Just Give Us What We Want J.J.

I like J.J. Abrams a great deal as a director, and I am very pumped about his next directorial effort, Super 8, but come on J.J., how much longer can you put off Star Trek 2? It's been over a year since the Star Trek reboot hit movie theaters and stole the Summer thunder, since then no real concrete news about what we all thought would be an inevitable sequel has surfaced. Now, there is word that Abrams is in the running to direct Universal's movie adaptation of the stage musical Wicked. I have nothing against Wicked, I've never seen it, though I don't have much desire to, but if Abrams directed it, I'd probably give the movie a go. But still, J.J., all your fans really want is another voyage on the U.S.S. Enterprise, not an adventure to Oz. While I'm excited for your alien centric detour with Super 8, hitting theaters next June, I've just gotta say, if you do Wicked do it after Star Trek 2, cause I don't wanna have to wait another five years or so before I get to see Kirk again. But Abrams doing Wicked is still I believe a longshot with other big directors like James Mangold in the running and Rob Marshall, who has a lucrative history with musicals, not to mention the creator of Glee is also in the mix.