'Star Trek 2 production starts soon,' says Abrams

J.J. Abrams has confirmed that work on the sequel to Star Trek will begin soon now that production on his upcoming thriller Super 8 has finished.

Abrams revealed that work on the film was finally beginning to get under way, and that although a script is yet to be finalised, the team are definitely "working on it".

"The truth is that my focus has been so much on finishing Super 8 that it's been something I'm looking forward to getting to, but with an incredibly compressed post schedule, there hasn't been a whole lot of time for me to be working with the writers," Abrams explained to MTV News.

"Now that Super 8 is drawing to a close in terms of this post schedule, I'm looking forward to jumping in and hopefully getting that ready as soon as possible."

Abrams praised the film's writing team, which consists of Star Trek writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman as well as Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, for helping to keep the sequel on track.

"These are not just great friends of mine, but they're great writers," Abrams added. "I'm thrilled and very optimistic that it's going to get where it needs to get to."

It is currently unknown whether Abrams will direct the film as he did with 2009's Star Trek, or simply serve as producer on the project.

Star Trek 2 is scheduled to reach cinemas on June 29, 2012.

Watch the trailer for J.J. Abrams's next film Super 8 below: