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Speaking to MTV, the 31-year-old revealed that the film's writers are still penning a script and work on the update will begin late next year.
"I spoke to J.J. [Abrams] and Bryan Burk, his producing partner at Bad Robot, and they are still in the middle of building the script with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, and we'll probably be going into pre-production around this time next year," she said.
Saldana is expected to reprise the role of Uhura in director Abrams's follow-up to the 2009 hit.
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