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[Set Harth]

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[Michael]

Watched Seán Ferrick’s video about this earlier today, and while it doesn’t exactly come as a surprise that they’re not planning another Kelvin Trek movie and I didn’t really wait for another one to come out anytime soon, I’m still kinda bummed that it now seems less likely than ever before that we’ll get another movie with that particular ensemble.

At this point I have a lot of nostalgia for those movies, especially the first one, since it was a special time here on the board as well. I still remember fondly the first pieces of information and images coming out, and the time they had the starfleetshipyards.com* landing page where we (IIRC) first saw glimpses of the new ship. These were fun times, and I still think Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Beyond hold up really well. The cast of these movies was just perfect and I really would have liked to see them on the screen one more time. Catching up with them a little later in their careers could have been an interesting basis for another movie, now that a few years have gone by and the actors are a little older.

* By the way, does anyone know if that’s archived anywhere? The original page sadly seems to be down.

 

[oktay]

Do studios still roll the cost of failed productions into the next one? Because the next theatrical Trek is gonna have a $200m budget and take place entirely in a stuck turbolift.

I don't think it will happen like this, they will probably make it cheaper.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

* By the way, does anyone know if that’s archived anywhere? The original page sadly seems to be down.

Heh. I remember starfleetshipyards.com it was a neat teaser for ST09.

 

[FederationHistorian]

Paramount Has “Moved On” from a STAR TREK Kelvin Timeline Sequel Film, Says New Variety Report

After a decade of false starts on a new Chris Pine-led STAR TREK film, a new report today indicates Paramount may have closed the books on the Kelvin Timeline once and for all

blog.trekcore.com

Meh.

It's been obvious for a long time that Paramount had no serious plans for ST4. Too many start and stops. If they actually had an entertaining script, they would have put it into production long ago. With all the names attached at one point or another to star alongside the Kelvin cast, it's amazing it was never capitalized. Failing that, they could had done what was done with TWoK and take the best parts of them to make a new script and make a film out of that.

Paramount dragged their feet too too long. And I don't think they wanted to deal with the Anton Yelchin question either.

There's also the reality of making Star Trek that been revealed during the Kurtzman era.

Why make a movie when they can spend the same amount of money on a 10-episodes season and tell a story better? And not have to worry about airing it on P+ a month after hit hits theatres.

There's probably still money with the Kelvinverse, in seeing where they ended up a decade later, and a way to tie the movies into a more coherent arc. And if they wanted to explore a Federation that was more militant and undemocratic, the Kelvinvese was the perfect canvas for that, since it also would not upset the canon-obsessed with it being set in an alternate reality. But Paramount does not seem interested in that direction.

But it's interesting they want a clean slate. Since Paramount tried that with Section 31, and everyone hated that movie. So, I'm not sure what direction they could go in that they think will generate interest. Prequel fatigue exists in the fandom and the Toby Haynes film is pitched as an origins film.

 

[Dukhat]

depending on the production timelines

Explain.