Veteran British television director Toby Haynes, who helmed the “USS Callister” episode of “Black Mirror” and the prison-set episodes of the very first season of “Andor,” is concerning the world of “Star Trek”.
Paramount Pictures has actually apparently employed him to direct a brand-new theatrical release movie in the series which J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is producing and which has Seth Grahame-Smith as author.
Story information are under covers however this is different from a 4th and last chapter in the primary Abrams-produced series of movies that starred Chris Pine in the Captain Kirk function. That task is stated to still remain in “active advancement”.
Rather, Haynes’ movie is being referred to as an “origin story” that happens years before the initial 2009 “Star Trek” movie. Those movies unfold in the late 2250s/early 2260s which would recommend this will unfold in the late 22nd/early 23rd century– a duration of history in the Trek universe never ever truly dealt with before.
The movie will mark the very first in the franchise because 2016’s “Star Trek Beyond”, however a minimum of one direct-to-streaming motion picture is on the method with the Michelle Yeoh-led “Section 31” movie anticipated to start production at month’s end in Canada.
The franchise just recently covered its “Picard” series after 3 seasons, has a 5th and last season of “Star Trek: Discovery” en route which will premiere at SXSW, and has brand-new seasons of both “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” and “Star Trek: Lower Decks” in production.
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