Star Trek (novel)
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The novelization of the film Star Trek was written in 2009 by Alan Dean Foster
, who had also written novelizations of Star Trek: The Animated Series
.
Paramount moved the film's release from December 2008 to May 2009, as the studio felt more people would see the film during summer than winter. The film was practically finished by the end of 2008, and this allowed Foster to watch the whole film before writing the novelization
, although the novel contains scenes absent from the film's final edit.
Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts...
, who had also written novelizations of Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the events of Star Trek: The Original Series of the 1960s...
.
Paramount moved the film's release from December 2008 to May 2009, as the studio felt more people would see the film during summer than winter. The film was practically finished by the end of 2008, and this allowed Foster to watch the whole film before writing the novelization
Novelization
A novelization is a novel that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work.Novelizations of films usually add background material not found in the original work to flesh out the story, because novels are generally longer than screenplays...
, although the novel contains scenes absent from the film's final edit.