It was expected, and now a new a feature piece in Variety on Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has seemingly confirmed it – the 2009-era “Star Trek” films (aka Kelvin Timeline) are dead and a reboot is in order.
The trade indicates Paramount is hoping for a ‘fresh’ new take on the series and “the studio has moved on from the idea of bringing back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the ensemble from the J.J. Abrams reboot.”
The piece further goes into how Paramount Pictures is de-prioritizing some projects while bringing new focus to others and to up overall pace of releases. “Star Trek,” especially is one they intend to focus on reinvigorating.
It mirror socmments made by Ellison at a press conference right after the takeover when he said “Star Trek” was “absolutely a priority” for paramount and they would take a ‘holistic approach’ across film and television – namely something more integrated.
Various attempts to reboot “Star Trek” on the big screen have happened – from S.J. Clarkson to Matt Shakman to even Quentin Tarantino linked to versions at different points. Most of those however were to involve Pine’s Kirk and his crew.
A proposed “Star Trek” origin film, with Toby Haynes attached to direct, was announced as being on the 2026 slate a while back but there’s been no updates on that in a long time.
