Star Trek 4 simply can’t appear to make any traction, and Zoe Saldana is weighing in on the film’s present standing.
Star Trek film collection star Zoe Saldana has an replace on Star Trek 4. For years, there have been many false begins on making a fourth Star Trek movie from the trendy reboot film collection, recognized to Trekkies because the Kelvin Timeline. The film lastly began to make some actual traction when it was introduced that Matt Shakman had been tapped to direct, however these plans modified when Marvel Studios gave him a proposal he could not refuse, which was the possibility to direct the brand new Fantastic Four film.
Without a director in place, Paramount Pictures wound up pulling Star Trek 4 from its launch schedule. It had beforehand been given a set launch date for December 2023, however with the delay, it is now as soon as once more unclear once we can count on to see the long-gestating sequel. Saldana, who performs Uhura within the movies, shared the newest replace in Deadline’s 20 Questions podcast not too long ago. She says that whereas everybody is keen to get began on the film, Saldana suggests that there have been some points with scheduling, as it may be onerous to get the entire busy forged members collectively directly. With that mentioned, she additionally alludes to different causes delaying the challenge. From the interview:
“We had been in contact with J.J. and we had been making an attempt to kind of see if we had been going to have the ability to see this previous fall, I do not suppose it was doable. I’ve extra kind of concepts that possibly it was simply schedules, we could not handle to get an entire forged and an entire crew to return collectively, however I believe as nicely it has one thing else to do with the challenge. I do know that we’re all on the identical web page, we might love nothing greater than to have the ability to come again.”
When Will Star Trek 4 Be Released?
It’s not a shock that Saldana does not know precisely what all is occurring with Star Trek 4. The forged members all appear to be saved at nighttime on what’s occurring with the challenge, as some have famous after the sequel was formally introduced with Shakman directing. Many of the particular forged members hadn’t even recognized that the movie was greenlit by Paramount when it was introduced earlier this yr.
“I believe all people was like, ‘Did you hear about this?'” Pine mentioned of getting blindsided by the information, completely happy however shocked about it. “We’re normally the final individuals to search out out, however I do know we’re all excited. Whenever they need to ship us a script, we’re prepared for it… We haven’t seen a script. I don’t know something about it.”
Star Trek 4 would have been launched on Dec. 22, 2023, if there weren’t any issues. As of now, with its launch pulled from the schedule, it’s unclear when the movie will likely be launched. At this level, most followers are taking a look at Star Trek 4 as a case of “consider it if you see it,” given what number of false begins the challenge has already had.