive post Avengers: Endgame), and one from Noah Hawley (Fargo) that Paramount rejected.  

Her nerd credentials are solid with Star Trek, comic properties (Runaways, Human Target was entertaining, under appreciated show) and action scripts in her realm of experience. Reading too much into the choice based on little information, this feels like Paramount wants someone with experience writing to a budget, knows action movie and comic storytelling conventions (either to lean into or avoid), and knowledgeable on writing Star Trek in the style of now rather than trying to return to some older style.  It will be interesting if she is the one that finally pleases the power that be at Paramount. As for budget, no mention is made but my bet is $100 million on the high end and closer to $75 million for actual costs.