Hey folks, Harry here... Andy Seiler of USA TODAY emailed me this tidbit about Patrick Stewart just signing aboard for the tenth STAR TREK film... Nice to see the franchise is catching up to the Friday the 13th crowd... and with John Logan aboard... well it might very well have a chance to be pretty good... Now... if only they hire an A Director to come in and force the Enterprise crew to do more than... walk through the film. These are good actors... but they are too comfortable with the parts... started playing them as 'characters' instead of making them REAL. Hopefully we'll see something special in this one. But with Berman still involved in the franchise... I don't hold much hope.
Stewart has a star date for 'Trek' voyage No. 10
By Josh Chetwynd and Andy Seiler
The Star Trek franchise is boldly still going. Patrick Stewart, who plays Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, is on board for the 10th installment.
Stewart is a key signing; he's the first crewmember Paramount Pictures chose to lock in before going after other Next Generation cast members.
The actor is also the biggest box office draw of the bunch, starring in July's X-Men, which grossed $156.5 million.
The next Trek will be the fourth led by Stewart (others raked in more than $237 million), but it won't blast off before potential strikes by actors and writers. (No films in Hollywood are expected to start shooting after April 1.)
Screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator) has done some work on the film but won't be able to finish the screenplay before the deadline.
