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Scriptwriter. television producer. Jon Povill (born August 29, 1946) is an American scriptwriter and television producer. He wrote the first two drafts of the screenplay for Total Recall in the 1970s, and then took up a position on the attempted Star Trek: Phase II, becoming story editor, and penning the episode "The Child", which would later ...
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Jon Povill (born 29 August 1946; age 77) was the associate producer of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He also received writing credit for the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "The Child", as it was based on the original script he co-wrote with Jaron Summers for the abandoned Star Trek: Phase II.
A fan of Star Trek: The Original Series, Povill actually began his association with Star Trek by helping Gene Roddenberry move back into his Paramount office when the latter was attempting to write and produce a new Star Trek film in 1975. Less than a year later, Povill – an up-and-coming screenwriter himself – was asked by Roddenberry to write his own treatment for a potential Star Trek film after Roddenberry's own script was rejected. Roddenberry felt Povill's story would be more suitable as a series episode than as a film, and the treatment was rejected. Later, however, Roddenberry asked Povill to collaborate with him on another film treatment, but this, too, was rejected by Paramount.
When work began on Star Trek: Phase II, Povill initially served as "assistant to the Producer" before being promoted to story editor based on his work on the script for "The Child", a planned episode for Phase II. Povill also co-wrote the Phase II series "bible" with Gene Roddenberry between May and August of 1977. After it was decided that the two-hour pilot for the series would be turned into The Motion Picture, director Robert Wise made Povill the film's associate producer.
As noted by Robert Wise in the "Group Commentary" Special Feature of the Director's Edition DVD of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Povill was responsible for coming up with several key elements that figured in the resolution of the movie. Specifically, while the story had always included the idea that V'Ger was seeking to find its creator, Povill added the reason for its search – that V'ger wanted to "join" with its creator in order to evolve to a higher plane of being. Povill devised V'Ger's plan to immediately join with whatever being entered the correct identification code in its ground test computer. The "fusion" of V'Ger, Decker, and Ilia came from Povill.
The origin of the Klingon language can be traced back to an afternoon in Povill's office when he and James Doohan simply made up the Klingon words necessary for the opening of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Povill recounted his experiences with Star Trek and his brief period at Paramount in the three-page introduction to Star Trek Phase II: The Lost Series, written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. The Phase II "bible" is also reprinted in the book, as is the revised draft of Povill and Summers' script for "The Child".
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Producer. Script and Continuity Department. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Jon Povill was born in California. He is a writer and producer, known for Total Recall (2012), Total Recall (1990) and Sliders (1995). He is married to Michele Billy Povill. They have two children. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Born August 29. Add to list.
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Feb 15, 2008 · Jon Povill, part 1. Written by: Matt Hutaff · February 15, 2008. Jon Povill got his start in the industry doing construction for Gene Roddenberry. After working with the Star Trek franchise for several years (his work with the aborted 1970s series led to his indirect participation with The Next Generation ), Povill served as executive story ...
Jan 8, 2010 · Star Trek Magazine Preview: Jon Povill. Star Trek: The Motion Picture shares his experiences of making ‘s first movie. Povill’s involvement with dates back to 1972, when fresh out of UCLA film...
Jon Povill is known as an Writer, Screenstory, and Producer. Some of his work includes Total Recall, Total Recall, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Sliders, and The Outer Limits.
Mar 1, 2008 · It’s an award—winning piece of science fiction that writer Jon Povill is extremely proud of, even years later. Look for Povill to take the helm of Star Trek: New Voyages in 2008 as he heads east to direct the original version of “The Child” he penned for Star Trek Phase II.
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