It's looking like Star Trek 4 will bring back Chris Pine and more of JJ Abrams's trilogy cast.
Paramount Pictures has revealed it would enter talks to bring back Pine for another sequel as Captain Kirk, alongside Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Karl Urban as Bones and John Cho as Sulu.
The news was reported on Tuesday (February 15) by Variety after producer JJ Abrams made a special announcement at the Paramount Investors Day Presentation.
Abrams said: "We are thrilled to say that we are hard at work on a new Star Trek film that will be shooting by the end of the year that will be featuring our original cast and some new characters that I think are going to be really fun and exciting and help take Star Trek into areas that you've just never seen before.
"We're thrilled about this film, we have a bunch of other stories that we're talking about that we think will be really exciting, so can't wait for you to see what we're cooking up. But until then, live long and prosper."
WandaVision's Matt Shakman will direct. Abrams's return for a fourth movie was revealed last year, but it was not clear whether Pine and his trilogy co-stars would be a part of the next Star Trek instalment.
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Talks had previously stalled for the main cast for a fourth film, with Paramount considering other stories from Quentin Tarantino and Noah Hawley in the interim.
Keep in mind that Abrams's Star Trek movies take place in a parallel universe – called the Kelvin timeline – from the main timeline seen in Star Trek: Discovery, Picard and all of the classic series.
To make things more confusing, Spock Prime – played by Leonard Nimoy from Abrams' earlier films – has crossed over from both universes in the past.
Star Trek 4 doesn't have a release date yet.
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