Star Trek 4 gets a promising update
Star Trek 4 is still happening, according to screenwriter Lindsey Anderson Beer.
It's now seven years since its predecessor Star Trek Beyond warp-drove onto the big screen, with Idris Elba providing the villainy as Krall, yet Captain James T Kirk (played by Chris Pine) and his USS Enterprise crew are still awaiting their next adventure.
In conversation with Collider, Beer promised that things are still in motion despite a sizeable delay, sharing: "It's still on the tracks. I love that project, and it was another one that I had to hop off of to direct [Pet Sematary: Bloodlines], and that was a hard thing to do. But I love everybody involved with that project."
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Prior to this, Spock actor Zachary Quinto defined the situation as "complicated".
"I think there's a lot of other stuff, creative things," he commented last month. "The fact that anything good gets made is kind of miracle.
"I think it's about different people having different agendas and ideas about what it will be. And I don't know if and when it will happen... And if it coalesces again and we come back and we're able to do it, wonderful. If not, we had a great run."
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Pine himself has even gone as far as to label the fourth Star Trek movie "cursed".
"After the last one came out and didn't do the $1 billion that everyone wanted it to do, and then Anton [Yelchin] passed away, I don't know. It just... feels like it's cursed," he told Esquire.
Highlighting the fact that cast members are usually the last to learn of any development progress, Pine revealed: "I know costume designers that have read scripts before the actors. I would say it's frustrating. It doesn't really foster the greatest sense of partnership, but it's how it's always been. I love the character. I love the people. I love the franchise. But to try to change the system in which things are created – I just can't do it. I don't have the energy."
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