News broke this week that Paramount President Marc Evans, during an interview with WIRED magazine, said that Paramount is exploring the possibility of
Trek themed stand-alone films, like
Star Wars is doing with
Rogue One. In the interview, Evans wonders what an
Star Trek: Zero Dark Thirty commando
movie would look like. This is amazing news, because we've never had an military-themed
Trek film and to see one that might answer the basic question of the existence of the mythical Starfleet Marines! I wonder if Evans is referring to the MACOs, only Special Forces unit we've ever seen in
Trek? This connected universe film of the
Trek universe could allow us to see more of the galaxy than just the Federation and Starfleet...could we get an Klingon movie? Of course, the real question is would this military-themed
Trek film or other connected-universe films be set in the mainstream universe or the new alternative universe laid down by J.J. Abrams? Those new films are so limited in the presentation in the wider universe, but would mining the old original timeline be confusing to audiences and
Trek fans? All of this is just speculation at this point, but the mere possibility of seeing an
Trek commando film could be very exciting!
