J.J. Abrams Star Trek Reboot Was Better Than A Rejected Starfleet War Movie Idea

[Mark Donaldson]

Of the two Star Trek reboot options, J.J. Abrams' Kelvin timeline was a better option than Erik Jendresen's Starfleet war movie. In 2006, following the cancelation of Star Trek: Enterprise, and the poor box office performance of Star Trek: Nemesis, Paramount were keen to revive the franchise's fortunes in movie theaters. The studio commissioned a script, provisionally titled Star Trek: The Beginning, from Erik Jendresen, who had been a writer on Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' acclaimed World War 2 miniseries, Band of Brothers. Jendresen's proposed reboot focused on a little known period in the Star Trek timeline.

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