Star Trek 4
Star Trekactor Karl Urban says he would love to hop aboard the Starship Enterprise forStar Trek 4 , but has no idea if another entry in the skill fiction film serial will even be made . The series ' last entryStar Trek Beyondearnedgood reviewsboth from critic and hardcoreTrekfans when it was released in 2016 , but oecumenical audiences were underwhelmed by the moving picture and its $ 353 million universal box office count prove disappointing to Paramount Pictures .
After four progressively - less - successful films feature the mould ofStar Trek : The Next Generation , theTrekmovie dealership went into a state of suspended invigoration , only to be reawaken by J.J. Abrams with his 2009 reboot . Abrams went back to the original cast of character from the sixties telecasting show and long - running feature article film series , update the universe of discourse with a young cast , top - of - the - personal line of credit special effects , and loads of lense solar flare . When that other science fiction franchise arrive call , Abrams handed off theTrekseries to Justin Lin , who streamlined thing and amped up the action forStar Trek Beyond . alas , while buff consider his treatment more faithful , Lin ’s tweaking of the formula ( with assistancefrom screenwriterand legitTrekfan Simon Pegg ) did not result in the megahit the studio was hop-skip for and now theTrekfranchise appears to once again be in oblivion .
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thespian Karl Urban , who plays Dr. McCoy in the reboot films , told Screen Rant in an exclusive consultation that he has no musical theme if Paramount will be bringingStar Trekback out of its current land of break , but says he would bonk to be inStar Trek 4if it ever come up about .
Yeah , look , I do n’t know . I have n’t heard anything . apparently , I would bed the opportunity to make anotherStar Trekfilm . We always have so much sport when we get together . That cast is … they ’re like family . That being aver , ifStar Trek Beyondwas the last one we receive to make , then I ’m proud of the film and I ’m happy to end it there .
Last summertime before the release ofStar Trek Beyond , J.J. Abrams indicated that a fourthStar Trekfilm at least was a possibleness , and even gave breath about the movie ’s possible storyline . According to Abrams , Star Trek 4would be a flick about beginner and Logos , withChris Hemsworth returningto play Captain Kirk ’s Father of the Church George . Hemsworth himselfhas praisedAbrams ' ideas for the report , calling the music director ’s rake " amazing . "
Urban himself has offered story suggestions forStar Trek 4 , say he ’d fuck for the movie tointroduce McCoy ’s family . Star Trek Beyondscreenwriter Simon Pegg indicated in a tweet last December that he and writing parter Doug Jungwere workingon aStar Trek 4script , and in July of this year Spock actor Zachary Quinto said that a scriptwas still being writtenbut that he had no theme if another movie was going to be made . Like Karl Urban , Uhura actress Zoe Saldana has said shewould love to returnfor anotherStar Trek , though she ’s go away to bepretty busyfor awhile work with James Cameron on his 50Avatarsequels .
Add it all up and it appears there is still interest in remain theStar Trekmovie enfranchisement , at least from the actors involved in the serial . Whether there ’s real interest inStar Trek 4from audiences or Paramount is another dubiousness . In the interim , Trekfans can get their mess by diving event into the very cinematic and intenseStar Trek : Discoveryon CBS All Access .
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