> Shatner is a tricky situation. As a director, his next step up is to
> producer. But as we all know, the franchise itself has been too
> tightly reined-in for such a maverick production to occur.
> Conceivably, a return to the TOS-timeline might at this point occur as
> an independent production entirely under the control of the original
> cast, with Shatner hiring a big name science fiction writer to
> "rescue" Kirk.
>
> Such a classic scenario could then be adapted for the screen by one of
> today's top screenwriters, and maybe even directed by Leonard Nimoy
> himself. I don't really see what prevents this from happening, except
> maybe a lack of desire on their part.