Orci co-wrote and produced J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" '09 and "Star Trek Into Darkness" with longtime partner Alex Kurtzman. Abrams commitments to the Star Wars: Episode VII kept him from coming back. Names like "Attack the Block" filmmaker Joe Cornish, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" director Rupert Wyatt and G.I. Joe: Retaliation" director Jon M. Chu were in the mix to call action.
Kurtzman meanwhile is turning his attention towards the Spider-Man film series at Sony Pictures.
"Thor" and "X-Men: First Class" writers and "Fringe" producers Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz were eyed to script the sequel but opted not to do it.
Now J.D. Payne, Patrick McKay and Orci are co-writing the next film.
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin and John Cho are all expected to return to the Final Frontier in their respective roles as Kirk Spock Uhura Dr. McCoy Scotty Chekov and Sulu.
Abrams Bryan Burke and David Ellison will produce the film
Skydance was reportedly behind Orci's hiring to helm the film, but they had to convince Paramount.
The sequel is expected to move forward quickly to make a 2016 bow coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the "Star Trek" franchise.
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