Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Star Trek’ Idea Was Compared To MCU Films Despite Director’s Hatred For Marvel
Quentin Tarantino is quite well-known for his fabulous filmography, which includes films like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained and latest Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which he directed in 2019. He was also in talks to direct the Star Trek film, but the director backed out of the project as he had decided to make 10 films before his retirement, and didn’t want Star Trek to be his last film.
Screenwriter Mark L. Smith revealed during his interview with Collider for his upcoming film The Boys In The Boat, that he and Tarantino met at Bad Robot Productions where the director pitched the idea to the writer for Star Trek. But, there was a weird situation as the filmmaker asked Smith and J. J. Abrams to write the script along with him. Smith didn’t reveal much about the pitch, except for the fact that the Sci-fi film idea was high-end violence like Pulp Fiction.
According to Deadline, in December 2017, it was announced that Tarantino will be making the Star Trek movie in which the plot revolves around Captain Kirk and his crew which includes time travelling along with great action sequences. But, in 2020, the filmmaker announced backing out from directing the film.
Mark L. Smith Compares Tarantino’s Star Trek with Marvel Movies
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While appreciating the pitch idea, Mark told Collider that Tarantino’s vision was “just to go hard.” He added that they saved “a couple of things for just special characters to kind of drop that into the Star Trek world, but it was just really the edginess and the kind of that Tarantino flair, man, that he was bringing to it. It would have been cool.”
Not only that, Smith shared how excited he was about working with the director for the first time and also how the film would have been different from the other Star Trek franchise. On comparing the film with Marvel, the writer said that he liked the idea as it was different in a way Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok made a “different feel for Marvel stuff.” In addition, Smith noted that the Guardians of The Galaxy was unique at some level and thought that Tarantino’s Star Trek would have given a similar experience.
Smith started his career with the 2006 film Séance, which he wrote and directed leading him to win a prize at the Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival and the Horror Genre Award at ShockFest. In the following years, he has been part of films like Vacancy, Vacancy 2: The First Cut and his upcoming film The Boys In The Boat is set to be released this 25th.
Why Did Tarantino Hate Films From Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Quentin Tarantino has often been commenting on the ongoing trends in the film industry and last year, in an episode of 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast by YMH Studios on YouTube, the filmmaker shared his reason for not liking the Marvel Movies. He said that being a die-hearted fan of Marvel comics and their characters he has no issues with the content and the quality MCU is creating and also its box office successes, except the fact that the fan base and anticipation these movies have created have left a tiny space for other filmmakers in the market. He specifies how small-budget films get affected by these even after having the potential to have commercial success.
Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Steven Speilberg, and Christopher Nolan are a few of the directors who have created a space for themselves by each of them holding a unique style of filmmaking. Quentin himself has been nominated for Oscars 34 times and won 7. Similarly, he has also been nominated 28 times for Golden Globes which bagged him 8 winnings. The director has received the highest number of nominations at BAFTA, which is 40 with 7 awards.
