Introduction
Star Trek: Planet of Titans, was an unproduced film based on Star Trek which reached the script and design phases of production. Following the success of Star Trek: The Original Series in broadcast syndication during the early 1970s and the popularity of the series at science fiction conventions, Paramount Studios made several attempts to produce a feature film based upon the series. In 1976, Star Trek: The God Thing was proposed by franchise creator Gene Roddenberry but was not picked up by the studio.
The following year, pre-production began again on a film with a treatment called Planet of the Titans and subsequent script produced by British writers Chris Bryant and Allan Scott with the intention of keeping costs down by filming in the United Kingdom. Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Robert Wise were all asked to direct Planet of the Titans. After their script was rejected, Bryant and Scott quit, and Phllip Kaufman attempted a re-write that would have seen Toshiro Mifune cast as Spock's Klingon nemesis. This too was rejected, and believing that as a result of the box-office success of Star Wars, science fiction fans would not pay to see two films, Paramount instead planned to take Star Trek back to television with Star Trek: Phase II.
The following year, pre-production began again on a film with a treatment called Planet of the Titans and subsequent script produced by British writers Chris Bryant and Allan Scott with the intention of keeping costs down by filming in the United Kingdom. Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Robert Wise were all asked to direct Planet of the Titans. After their script was rejected, Bryant and Scott quit, and Phllip Kaufman attempted a re-write that would have seen Toshiro Mifune cast as Spock's Klingon nemesis. This too was rejected, and believing that as a result of the box-office success of Star Wars, science fiction fans would not pay to see two films, Paramount instead planned to take Star Trek back to television with Star Trek: Phase II.