Could Discovery/Pike lead to a return to Primeverse movies?

I'm still hopeful that at least after season 3 of DSC, CBS will put season 1 on Netflix to give it wider exposure while still giving people an incentive to get their streaming service to view the rest of the series.

 

yes exactly, (new) Kirk would be the star (the new Bond as it were)..Peck/Mount/Mystique would be the supporting cast (maybe Issacs/Yeoh could pop up too). whichever 'A'list stars they could get for Kodos and a Captain/Admiral (e.g. Russell Crowe as Kodos. Tom Hanks as Capt Garrovick) which would be like extended cameos so they wouldn't taint their image with headlining a Star Trek movie lol.. and then youd have the main threat that would bring Kirk into play with Spock/Pike who would be another corrupt Admiral or another Khan like madman out for revenge lol (a Bana/Cumberbatch/Elba level of star power) and then for Bones, Scotty, Uhura etc theyd probably be just cameos until they get the proper roles in sequels (so like Urban/Pegg/Saldana when they were cast in ST09. some recognisable but not stars. same for Kirk ) plus maybe Gary Mitchell and Carol could have extended/supporting roles (whichever famous fanboy/girl actors who looks abit like a young Gary Lockwood/Bibi Besch).. also could cast actors who looked a tad more like the original cast (more so than ST09)

exactly. I had to wait until STD hit dvd to check it out (unavoidably spoiled. and its the same now with S2. theres just no way you can stay away from spoilers for streaming stuff like is possible with movies) and yes as 'movie quality' the Trek tv series get they just cant replace the thrill of going to see a 'Star Trek Movie' at the cinema. ..

 

Businesses follow the money--and public interest. For the Star Trek franchise, its prime universe, with a focus on TOS in particular, as it was and remains the cultural face of the franchise that needs next to no introduction in markets around the world. Its the reason JJTrek was greenlit, why Discovery was a TOS prequel, why Enterprise's most popular episodes (arguably) were the 2-part, TOS-centric "In a Mirror, Darkly." While the Picard and Section 31 series are on the way, the majority of ST productions--in one way or another--refer to the prime universe with a TOS leaning.

No doubt about that.

 

This might be more of an idea for the IDW comics, the novelverse, or locked up in the files of "Fan Wank" forever , but I think it would be fun to have some sort of a crossover between Prime Pike Enterprise and Kelvin Kirk Enterprise.

If you recall, in the Kelvin timeline, Kirk takes command of the Enterprise much, much sooner than he does in the Prime timeline. In the Prime timeline, Pike is commanding the Enterprise up until about 2263 or 2264.

Suppose that in 2260 or 2261 there was some sort of an anomaly that brought the two ships together. Kelvin Kirk can't help be get a little emotional over seeing Pike again, despite the fact that it's "his" Pike. And Prime Pike is impressed with Kelvin Kirk to the point begins to follow the career of Prime Kirk. Prime Kirk mentions that he meant Pike once when he was promoted to Fleet Captain. Maybe Pike arranged that meeting? Maybe it was Pike's plan all along to make Kirk his successor, with Spock the First Officer, based on his experience with the Kelvin timeline crew? I just think it would be a fun story.

 

This would be my guess too.

This is all unfounded speculation, but with Bad Robot and Paramount's relationship seemingly to be wrapping up, a Paramount and CBS merger actually more likely now, Star Trek Beyond's poor box office results, and CBS Films being absorbed into CBS All Access with the goal of creating original films exclusively to stream on CBS All Access (similar the Netflix original movies) -- I can see CBS Films taking on Star Trek, and having it be a straight-to-streaming movie franchise for awhile.

This might actually be a more likely scenario if you want more Anson Mount "Pike". He seems to have greatly enjoyed playing Pike, but weary about doing another 13-14 episode season that shoots in Toronto. However, 2 or 3 streaming movies might be his thing.