Series is re-telling some old stories, and foreshadowing new ones



Paramount Pictures has always liked incorporating comic books into the gap between Star Trek films (especially in the 1980s). And now it could be doing it again as the studio begins prep and filming of the much-anticipated “Star Trek 2.”

A new comic book series from writer Mike Johnson and ‘”Star Trek 2″ scribe Roberto Orci not only retells some classic “Star Trek” stories with a reboot universe twist, but it also contains fleeting clues to the upcoming film, set to be released in 2013.

“One of the great things about working with Bob is that we are able to use the ongoing series to very subtly lay in clues to the next movie,” Johnson recently told Star Trek Magazine. “There might even be a tiny hint of a subplot in the first issue.”

What that hint is really is anyone’s guess. TrekMovie said they reviewed both the first issue and the fourth issue of the new series, where clues are said to be hidden, and nothing jumps out.

“There certainly isn’t anything over like a mention of Khan (unless you think finding a 200-year-old beacon is some kind of subtle link to ‘Space Seed’),” the site said.

Johnson added that the clues will not be the kind that would jump out at a reader ahead of “Star Trek 2’s” release.

“When you see the movie, you will be able to look back to the comics and say, ‘Oh, I see what they did there,'” the writer said.

Filming for “Star Trek 2” begins in January, set for a May 2013 release. Rumors have the bad guy as Khan, originally played by Ricardo Montalban in both the original “Star Trek” episode “Space Seed” as well as 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”