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Star Trek XI is a proposed eleventh entry in the film series based upon Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, which received extensive coverage in the entertainment press during 2005. Although Paramount Pictures, owners of the Star Trek franchise, have yet to officially announce such a production, some early planning for the film is under way, although the exact details have yet to be finalized. No release date for the film has yet been suggested with any authority but it is not expected to be released for several years.

Early Reports and Speculation

Rumors related to Star Trek XI began circulating in earnest in 2003 and continue to do so presently.

2003

Rick Berman, executive producer of the Star Trek franchise, revealed in 2003 that preliminary work had begun on an eleventh Star Trek feature film, despite the box office underperformance of the tenth film, Star Trek: Nemesis
. Rumors circulated that this film would be a prequel, perhaps titled Starfleet Academy or Starfleet Command, involving Spock, Captain Kirk, and Dr. McCoy played by new actors. Other rumors suggested the film might be based on the spin-offs Star Trek: Deep Space Nine or Star Trek: Voyager.

Still other rumors suggested the film would take place between the events of Star Trek: Enterprise (then still in production) and Star Trek: The Original Series, perhaps involving the Earth-Romulan War and featuring a new cast. However, rumors of such a prequel have circulated several times throughout the history of the franchise, shortly after TOS's original cancellation, and again in the 1990s, both without results.

2004

Late in the year, Paramount indicated that no plans were in place for a new film, and it was reported that the studio had rejected Berman's idea of a film featuring a new cast and crew, indicating that it preferred a film featuring familiar faces, (a sentiment also frequently expressed by Star Trek fandom). This announcement came as Enterprise was struggling in the television ratings, and the future of the Trek franchise appeared in doubt.

2005

Berman told Variety in early February that pre-production of an eleventh Star Trek film was indeed underway and that screenwriter Erik Jendresen, producer Jordan Kerner, and former Paramount Television president Kerry McCluggage were attached to the project . Berman said the film would focus on new characters, rather than any from previous series, and would take place in a time period before the original Star Trek (as Enterprise did before it). Jendresen has since confirmed such reports.

However, it is still uncertain whether Jendresen's script will be approved by Paramount executives; a month earlier several websites reported that the studio had rejected a similar proposal, though Berman denied this .

In a May interview for the UK Star Trek Magazine, published in the wake of Enterprise's cancellation, Berman stated that he does not expect Trek XI, if it is actually produced, to be released for several years . Some sources such as the user-edited Internet Movie Database have given the film the working title Star Trek: The Beginning, and have suggested a 2007 release, however, Paramount has yet to announce any official title, or if it will actually produce an 11th Star Trek film. In a September follow-up interview Berman stated that planning for the film is still "in its infant stages" .

The announcement of Paramount's new DVD Premiere division, devoted to direct-to-DVD original productions and franchise spin-offs, has led to speculation as to whether a future Star Trek film might also be produced in this format .

On December 1, Patrick Stewart stated that discussions have been held regarding a possible new film featuring the TNG crew, although the actor indicated that his stage commitments would prevent him from participating in such a production until sometime in 2007 . Stewart did not indicate whether this is being considered as an alternative to the prequel proposal or a separate production entirely.

Also on the same day in an interview at "The Triangle" premiere, director Bryan Singer expressed his serious interest in possibly helming the next Star Trek feature films, saying that if he had the opportunity the story would be "...big. It would be very big" .

On December 13, the website Ain't It Cool News reported a rumor that plans were under way for Trek XI to feature William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Scott Bakula in a Mirror Universe storyline .

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