{"id":80267,"date":"2022-09-28T03:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T03:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/star-trek-sequel-removed-by-paramount-from-upcoming-movie-slate\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T03:26:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T03:26:35","slug":"star-trek-sequel-removed-by-paramount-from-upcoming-movie-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/star-trek-sequel-removed-by-paramount-from-upcoming-movie-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Star Trek’ Sequel Removed by Paramount From Upcoming Movie Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paramount has removed its untitled \u201cStar Trek\u201d sequel from its upcoming movie slate. The project, produced by JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot, had been dated to hit theaters on Dec. 22, 2023.<\/p>\n

The rather inevitable news comes roughly one month after director Matt Shakman exited the \u201cStar Trek\u201d movie, which was nominally set to be the fourth cinematic tour of duty for Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Karl Urban as Bones, John Cho as Sulu and Simon Pegg as Scotty. Shakman was successfully courted by Marvel Studios to helm its \u201cFantastic Four\u201d reboot, reuniting the \u201cWandaVision\u201d director with the studio, after \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d director Jon Watts left that film in April.<\/p>\n

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Shakman first became attached to the \u201cStar Trek\u201d sequel in the summer of 2021, following his acclaimed run directing every episode of \u201cWandaVision\u201d \u2014 the \u201cTrek\u201d announcement even landed the same day Shakman was nominated for an Emmy for the show.<\/p>\n

Then this February, Abrams announced during the Paramount Global investors day presentation that a new \u201cTrek\u201d movie \u201cwill be shooting by the end of the year\u201d and would feature \u201cour original cast.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only problem, according to insiders, was that Pine, Quinto and the rest of the cast had not yet officially signed up for the movie when Abrams made his announcement, leaving Paramount with less than a year to secure the in-demand actors.<\/p>\n

With the movie now off its schedule, that deadline is no longer looming, but it still leaves Paramount without plans for an entry in its most valuable franchise. The last \u201cTrek\u201d feature came in 2016 with \u201cStar Trek Beyond.\u201d Directed by Justin Lin, \u201cBeyond\u201d earned $343.5 million worldwide \u2014 the lowest grosses of any of the \u201cTrek\u201d reboots from Bad Robot.<\/p>\n