TLS signed “Gene,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Star Trek letterhead, August 5, 1976. Response to a ‘Trekkie’ regarding the production of the first Star Trek film. In part: “The film and its hassles have kept me chained to desk and typewriter. A year of work suddenly reached climax and a lot of important decisions had to be made immediately. The Star Trek film appears to be on the track at last. Our coordinating studio executive is rapidly becoming a Star Trek fan, we’re on the edge of signing and announcing our writers, we have what looks like a good story and hope to send them into script on it immediately, we’re even on the edge of settling on our director. Six months of set designing and building ahead, which means we’ll plan photography for about February and film release sometime near the end of 1977.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. The first script for the film was scrapped at the end of 1977 and the project was nearly abandoned by Paramount in favor of a renewed television series. The studio reinvested itself in the feature film after deciding that science fiction was commercially viable, and a new script was written to be made by Academy Award–winning director Robert Wise. The film was finally released at the end of 1979, two years later than Roddenberry anticipates in this letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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