NEXT ‘STAR TREK’ MOVIE TO “GO DEEPER AND MAINTAIN FUN AND ADVENTURE”

Don’t get toe used to saying “Star Trek 2″ to your buddies. J.J. Abrams isn’t keeping that name.

The Star Trek director recently said in an interview that the next installment in the venerable sci-fi series will “go deeper” into its story. “The second one has an obligation to go deeper and maintain the fun and adventure in the sense of optimism and scale that ['Trek' originator Gene] Roddenberry created,” Abrams said. “But I do think it has to evolve and not become some polemic over-the-top, on-the-nose allegory,” he continued on explaining his grounds. “It needs to be something that is not just about the characters meeting each other and having their first adventure; it needs to be about having their most meaningful one.”

When the Lost co-creator was asked if the next Trek will be called Star Trek 2, he responded, “I think we can’t really do that, right? I don’t know what you’d call it. It’s a good question. I’m not sure.”

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All the problems that have faced Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet film have made us worry: It lost both a co-star and a director when Stephen Chow dropped out, production and release dates have been delayed, and there was even a bomb scare on the set.

But Rogen—who stars, produces and co-wrote the script with Evan Goldberg—tells fans not to worry; he’s got it all under control.

“Honestly, I think as a producer, a lot of your work is done before now,” Rogen told reporters on a call on Thursday while promoting NBC’s Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space. “It’s hiring the right people and making sure all the elements are in place and then trusting them to do what you hired them to do.

Whatever pressure Rogen feels, it’s not enough to put a damper on his sense of humor. “I will blame Gondry if it sucks, though,” Rogen said with a laugh. “No, I’m just joking. We’re all in it.”

The Green Hornet is due Dec. 17, 2010.

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‘AVATAR’ CONTROVERSY: DID JAMES CAMERON STEAL THE STORY?

While geeks the world over are eagerly awaiting Avatar, the return of James Cameron to the original sci-fi territory he’s proven a master over with The Abyss and Terminator/Terminator 2, fans of obscure science fiction novellas from 1957 are being struck with deja vu. A reader tipped off genre champions io9 to the story Call Me Joe by Poul Anderson, a story that sounds remarkably like Cameron’s supposedly original script that revolves around humans that use the bodies of an alien species via a mental connection as physical avatars, and proceed to use said avatars to exploit the resources of the alien’s home world.

From the io9 post, “Like Avatar, Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic – Ed Anglesey – who telepathically connects with an artificially created life form in order to explore a harsh planet (in this case, Jupiter). Anglesey, like Avatar’s Jake Sully, revels in the freedom and strength of his artificial created body, battles predators on the surface of Jupiter, and gradually goes native as he spends more time connected to his artificial body.”

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What do you think about today’s movie news? Are you a fan of the new ‘Star Trek’, are you excited for the sequel? Will you see ‘The Green Hornet’, what do you think about Seth Rogan being in the film? What do you think about the accusations towards James Cameron, is it another ploy or could it be the real thing?