Star Trek 3 News and Updates: Abrams and Orci Out as Director

7:50 PM EST 12/27/2014

After director JJ Abrams dropped off the Star Trek 3 project to concentrate on the Star Wars sequel, Roberto Orci, has also dropped off as a writer and director. Orci has been the writer for the past two installments. He was supposed to be involved in the drafting of the screenplay along with Patrick McKay and John D. Payne. He was even slated to make his directorial debut with the Trek third installment, but dropped off as well. However, Orci will still be part of the project but now acting as a Producer.Read more