‘Star Trek 3’ to start soon
Star Trek 3 is likely to start filming in 2014.
Zachary Quinto – who plays Spock in the sci-fi franchise – has revealed producers are planning to start work on the third instalment as soon as possible.
He said: "Star Trek 3 should be filming, I suppose, next year [2014]. It’s going to be made a lot quicker than the last one. That’s the plan, although nothing is confirmed yet."
While Quinto wouldn’t confirm the return of filmmaker JJ Abrams, he said it was a possibility.
The rushed nature of filming makes it seem unlikely the director will return since he is obligated to begin work on Star Wars Episode VII in 2014 for a 2015 release date.
The films’ core cast – including Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg – have all confirmed they are on board for a third and possibly final instalment.
However, when Quinto was asked whether he wanted to appear in Disney’s rebooted Star Wars franchise, he declined to answer with no explanation.
The 36-year-old star previously joked he wanted to play a cuddly spear-wielding Ewok in the new films because he was a fan of the teddy bear-like warriors in George Lucas’ original franchise.
