A new Star Trek the movie is underway at Paramount Pictures. Deadline reports that Kalinda Vazquez has signed with the studio to write an original Star Trek film with the production of Bad Robot Productions by JJ Abrams. Vazquez has written for Star Trek: Discovery before , although it’s not yet clear whether his new film will tie into one of the current shows on Paramount + or whether it will be a standalone story.
With Star Trek: Discovery , Kalinda Vazquez is also working on an adaptation of the HBO series of Roger Zelazny’s science- fiction novel The Road Marks . His other TV credits include Runaways , Once Upon a Time , Nikita , Human Target , and Prison Break . Velazquez was also executive producer of the AMC horror series Fear the Walking Dead .
With William Shatner playing Captain James T. Kirk, the Star Trek series made its first foray into the movies with the 1979 film with the original cast. This original series of films ended with Star Trek VI: The Unknown Country in 1991. Patrick Stewart and the crew of The Next Generation would follow up by starring in four Star Treks of their own between 1994 and 2002. This story sings ‘is continued in the new spinoff series Star Trek: Picard which brings back several characters from The Next Generation .
On the big screen, the franchise was rebooted with Chris Pine taking on the role of Captain Kirk in 2009. Star Trek . The rebooted cast also included Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Bones McCoy, Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty, John Cho as Hikaru Sulu, and Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. This film was followed by two sequels in 2013 and 2016. The films were big box office hits, and while they were not without reviews, they were also praised by many fans of the franchise. .
The last time it was reported that a new Star Trek movie was in development, Fargo creator Noah Hawley was asked to develop a new reboot for the franchise. Last year, the filmmaker said the studio ended the project shortly before production, with executives ultimately deciding to go in a different direction. The states of the series had been on the shelves ever since, but it looks like Paramount is happy with the story Vazquez has in mind.
There have been other false starts in the past for a Star Trek reboot, so we’ll see if this iteration has better luck. At one point, Quentin Tarantino was plotting to write an R-rated Star Trek movie, although he ended up straying from the project. There have also long been rumors that the cast of “Kelvin Timeline” will return for a Star Trek 4 , but even the actors themselves don’t seem to know if the project will ever come to fruition or not.
Because the new Star Trek is very early in development, no actor is committed to the project yet. It’s unclear when filming will begin and a release date has yet to be set. This news comes to us from Deadline.
