Paramount begins working on Star Trek sequel

Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): While Star Trek's latest franchise is yet to hit the theatres, Paramount Pictures have already started working on its sequel.

Paramount trio Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof are writing the screenplay.

While the story is still in the embryonic stage, the script is expected to get ready by Christmas and release in summer 2011.

"There's obviously a lot of hubris involved in signing on to write a sequel of a movie that hasn't even come out yet," Variety magazine quoted Lindelof, co-creator with Abrams of ABC's "Lost" who produced the upcoming "Trek".

"But we're so excited about the first one that we wanted to proceed," he added.

Kurtzman said: "Obviously we discussed ideas, but we are waiting to see how audiences respond next month.

He added: "With a franchise rebirth, the first movie has to be about origin. But with a second, you have the opportunity to explore incredibly exciting things. We'll be ambitious about what we'll do." (ANI)