Star Trek and Star Wars share a problem: Both sci-fi franchises are finding it incredibly difficult these days to bring a new film into position. We haven’t been him in the galaxy far, far away for five years. We last explored the infinite expanses of space with Star Trek Beyond in 2017.
While we have no shortage of new Star Trek series, the production of Star Trek 4 turned out to be a prime example Hollywood development hell. Two years ago, WandaVision director Matt Shackman capitulated and moved away. Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek also died on an alien planet.
New Star Trek film from Andor director takes place many decades before the JJ Abrams reboot with Chris Pine
Paramount hasn’t given up on Star Trek in cinemas yet. As Variety reports, the studio is launching another attemptto bring a new film from the franchise to the big screen. This is directed by Toby Haynes, who most recently directed six episodes of the acclaimed Star Wars series Andor on Disney+.
The screenplay was written by Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote the novels for Pride and Prejudice & Zombies and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunters. He acted in the latter film also as a screenwriter. What kind of story did he come up with for Star Trek? Not too many details are known yet.
What we do know is that the new Star Trek film is set many decades before the events of JJ Abrams’ reboot (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). In addition, Deadline has received a slightly more concrete description from its sources: Apparently it is about a kind of origin story. From what exactly is unclear.
There is still hope for Star Trek 4: the sequel with the JJ Abrams crew is not yet lost
What does the new Star Trek film mean for the planned Star Trek 4? Will we ever see Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk in theaters again? According to Variety and Deadline, the sequel is still in planning. The film Star Trek: Section 31, which was created as a spin-off from Star Trek: Discovery, is also being made for Paramount+.
It is not known when the films will be released. Most advanced is the Section 31 film that was announced a year ago. Star Trek 4 and Star Trek Origins, on the other hand, are still or already at the very beginning.
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