Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Not even a Justice League of Starfleet ’s good and brightest could have saved theStar Trek : The Next Generationmovies from their fate . TheTNGmovies came to an end withStar Trek : Nemesis , which was critically panned and perform badly at the box function . HadNemesisperformed beyond the studio apartment ’s expectation , however , it would n’t have been the last of theTNGcrew’sStar Trekmovies . Brent Spiner and John Logan , who work together on the story forNemesiswith Rick Berman , had start out working on a fifthTNGmovie that was described asStar Trek ’s Justice League .
John Logan andBrent Spiner’sStar Trek Nemesissequelwould have pick up Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) travel through theStar Trektimeline , assembling a squad to battle the combined threats of some ofStar Trek ’s greatest villains . account the canonical plot of the movie toTrekWebin 2006magazine , Spiner enjoin that their planned account would feature Captains James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) , Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) , and Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) . However , the onlyStar Trek : The Next Generationcharacters mentioned in Spiner ’s pitch were Picard and Lt . Commander Data , which feel like a slight against the rest of theTNGcast .
Star Trek ’s timeline spans a thousand age of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets , with alternate realities and meter travel galore .
Star Trek’s TNG Movies Wouldn’t Have Been Saved By Starfleet’s Justice League
The prospect of a dream team ofStar Trekcaptains facing off against Starfleet ’s greatest enemies is evidently appeal to buff . However , boththeStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode " Unification " and the movieStar Trek Generationshad already paired Picard with Spock and Kirk respectively . " conjugation " andGenerationsmay not have lived up to fan expectations , but it would have been foolhardy to potentially court the same response in a multi - million dollar sign picture . It ’s also unvoiced to see how such a fan - friendly premise would hook the general audience that would be required to make it a box seat office smash .
The returns of Kirk and Spock would in spades spark some stake . That ’s why the nextStar Trekmovie remodel the fabled partnership , after all . However , it ’s unvoiced to see how Scott Bakula , Kate Mulgrew , or Avery Brooks would appeal to motion-picture fan in the early 2000s , especially as pursuit inStar Trekon TV was on the wain . The composition was on the bulwark for theTNGmovies following thepoor operation ofStar Trek : Insurrection , and even ifNemesishad limped to a decent show at the box function , it would have been far too belated for the proposed team - up movie to turn around the franchise ’s fortunes .
Star Trek’s Justice League Movie Idea Was Ahead Of Its Time
To give John Logan and Brent Spiner acknowledgment , the superhero team - up approach to aStar Trekmovie was onward of its meter . In 2008,Iron Manwas released , just one twelvemonth before J.J. Abrams ' first Kelvin Timeline movie . Iron Mansignaled the scratch of the box office juggernaut that would become the Marvel Cinematic Universe . While hearing have cooled toward the MCU and its imitators in recent years , aStar Trekteam - up movie feel more naturalistic a proposal in 2024 than it did twenty years ago .
In an interview for the special feature on the Blu - ray boxed set of Star Trek : Enterprise Season 1 , Brannon Braga revealed that he and Rick Berman were consider aStar Trekmovie that he referred to asStar Trek : The Avengers , which would have featured Picard , Data , DS9 ’s Odo andVoyager ’s holographical Doctor . Berman had no remembrance of this auction pitch .
Paramount has already stated an interest in producing streaming - exclusiveStar Trekmovies , with Michelle Yeoh’sStar Trek : department 31already in production . That , combined with the acclaimedStar Trek : Strange New Worldscrossover episode withStar Trek : Lower Deckssuggests that such a team - up is possible , as long as there ’s a good taradiddle to secernate . John Logan and Brent Spiner’sJustice Leaguepitch may have been too late to salve theStar Trek : The Next Generationmovies , but it could show the way forrad for the forward-looking dealership .
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Star Trek : The Next Generation follows Captain Jean - Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations , try out new worlds and civilizations .
