It seems like 'Star Trek 3' is not as sure of a thing as we once thought.

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In an interview with Collider published on Thursday, new director Roberto Orci said Paramount has yet to sign off on the script, adding that he's not necessarily confirmed as the director until the film gets the greenlight. Orci was set to take over for director J.J. Abrams when he left to take over the latest Star Wars film.

"Well, I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch. The studio has yet to even read the script," Orci said. "I'm in the middle of writing it, with the talented team of (John D.) Payne and (Patrick) McKay. They are true Star Trek fans, as well. So, I can't even think anything about the future until I give them a script and they greenlight it. Until that happens, everything else is just a rumor."

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While it was reported earlier this year that Orci would be taking over, it seems like the directing gig is very much up in the air as well.

"If I'm lucky enough that Paramount loves the script and that we go forward, it'll be because I have loved Star Trek for so long and the idea of having seen one of the best guys in the business direct two of them already, and to have seen it from the vantage point of a producer too, I know where a lot of the challenges are and where a lot of the fun is," Orci said.

Paramount is currently hoping to get the third installment out in 2016 for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, but no concrete date has been confirmed.

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