Strange New Worlds' Success Makes Star Trek 4 Even Harder To Pull Off
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds currently holds a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and the success of the new Paramount+ show can make Star Trek 4's mission even more difficult. Five years after Star Trek: Discovery began a new era of Star Trek on television, a new spin-off series closer to the events of Star Trek: The Original Series was launched, featuring Anson Mount as Captain Pike. At the same time, taking many by surprise, Star Trek 4 was announced and is expected to bring back the original cast that includes Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, and Zachary Quinto. Whether in the Star Trek Prime timeline or in the Kelvin one, there will be no shortage of options for Star Trek content going forward.
Six years after Star Trek: Beyond, the third film in the modern Star Trek movie franchise, it would seem that Star Trek 4 was no longer being considered. However, as part of Paramount+'s slate for movies and streaming series in the upcoming years, Star Trek 4 was revived and is now a much more feasible project than it was a couple of years ago. No director has been announced yet, but filming is expected to start in late 2022. Given how long it has been since the Star Trek: Beyond, it is hard to predict what the story of Star Trek 4 will be, but it could show the Kelvin timeline crew's biggest adventures in the five-years mission.
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As much as Star Trek 4 finally happening can be exciting, it will be hard for the movie to avoid comparisons with Star Trek's new television era, especially with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. While Star Trek: Discovery went for a different, more modern drama type of show, its spin-off Strange New Worlds is much closer to Star Trek: The Original Series
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