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Star Trek 4 Reportedly Shelved By Paramount

Jan 12, 2019 20:29

The future of the movie series has been in flux recently, with both Star Trek 4 and Quentin Tarantino’s planned Star Trek movie being announced. The former project hit a wall in August when it was revealed contract negotiations with Captain Kirk star Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth - who played his father George in the 2009 reboot - had collapsed ( Read more... )

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Comments 6

kribban January 13 2019, 13:09:37 UTC

I'm okay with this because it spares me the trauma of living through Chekov's canon death. And let's face it; neiher Beyond nor Into Darkness managed to live up to the awesomeness that was the first film.

haikitteh January 13 2019, 17:35:49 UTC

The dreaded "no comment."

I guess it's not a surprise, since the script they'd been working off of was supposed to be about Kirk & Father, and both those actors dropped out. To be honest, I was surprised they were going to make another one. Each movie in the reboot franchise - while still profitable - has steadily dropped in ticket sales.

Found this interesting chart about it:

https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Star-Trek#tab=summary

kribban January 13 2019, 18:27:47 UTC

Thanks for this. Interesting that the best film was the cheapest to make!

jedinic January 14 2019, 02:40:52 UTC

I really wanted to see the story of Kirk and Father (and hoped that Chekov would just be off-screen having adventures).

I'm sad we won't get this film. :( The 3rd one felt like the makers were finally "getting" Star Trek.

ninety6tears January 13 2019, 19:40:48 UTC

I'm bitter.

indiwise January 16 2019, 13:35:26 UTC

So disappointing. I really was enjoying seeing Pine grow into the role of Kirk.