JJ Abrams Star Trek Film Series Continues With A Fourth Film?!?
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After several creative shifts, Paramount has officially announced they are forging ahead with Star Trek 4. Matt Shakman was set as the director last year, and the studio and franchise director J.J. Abrams confirmed his involvement today at the ViacomCBS Investor Day presentation. Paramount also confirmed they have begun discussions with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldaña (among other cast members) to reprise their respective roles, with production set to begin later this year.
“We are thrilled to say that we are hard at work on a new Star Trek film that will be shooting by the end of the year that will be featuring our original cast and some new characters that I think are going to be really fun and exciting and help take Star Trek into areas that you’ve just never seen before,” said Abrams. “We’re thrilled about this film, we have a bunch of other stories that we’re talking about that we think will be really exciting so can’t wait for you to see what we’re cooking up. But until then, live long and prosper.”
It’s been quite some time in between Star Trekfilms, with the last film, Star Trek Beyond, releasing in 2016. Since then, according to a report from Variety, Paramount has been doing market research into potential audience interest for another Star Trek film and determined that fans still cared enough about the cast for another movie to be made with them.
