Simon Pegg is co-writing Star Trek 3
After series director J.J. Abrams left the Star Trek movies for the vastly superior/inferior (have that fight yourselves in the comments) Star Wars series, Star Trek 3 found itself in a tough spot. How does it replace the guy who rebooted the series but left before the third movie? It was simple, really: get Roberto Orci, the guy who wrote the movies. If anybody can direct them, it’s him! Unfortunately, Orci had never directed a movie before, and he still hasn’t, because he dropped out of Trek 3. Then, Paramount got everything back on track and replaced him with Justin Lin, hoping to make the movie that much more fast and furious.