Festival Predictions

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: J.J Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness

Published on April 2, 2013

#87. J.J Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness

Gist: Part II in the new cycle, after the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.

Prediction: Perhaps fitting since his hero Steven Spielberg is heading the jury this year, the fact only one major blockbuster title has been announced as the opening film and there is traditionally at least one blockbuster item added to the Out of Competition section with a world release date that falls exactly during the festival (in this case the Trek film receives a May 17th release) – my bet is on this item.

Related Topics:2013 Cannes Film Festival, J.J Abrams, Star Trek Into Darkness

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).