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"JJ Abrams has opened up about the long wait for Star Trek 2.  The Lost creator confessed that though he was feeling the pressure to start work on the follow-up, he refused to deliver a sub-par film. &amp;quot;There was a lot of desire [on the studio side] to fast-track a new Star Trek and have it be shooting already,&amp;quot; Abrams told the Los Angeles Times. &amp;quot;And in theory we could have done that. But what all of us [the creative team] were concerned about is the release date be the master we were serving.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Nothing is more disheartening than something going in front of the camera before it&amp;#039;s ready. The crew can feel it and the cast can feel it. It&amp;#039;s just a heart-attack machine.&amp;quot; Abrams went on to reveal that he and his team are currently hard at work on the highly-anticipated sequel. &amp;quot;What works, in the feature world and television, is something that has real staying power,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re working hard on that, making the kind of headway that frankly I wish we were able to make months ago. But you can&amp;#039;t do everything.&amp;quot; Last week, it was announced that the new Star Trek film would miss its previously-scheduled release date of June 29, 2012.  Writer Damon Lindelof recently claimed that he too is feeling the pressure to pen a great sequel, describing the challenge as &amp;quot;immense&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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