Simon Pegg Says Quentin Tarantino's STAR TREK Film is Five or Six Years Away From Happening

While director S.J. Clarkson is hard at work on developing Star Trek 4 for Paramount Pictures, it sounds like Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek film isn't going to happen anytime soon. In fact, according to Simon Pegg, it's likely that we won't see his movie for another five or six years. 

While speaking with Edmonton Journal, Pegg confirms that Tarantino's plan is to use the current cast of the franchise:

"[Tarantino] came in to Bad Robot and pitched it and it’s been put in the bank. I think he had us in mind when he came up with the idea; he likes the new cast…As far as I know, it is the same cast."

The actor then went on to say that it's probably going to be a few years before anything happens with Tarantino's film:

"I can’t see him doing it for five or six years, by which time we might be too old anyway."

Yeah, the cast for this film franchise isn't getting any younger. At least J.J. Abrams and the studio are still looking to do it. I'm very excited about seeing what Tarantino's vision of Star Trek will be. It's still crazy to think that he's going to direct a Star Trek movie! It's just one of those things I never thought I'd see.

Pegg went on to talk about Clarkson's approach on her Star Trek 4 film, saying:

"I’ve met with S.J. and she’s fizzing with ideas and she has the right attitude…She’s reverent, but she’s not slavish. In terms of the story, I have a vague knowledge, but it’s nothing I can talk about."

What we do know about Star Trek 4 is that it will reunite Captain James T. Kirk with his father, George Kirk, played by Chris Hemsworth. The tagline for the film reads, "Captain Kirk will cross paths with a man he never got to meet, but whose legacy has haunted him since the day he was born: his father."

Abrams previously talked about the movie, saying, "It’s really the reason we made the deal with Chris Hemsworth as soon as we could because we really wanted that story to be told."

It's also been reported that the film will feature a new female hero and a female villain, one of which may end up being played by Danai Guira (The Walking Dead).

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