The fourth installment in the popularย Star Trekย film franchise has reportedly been shelved indefinitely by Paramount.
Things hadn’t been looking great forย Star Trek 4ย ever since the inklings of its existence. Atย one point, rumors suggested that the film would follow Chris Hemsworth’s Captain George Kirk, but the actor walked awayย after contract talks. Star Trekย franchise star Chris Pine, who played Captain James T. Kirk soon followed him.ย With troublesย landing a director and even issues with ironing out the story, things were always up in the air.
The report comes after Deadline published a piece about SJ Clarkson, who was originally going to helm the newest Star Trekย project. But, when it was confirmed that Clarkson would be executive producing and directing theย Game of Thronesย prequel pilot for HBO, many inferred that this meanย Star Trek 4ย would be left behind.
An excerpt from the Deadline piece states:
I hear Clarkson was recruited by HBO forย GOTย after she recently became available…Earlier this year, Clarkson was the first female director to be tapped to direct aย Star Trekย movie when she was hired to helm the fourth feature in the current series. That project has since been shelved.
With the loss of Clarkson, Hemsworth, and Pine,ย Star Trek 4ย took a heavy blow; one that it may not be able to come back from for quite some time. Rather than rebooting the franchise from the ground up once again, Paramount may choose to just abandon the project. Well, at leastย Star Trek:ย Discoveryย is finding plenty of success over at CBS.
How do you feel about this news? Were you looking forward to anotherย Star Trekย film, or do youย Star Trek Beyond was a fine place to end things? Do you thinkย Star Trek 4ย has any chance of revival? Let us know what you think down in the comments below!
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