Get ready for heartbreak, trekkies. Despite the wild popularity of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek film reboot, the chances of another maiden voyage for the Starship Enterprise are about as likely as the resurrection of our favorite Vulcan, Leonard Nimoy.
Skydance Productions CEO David Ellison and CCO Dana Goldberg, who are both producing the upcoming Star Trek flick, checked in for a group interview with Collider at the Terminator Genisys premiere, where both weighed in on the likelihood of the return of Captain Kirk.
"It's something that we would love to be involved in," said Ellison, who followed with a caveat: "As I'm sure everybody knows, the rights situation given the CBS and Paramount divorce on the Star Trek rights is very, very complicated."
The "rights situation" Ellison referred to is the split between the television network and the film company, which dates back to the 1960s, when Desilu Studios (founded by none other than Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) sold the rights to Paramount, now a subsidiary of Viacom. The corporation split in 2006, forming what we now know as CBS and the latest iteration of Viacom; hence, joint custody.
"You're preaching to the converted," added Goldberg, "We would love it, both as fans and as people who would want to be involved in the making of them ... with television [you] can just take more time to tell very specific stories and it would be fantastic. It's not something we control, sadly."
Despite this, here's to hoping for longevity for the Star Trek movie franchise.
