Spaceships, amazing extraterrestrials, distant planets… No, we’re not talking about Star Wars, but about its eternal competitor: the Star Trek saga, whose latest films will leave Netflix as a 4th episode is being prepared.
In 2009, the famous series producer JJ Abrams (Alias, Lost…) dusted off Star Trek by making a new film devoted to the crew of the USS Enterprise. Well received by the public and critics and carried by Chris Pine in the role of James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto in that of Spock, the feature film had two sequels, Into Darkness and Sans Limites, this time piloted by Justin Lin .
The whole thing forms a trilogy not free from faults but at the top of the basket of what we can see in the cinema in terms of science fiction thanks, in particular, to endearing characters and a whirlwind of action scenes.
The three opuses are currently available on Netflix but will leave the platform on July 30, so hurry to get started if you intend to (re) see them ahead of their sequel which is due out next year in cinemas. . Because yes, the adventure is not supposed to stop there, a fourth episode being in the works for years.
A long-term project
The latter, however, has experienced several false starts since the start of its development in… 2015. Many screenwriters have thus been recruited over the years without the project ever materializing and there was also a question of Quentin Tarantino taking the lead. reins of the film.
In 2018, SJ Clarkson (Madame Web) was hired to direct Star Trek 4, which would have made her the first woman to direct a part of the saga, but it also fell through. The project was however enticing since it was to bring together Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth (currently starring in Thor: Love And Thunder), seen in the role of Captain James T. Kirk’s father in the 2009 Star Trek.
In July 2021, it was finally Matt Shakman (the Marvel WandaVision series) who inherited the director position and a few months later, JJ Abrams, still involved as a producer, and the CEO of Paramount Pictures announced that all cast of the trilogy would indeed be back in the film.
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This time is the right one?
A statement that caused a lot of talk since the actors were not even aware of the return to the news of this Star Trek 4! In March 2022, Chris Pine and Zoe Saldaña (Uhura in the franchise) mentioned the project in an interview and shared their excitement at the thought of meeting again.
Karl Urban (Leonard “Bones” McCoy) would also like to be there but does not know if he will be able to combine the filming with that of season 4 of the series The Boys, which could be at the same time, as he has indicated at variety. At the time, neither he nor his former partners had read a script, however, and since then the project has not been talked about.
Trekkies, so cross your fingers so that this umpteenth version of Star Trek 4 does not also fall into the water! In the meantime, it’s still slated for a December 2023 release.
The 2009 Star Trek trailer: