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   Berman Not Part Of Trek 11   
      
   Longtime Star Trek writer and producer Rick Berman, who joined the   
   franchise at the feet of creator Gene Roddenberry, will not be   
   involved in the proposed 11th Trek film, to be directed by Mission:   
   Impossible III helmer J.J. Abrams, SCI FI Wire has learned.   
      
   A Paramount spokesperson confirmed that Berman—who started with Trek   
   under Roddenberry in 1987 as a writer and producer on TV's Star Trek:   
   The Next Generation - —would not take part in Abrams' film. "J.J. is   
   also a producer, and Rick Berman is not involved in any way," the   
   representative confirmed over the weekend.   
      
   It will mark the first time that a Trek project has not had Berman's   
   creative input in more than 18 years. Berman produced and co-wrote the   
   last four films and co-created the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise,   
   Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; he also wrote,   
   contributed story ideas to or produced all Trek incarnations since the   
   original series. Berman's last film, Star Trek: Nemesis, tanked at the   
   box office, and Berman's last series, Enterprise, was canceled by UPN   
   after only four seasons because of poor ratings.   
      
   The new Trek film will be written by Abrams and his M:I III writers   
   Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who worked with Abrams on the Alias   
   series. The new Trek film will reportedly go back to the first meeting   
   of James T. Kirk and Spock at Starfleet Academy and deal with their   
   first missions into space. Orci and Kurtzman previously wrote for TV's   
   Xena: Warrior Princess and co-wrote the films The Legend of Zorro, The   
   Island and the upcoming Transformers: The Movie.   
      
   Berman has previously said he wasn't sure about the future of the Star   
   Trek franchise, but always hoped to revive and be involved in the   
   franchise somehow.   
      
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