Dubai Gets a few Love From Captain Kirk And Jackie Chan

Sounds like a pretty cool headline, huh? “I’d see a building and say, “We have to figure out how to put that in our movie”.

But actually it’s been the opposite of that.

“We tried to read the [Orci’s] scripts, we tried to get them through various means, but failed”, claimed Pegg, adding that he didn’t “really know” what they contained. The film was directed by Justin Lin and was written by Doug Liman and Pegg.

It’s such an incredible, innate visual style. “Leonard has such profound and positive impact on millions of people around the world because of his portrayal of this role and I think what he and Gene Roddenberry created with this character is so unique, and there’s a depth to it and there’s something that I think a lot of people connect to and find a few sort of emotional resonance within and so I do take that seriously”. It would be fun, but I don’t envy [Lin’s] job.

Elba is now doing the press rounds for the release of his new film “Beasts of No Nation”, the first Netflix film and one that is gaining Oscar contention. Starfleet Academy anyone? Or, while all the awesome officers are up in space having awesome adventures…what are the slackers of Starfleet up to? OOH!

Jamal Al Sharif, chairman of Dubai Film and TV Commission and managing director of Dubai Studio City, said: “We are delighted to have been able to offer this exciting opportunity to leading local filmmakers, and to give Emirati talent the opportunity to be part of a global franchise and learn from renowned industry professionals”.

Would you be disappointed if Pegg never tried his hand at a Trek film? The environment is like nothing we have ever experienced before, and it was extremely interesting to see the level of work that goes into this kind of film. Or should he just stick to the writing and acting?