Tarantino TREK: Screenwriter Mark L. Smith to Script

As we reported earlier this month, award-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is working with Paramount Pictures and producer J.J. Abrams to develop a possible Star Trek film, and today sources out of Hollywood are confirming that a scriptwriter has been chosen to bring the story to page.

Mark L. Smith (above left), best known for his work on The Revenant (nominated for Best Picture in 2015), was part of the story pitch group identified in early December and will craft the first script for this yet-unknown story, according to Deadline Hollywood.

Bad Robot and J.J. Abrams are expected to remain as producers on the film (as they have since 2009’s Trek reboot), and Tarantino is reportedly interested in directing the picture.

We’ll continue to bring the news on this developing story to you as it arrives over the next weeks and months, to keep coming back to TrekCore for the latest!