JJ Abrams announced Star Trek 4 all by 2022, confirming a fourth installment to the reboot of the license in 2009 on the big screen, the one known as Kelvin Timelineand bring together Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto in new special adventures as Kirk and Spock. A short time later Pine claimed to feel sorry forrepaired to return to paper, one of the most loved and awarded of his entire career. However, bad news soon arrived. The film had reboots and creative changes and even Chris Pine himself was discouraged considering it a cursed saga. Now, Months after his last statements, Pine shares the bleak state of the project.
Star Trek 4 has problems and Chris Pine is getting tired of waiting: is the saga cursed?
The story of Star Trek 4 It dates back to 2019when Pine and Chris Hemsworth abandoned negotiations to ensure his return in this fourth film, a sequel that was going to continue with the time trips and loops of the first film, but that did not materialize due to the Paramount’s refusal to pay large salaries after the misstep of the previous delivery, Beyond, which did not convince anyone and passed with more pain than glory at the box office. In this scenario, with the cast surprised by the restart of the project and the courage of Paramount, it was said that Matt Shakman (Game of Thrones, WandaVision from Marvel) He had applied to direct this sequel that would arrive at the end of 2023. Well, we are at the end of 2023 and nothing is known yet.
In statements collected by ComicBookbefore the premiere of wishan animated film starring a classic Disney villain, Pine says he hasn’t seen any new scripts or heard anything about the film in a while. “There is nothing new, as far as I know”, Pine explained. The ComicBook journalist insisted on the possibility of a draft or script, but Captain Kirk in the fiction made it clear that there was nothing. “Of course not”he stated bluntly.
Abrams, which rebooted Star Trek In 2009, he continued this film license with Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013. The saga will be completed with a third film directed by the filmmaker Fast & Furious,Justin Lin, Star Trek Beyondwhich despite offering numerous references to the main saga, did not do very well at the box office.