Don't They Get It?! Did Enterprise Teach Them Nothing?! No One Wants a 90210 Prequel!

Do you want to see these three recast as horny teenagers using primitive technology? Count me out.

J.J. Abrams Re-Invents Star Trek

from Dark Horizons

Star Trek is dead, long live Star Trek. Paramount is resurrecting its Star Trek franchise by setting Mission: Impossible III helmer J.J. Abrams to produce and direct the eleventh Star Trek feature, aiming for a 2008 release reports Variety.

Abrams, who's highly buzzed M:I-III marks his feature directing debut, is most famous for creating and producing such hit series as Lost, Alias and Felicity. Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, Abrams' producing team from Lost, also will produce the yet-to-be-titled feature.

The project, to be penned by Abrams and Alias/M:I-III scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, looks like it'll be a prequel of the franchise with the story set in the early days of original series characters James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock - including their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and first outer space mission.

Star Trek has been Hollywood's most durable performer other than James Bond, spawning 10 features that have grossed more than $1 billion and 726 TV episodes from six shows spanning five decades.

The decision to relaunch comes a year after UPN pulled the plug on Star Trek: Enterprise amid dismal ratings, and four years after Star Trek: Nemesis turned in the worst performance of the ten films with $43 million domestic.

Its expected long time producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga will not be involved and their proposed plans for an eleventh feature, including a script by Erik Jendresen, have been scrapped.