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- I'm very excited to see you guys,
especially 'cause, I guess, you're announcing
here today your new spinoff film
The Adventures of Unkar Plutt?
- [Simon] Yeah. - [JJ] Yes.
- [Simon] That's the
new spinoff. - [JJ] Simon, talk about it.
- [Simon] Unkar is a young guy.
He's quite thin, it's a prequel.
He lives on the Outer Rim, just making his way in the world.
He's a ladies' man, sure,
but he's got this great idea for a new,
I don't, I don't.
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- Worst idea or best idea ever, JJ?
- An Unkar Plutt spinoff?
- It would be good for a --
- I am never putting that thing on again.
(laughter) - A comic book!
- Yes, a comic book.
- Yeah, you don't have to do anything, man.
- It was so hot.
It was so, so hot, but great.
- Oh my God, is Simon complaining?
That never happens.
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- I'm very excited for Star Trek Beyond,
especially because, as a Star Trek fan,
like yourself, sir, and like you, JJ,
I feel like it seems to have a classic episode
structure to it, I mean, it kind of recalls, like,
the kind of episode we would see,
where the ship is stranded on a far-flung planet,
exploring, encountering a new race.
Is that part of the job, part of the idea behind this one?
- Yeah, 100%.
It was something that we thought about
a great deal going into the writing process, about,
we always had agreed that the Enterprise would
be off on its five-year mission,
and as well as making a film which
lots of people can go and see and say,
"Hey, what's this, Star Trek,"
and then go back 50 years.
For the people that have been there for 50 years,
it was fun to kind of like make something
which they would see as part of that continuum.
It's a hard thing to do, but back in the day
when Gene Roddenberry was making his show,
he was banned by certain limitations
and we're finding ourselves less
and less in that position now.
And so those adventure worlds,
as he called them, that he wanted the Enterprise to go to,
they can really go there now, and we've
really gone there with this one.
- Was there a temptation to bring back
Benedict as Khan in any capacity?
Was that ever discussed by you guys?
- I'd like to bring back Benedict Cumberbatch generally,
'cause you don't see him much any more.
- Right, he's under the radar.
- He did Into Darkness, and then he sorta vanished,
and it's like, well, he was quite good!
I liked him, some of the speeches he did,
some of the shorter speeches he did
in Into Darkness were quite good,
and I thought that he'd have a career.
Sadly, it didn't happen.
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- Don't blink those eyes at me.
- But Idris, adding Idris to the fold,
as a new character, obviously,
give me a sense of sort of what kind of villain
we're going to experience in this go 'round.
- He's very, very (laughs).
- [Josh] Wanna know what
you were gonna -- - [Simon] I was just sort of
asinine then and I decided no. - [Josh] I like asinine.
Please.
- I was gonna go with something,
he's quite ostentatious.
No --
- Persnickety.
- I'm quite hot, because I've got a mark on my shirt,
I've gotta wear me jacket.
So I'm a bit discombobulated.
- He might pass out.
- Wanna help him out, JJ?
- [Simon] Idris, about Idris. - [JJ] About Idris?
First of all, he's incredible,
and he plays, I don't wanna give away too much of the story.
- Well, he plays the character of Luther,
from the TV series, but he plays it
in the Star Trek universe. - [Josh] Not true.
That's not true. - [Simon] And it's like,
why is he suddenly angry about everything?
He's a detective.
But you find out why he's angry,
because his spaceship has got a broken leg,
wing. - [JJ] That's my,
you find out why.
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- Just you wait!
- No he's awesome and Idris is
such an imposing figure of a man.
He's super tall and super talented,
and got so much charisma and we wanted
to create an interesting villain for this film.
And Idris just brought it, and I remember
sitting down with Justin and Doug
and talking to Idris about the character
and Idris had so many good ideas
that helped us sort of shape it.
He's the actor you wanna work with,
just because he's collaborative and he does what he's told.
- [Josh] We all -- - [Simon] Not like Pine!
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- [Josh] He goes rogue!
I think I know the answer to this,
but, I mean, we all loved The Force Awakens,
but I know you, like myself -- - [Simon] The what?
- [Josh] The Force Awakens.
He directed -- - [Simon] Oh yeah, the new
shark film, Sharknado is called the Fourth Awakens.
- [JJ] I heard. - [Simon] It's good.
- [Josh] Is that true? - [Simon] Yeah.
- [JJ] Brilliant, but Force Awakens
could have used a little more Jar Jar.
I know you're a big fan like myself, right?
How are you feeling about that?
- I was sad that he wasn't in it.
No, I mean, who knows what happened to him.
It's a long time after he might,
he's probably passed away.
- No, Gungans live a long, long time.
Don't they? - [Simon] It's just 'cause
he wants, he does an impression.
It's the only thing -- - [Josh] I've done it for him.
- [JJ] Yeah, do it again. - [Simon] It's the only one
he can do. - [JJ] Just do it.
- [Josh] Mesir missed being
in Force Awakens. - [Simon] It's been so long.
I know. - [JJ] Wow.
- [Josh] Where was I, JJ?
- Horribly accurate.
How do you do that?
- Why didn't you put me in filmo?
- [JJ] Okay, all right. - [Simon] It's like you can do
an impression of (drowned out) - [JJ] I've never walked out
of an interview before, but this may be a reason.
- Hey, I can do a great impression of Jeffrey Dahmer.
You wanna hear it?
It's like that.
- It's very similar, same voice.
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