Remake, reboot, sequel, prequel target the vocabulary recurrently employed to identify the phenomena of serialization associated with Hollywood successful franchises. The aim of this article is to focus on J.J. Abrams Star Trek (2009) and its sequel Star Trek : Into Darkness (2013). We will stress how the J.J. Abrams film is a case in kind when released in 2009 as it can be globally interpreted as a reboot, a sequel, a follow up also involving elements of remake. From a narrative and esthetic point of view, Star Trek and its sequel turn out to be all the more accurate to examine from the angle that the awareness of peculiarity regarding these films appears transluant to the producer. The resulting mise-en-scène relies on intertextuality notably through stylistic tropes which emphasizing the unusual characteristics of the production if one feels concerned by the approach regarding the examination of the series.