While we’re waiting patiently for Star Trek Beyond to finally hit our screens this Friday, Paramount and Bad Robot firmly have one eye on the future, today officially announcing plans for a fourth instalment of the rebooted Star Trek universe. On top of that, they have confirmed rumours that Chris Hemsworth would be rubbing shoulders with Chris Pine, returning as Kirk’s dad George, a role he memorably played in the prologue of 2009’s Star Trek and whose influence has been felt since the beginning in the form of Kirk’s daddy issues. The official synopsis hints that these issues will reach a head in the sequel:
In the next installment of the epic space adventure, Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk will cross paths with a man he never had a chance to meet, but whose legacy has haunted him since the day he was born: his father.
This is quite a big get for the franchise, since Hemsworth’s star is considerably brighter than at the time of his original cameo (it was pre-Avengers after all) and just adds to the star power of the franchise. The cast we’re used to since the first movie, sadly minus the dearly departed Anton Yelchin, are expected to return, with JJ Abrams on board as producer and J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, who originally wrote Star Trek Beyond before Simon Pegg and Doug Jung came in with a Page One rewrite, providing the script. Everything else, from who will direct this time round to how George Kirk and his son will come face to face, is being kept under wraps at this stage.
No release date has been given as of yet.
In the next installment of the epic space adventure, Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk will cross paths with a man he never had a chance to meet, but whose legacy has haunted him since the day he was born: his father.
This is quite a big get for the franchise, since Hemsworth’s star is considerably brighter than at the time of his original cameo (it was pre-Avengers after all) and just adds to the star power of the franchise. The cast we’re used to since the first movie, sadly minus the dearly departed Anton Yelchin, are expected to return, with JJ Abrams on board as producer and J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, who originally wrote Star Trek Beyond before Simon Pegg and Doug Jung came in with a Page One rewrite, providing the script. Everything else, from who will direct this time round to how George Kirk and his son will come face to face, is being kept under wraps at this stage.
No release date has been given as of yet.
