PRESS ASSOCIATION -- JJ Abrams has revealed he doesn't want to rush the Star Trek sequel.
While the filmmaker, who directed the 2009 reboot and is expected to return at the helm of the second outing, acknowledges the pressure is on to produce a successful follow-up and reach the deadline - Paramount has tentatively scheduled a release date of June 2012 - he intends to take his time over it.
"There was a lot of desire [on the studio side] to fast-track a new Star Trek and have it be shooting already - and in theory we could have done that. But what all of us [the creative team] were concerned about is the release date be the master we were serving," he told 24 Frames.
JJ - whose initials stand for Jeffrey Jacob - added: "Nothing is more disheartening than something going in front of the camera before it's ready. The crew can feel it and the cast can feel it. It's just a heart-attack machine."
The director-writer has been working on his latest film Super 8, and TV shows Alcatraz and new conspiracy-thriller Person Of Interest, while Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci have focused on Jon Favreau's Cowboys And Aliens and producer Damon Lindelof has been busy on Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the crew are back on board for the follow-up, Damon has said.