December 22, 2017 | 11:15am ET
Quentin Tarantino has tapped Mark L. Smith to pen the screenplay for his forthcoming Star Trek film.
Smith is best known for penning the Oscar-nominated film The Revenant, as well as the forthcoming World War 2 epic Overloard, which will be released by Paramount next year.
For Star Trek, Smith will be working off an R-rated vision pitched by Tarantino to Paramount. Tarantino intends to direct the film himself, but will leave the screenplay to Smith, as he himself will be busy directing his much-anticipated Charles Manson film this summer.
The as-yet-untitled Star Trek film will be produced by J.J. Abrams, who helmed the first two installments of the rebooted franchise.
