nett , ▁a ▁new ▁Param ount ▁television ▁producer , ▁was ▁made ▁producer ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁film . ▁According ▁to ▁Ben nett , ▁he ▁was ▁called ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁a ▁group ▁including ▁Jeff rey ▁Kat zen berg ▁and ▁Michael ▁E is ner ▁and ▁asked ▁if ▁he ▁thought ▁he ▁could ▁make ▁a ▁better ▁film ▁than ▁The ▁Mot ion ▁Picture , ▁which ▁Ben nett ▁conf essed ▁he ▁found ▁" re ally ▁b oring ". ▁When ▁Ben nett ▁replied ▁in ▁the ▁aff irm ative , ▁Charles ▁Bl uh d orn ▁asked , ▁" Can ▁you ▁make ▁it ▁for ▁less ▁than ▁forty - five - f uck ing - mill ion - d oll ars ?" ▁Ben nett ▁replied ▁that ▁" Where ▁I ▁come ▁from , ▁I ▁can ▁make ▁five ▁mov ies ▁for ▁that ." ▁Ben nett ▁realized ▁he ▁faced ▁a ▁serious ▁challenge ▁in ▁developing ▁the ▁new ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁film , ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁never ▁having ▁seen ▁the ▁television ▁series . ▁Watch ing ▁episodes ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁convinced ▁Ben nett ▁that ▁what ▁the ▁first ▁picture ▁lack ed ▁was ▁a ▁real ▁villa in ; ▁after ▁seeing ▁the ▁episode ▁" Space ▁Se ed ", ▁he ▁decided ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁Khan ▁No on ien ▁Singh ▁was ▁the ▁perfect ▁enemy ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁film . ▁Ben nett ▁selected ▁Robert ▁S all in , ▁a ▁director ▁of ▁television ▁commer ci als ▁and ▁a ▁college ▁friend , ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁film . ▁S all in ' s ▁job ▁would ▁be ▁to ▁produce ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁II ▁quickly ▁and