Chris Pine Offers Another Disappointing Update on STAR TREK 4
I honestly don’t understand how Paramount Pictures can’t seem to get a new Star Trek film off the ground. Whoever they have over there running things with this franchise really needs to be replaced with people who have a vision and know what they want from the franchise because clearly, they are having issues with that.
Franchise star Chris Pine was recently asked if he’s heard any plans regarding Star Trek 4, and his response: "Not that I know [of].” Then when we asked if he had seen any scripts, he said, "Of course not."
So, it still seems like there’s been zero movement on this. Maybe now that the strikes are over there will be an attempt to ramp development back up. But even then, will it actually end up going anywhere? It’s kind of funny and sad how two of the biggest sci-fi film franchises, Star Trek and Star Wars, are currently in the same boat. It’s been several years since either one of them have been able to get a film project off the ground, but their TV shows have been strong.
A couple of months ago Star Trek 4 screenwriter Lindsey Beer said the movie was still on track, but she also left the project after she wrote a couple of drafts. So who knows, what’s really going on over there?
In the years since the release of Star Trek Beyond in 2016, a number of directors have been attached to Star Trek 4, including SJ Clarkson and Matt Shakman, with Anderson Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet being the most recently attached writers who were working on a script that was set for Shakman to direct. Shakman, though, left the project to develop Fantastic Four for Marvel.
Pine says that he feels the franchise is cursed, saying: "After the last one came out and didn’t do the $1 billion that everybody wanted it to do, and then Anton, [Yelchin, who played Chekov] passed away, I don’t know, it just seemed..." He added later that the franchise "feels like it’s cursed.”
He went on to talk about his frustration, saying: "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."
When Paramount Pictures does figure out what to do with the franchise, who knows if any of the original cast will even want to return? Why would they even want to at this point?
Source: Comicbook