Sept. 11 forced rewrite?
SPOILERS: Word is out that the attacks affected 'Star Trek: Nemesis'
It was just announced last week that principle photography for "Star Trek: Nemesis" had been pushed back to November because John Logan was working on a rewrite of the script, which received some negative reviews from the alleged copies of the June draft that made it around the Internet.
While it wasn't clear what was being rewritten at the time of the initial report, a source tells Airlock Alpha that some of the changes revolve around some scenes that could be a painful reminder to the events of Sept. 11.
"Hollywood has become overly concerned about offending sensitivities in light of the attack," the source said. "You've seen a bunch of movies go back into emergency rewrites, and it's no concidence that 'Nemesis' is doing the same thing."
Many of the details of what exactly is being rewritten still isn't available, but the source told Airlock Alpha that much of the plot will remain intact from the previous draft. However, he said to expect some changes in the opening scenes when a terrorist attack supposedly initiated by the movie's villain Shinzon wipes out the Romulan Senate.
"We have anthrax in state buildings, and a concern that our government could be under attack. And even though this movie is scheduled to be released more than a year after the terrorist attacks, it seems that Paramount just doesn't want to take the chance of hurting people."
Please note that the above information has not been confirmed by Paramount Pictures, and it should be treated as you would any other rumor.
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