Collider got an exclusive interview with J.J. Abrams on the red carpet of the Saturn Awards. Even though Star Trek XII is just in the pre-planning stages J.J. made it clear that he has no intention of walking away from Trek.

Last night at the Saturn Awards I did what every “Star Trek” fan wishes they could do…I asked director J.J. Abrams if he was going to come back for the sequel.

While he didn’t say yes or no, he said they’ve been having talks on the sequel right now and he’s excited by the possibilities. As you may have seen earlier this week, I posted an interview with “Star Trek” screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and we talked a lot about what kind of villain would be in the sequel.

J.J. told me conversations are underway discussing that very subject right now. So if you’ve been hearing no work is being done on the next “Star Trek” movie… think again. (source Collider)