So why plan another film now, especially as Star Trek hardly needs the big screen to thrive in the era of streaming? Small screen spin-offs such as Picard and Star Trek: Discovery have found their audiences, while Paramount was so nervous about making a fourth instalment that it reportedly carried out market research into whether fans really wanted to see Pine and Quinto back on the bridge (luckily, they did).
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But generally, the series and its cast have been well-received by critics and audiences. And let’s not forget how much some fans hated 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness. Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond (the third film in the rebooted series) may have struggled at the box office in 2016, certainly for such an expensive, high-profile effort.
The only question is why the studio didn’t get this one zooming past the moon a lot earlier. According to Variety, Paramount hopes the project could be shooting by the end of this year. Simon Pegg’s Scotty, Zoe Saldana’s Uhura, Karl Urban’s Bones and John Cho’s Sulu are all tipped to return for a movie to be directed by WandaVision’s Matt Shakman, provided deals can be done with agents. The long-running sci-fi saga is returning to the big screen with a fourth episode featuring Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto’s Spock, along with the duo’s various Starship Enterprise crewmates. G reat news for Star Trek fans, though perhaps not hardcore “Trekkers”.