JJ Abrams and Paramount Confirms 2023âs STAR TREK Film to Be a Kelvin Timeline Story, Chris Pine and Cast in Talks to Return
By TrekCore Staff - February 15, 2022
Today on Paramountâs investor day announcements this afternoon, Star Trek Kelvin Timeline executive producer JJ Abrams made it clear that the next Trek film â currently scheduled for December 2023 â is going to be a return to his theatrical universe.
While Abramsâ statement referred to only the âoriginal castâ when describing plans for the movie, which he said would be in production by the end of 2022, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Deadline each confirmed that the films is to focus on the Kelvin Timeline crew â seen previously in the 2009 Star Trek film, 2013âs Star Trek Into Darkness, and 2016âs Star Trek Beyond.
JJ Abramsâ statement:
We are thrilled to say that we are hard at work on a new âStar Trekâ 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 âStar Trekâ into areas that youâve just never seen before.
Weâre thrilled about this film, we have a bunch of other stories that weâre talking about that we think will be really exciting so canât wait for you to see what weâre cooking up. But until then, live long and prosper.
Of course weâve heard much of this all before, with an end to the Kelvin Timeline seeming likely after previous financial negotiations with Chris Pine fell apart in 2018 â so while this kind of thing seems like it wouldnât be so publicly discussed if things werenât moving back to fruition, weâll still be waiting for formal news of contract sign-offs.
The untitled 2023Â Star Trek film is set to be directed by Matt Shakman, with todayâs announcement signaling an intention to bring back Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty, and John Cho as Sulu.
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