It seems to be like Paramount has discovered a “contemporary concept” for a brand new Star Trek film, probably ushering the franchise again onto the large display for the primary time in nearly a decade. The brand new administration group working the studio has made good on guarantees to draw new expertise, trying to the artistic pair behind movies like Spider-Man: Homecoming and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves to ship a brand new Star Trek film.
An unique Star Trek film
The large information was first reported by Deadline, after which adopted up by the opposite Hollywood trades confirming the group of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have beamed in to write down, produce, and direct a brand new “unique” Star Trek movie. In keeping with Deadline, there aren’t any plot particulars past saying “Goldstein and Daley’s movie is a very new tackle the Star Trek universe and never linked to any earlier or present tv collection, film or prior film growth initiatives.”
Deadline famous that whereas they haven’t been in a position to verify it, “sources additionally add it’s probably that new characters will likely be featured on this model.” That might rule out one other “reboot” of The Unique Collection or another earlier Star Trek collection. This report comes simply two weeks after it was reported that Paramount was transferring on from one other try at a direct sequel to 2016’s Star Trek Past, abandoning nearly a decade of growth hell to carry again the Kelvin Universe collection lead by Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk.
As for the “Star Trek Origin” film from author/director Tobey Haynes (and produced by X-Males’s Simon Kinberg), Selection speculates that movie has met the identical destiny as a fourth Kelvin film. As Selection colorfully states: “now each productions seem like stranded in deep house with life assist failing.”
This new mission does really feel like a very contemporary take for the brand new Paramount. There is no such thing as a indication that J.J. Abrams, who produced the final three movies, or his Dangerous Robotic manufacturing firm is concerned. In keeping with Deadline, Goldstein and Daley will likely be making the movie below their GoldDay manufacturing banner.
A brand new duo with ties to Paramount and Skydance
In keeping with the report, the brand new artistic group “have proven a knack for delivering scripts with new and contemporary takes on current IP whereas additionally including a enjoyable and lightness that differentiated them from different movies within the franchise.” The pair beforehand labored with Paramount on the 2023 movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves (starring Chris Pine) which performed nicely with followers and critics (91% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it solely introduced in a bit over $200 million, in need of expectations. Just lately they labored with Skydance on the upcoming Chilly Warfare motion comedy Mayday starring Ryan Reynolds, which “examined by means of the roof in early screenings for Skydance and Apple,” based on Deadline.
There is no such thing as a phrase on how far alongside the mission is or when Paramount is focusing on a launch, however this information makes good on the brand new administration group’s statements that bringing Star Trek again to the large display is an “absolute precedence.” Paramount can be reportedly fascinated about discovering a solution to deal with the movies and Trek TV on Paramount+ “holistically.” It’s unknown if that may work with this new film and the present crop of reveals being produced by Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout for CBS Studios.
This can be a creating story, so we may have extra protection on the large information because it turns into out there.
