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Release date: July 22, 2016 (UK)

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After stopping off at Starbase Yorktown, a remote outpost on the fringes of Federation space, the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, is destroyed by an unstoppable wave of unknown aliens. With the crew stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, they find themselves fighting against a ruthless enemy with a well-earned hatred of the Federation and everything it stands for. Only a rebellious alien warrior can help them reunite and leave the planet to stop this deadly menace from beginning a possible galactic war.

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"Captain's Log, Stardate 2263.2..."

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The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the te... Read all The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test. The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.

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• Zachary Quinto
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• 3 wins & 29 nominations total

• Captain James T. Kirk

• Commander Spock

• Doctor 'Bones' McCoy

• Lieutenant Uhura

• Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

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• Trivia After production on the film was completed, and a month before the release, Anton Yelchin died in a freak vehicle accident at age 27. During the ending credits, there is a dedication that reads, "For Anton." J.J. Abrams announced that Chekov would not be recast, "I would say you can't replace him. There will be no new casting. I can't imagine that, and I think Anton deserves better."
• Goofs The amount of ships and soldiers that the enemy has in its swarm changes dramatically during the final battle, from a few thousand to tens/hundreds of thousands when they attack the station. However, previously in the film, it is stated that the planet has deep and large underground caverns so it is entirely possible that there were more ships underground. Also, the amount of soldiers that would be needed to pilot all the ships would be huge as it was shown that they contain at least one soldier in each ship. But when they were watching the video logs near the film's ending, Captain Edison clearly states that they found drones. It is quite possible that the bulk of the enemy fleet is made up of drones and controlled by the hive mind that the music disrupts.

Doctor 'Bones' McCoy : [after removing shrapnel from Spock] Yeah. They say it hurts less if it's a surprise.

Commander Spock : If I may adopt a parlance with which you are familiar, I can confirm your theory to be horseshit.

• Crazy credits There is a giant green energy-hand, in the closing credits, mentioned in the movie as one of the possibilities for a ship lost in space.
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After stopping off at Starbase Yorktown, a remote outpost on the fringes of Federation space, the USS Enterprise , halfway into its five-year mission, is destroyed by a powerful, unstoppable wave of unknown aliens. With the crew stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, they find themselves in conflict with a new ruthless enemy who has a well-earned hatred of the Federation and what it stands for.

• 1.1 Prologue
• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 2 Log entries
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.3.1 Under Roberto Orci
• 4.3.2 Under Justin Lin
• 4.4 Filming
• 4.5 Continuity
• 5.1 Marketing
• 5.2 Posters
• 5.3 Box office
• 5.4 Reception
• 5.5 Merchandise gallery
• 6 Awards and honors
• 7.1 Credits
• 7.4 Second Unit
• 7.5 Dubai Unit
• 7.6.1 Uncredited
• 7.7.1 Unconfirmed
• 7.8 Stand-ins
• 7.9.1 Unconfirmed
• 7.9.2 Companies
• 7.11.1 Graphic references
• 7.11.2 Balthazar M. Edison's personnel file
• 7.11.3 Diagnostic wrap display
• 7.11.4 Public transporter menu
• 7.11.5 Starbase Yorktown memorial wall (unseen material)
• 7.11.6 Spock Prime's holophoto – Senior staff of the USS Enterprise -A
• 7.11.7 Spock Prime's obituary
• 7.11.8 Unreferenced material
• 7.11.9 Deleted graphics references
• 7.12 External links

Summary [ ]

Prologue [ ].

Kirk offering a piece of the Abronath as a gesture of peace

In early 2263 , on the planet of Teenax , Captain James T. Kirk is negotiating a treaty between the Teenaxi Delegation and the Fibonan Republic who are long-term enemies. He presents a piece of an ancient weapon as a gesture of goodwill, but the Teenaxian leader asks where it comes from. When Kirk says the Fibonans acquired it a long time ago, the Teenaxians accuse the Fibonans of stealing the artifact . The Teenaxians (who turn out to be quite small creatures compared to Humans), attack Kirk. As a result, he flips open his communicator and urgently asks Montgomery Scott that he be beamed up. He is eventually evacuated to the USS Enterprise , accidentally taking two Teenaxians with him. Walking down a corridor in his torn uniform, Kirk is followed by Spock and Leonard McCoy . Kirk asks his first officer to log the artifact in the ship's archive vault . " Jim, you look like crap, " McCoy says. Kirk sarcastically thanks the doctor. When McCoy asks the captain if he is all right, Kirk replies, " Never better. Just another day in the fleet. "

Act One [ ]

The crew of the Enterprise anticipate shore leave

The Enterprise arrives at Yorktown

The stardate is 2263.2. It has been nine hundred and sixty-five days since the USS Enterprise began its five-year mission . The Enterprise docks at Starbase Yorktown , an extensive deep space colony containing a large city, to replenish dwindling supplies while the crew takes shore leave . Struggling to find continued meaning in his duties as captain, and becoming increasingly affected by thoughts of the death of his father, George Kirk , Kirk applies for a promotion to vice admiral .

Spock learns that Spock Prime has died

Meanwhile, Spock and Nyota Uhura deal with a time-out in their relationship; Hikaru Sulu reunites with his husband Ben and their young daughter; and Montgomery Scott struggles to keep the ship operational. Spock is also distraught to find that his alternate reality counterpart has recently passed away.

Kalara rescued and brought to Yorktown

An escape pod is found drifting out of a nearby nebula and its occupant, Kalara , claims her ship is stranded on the planet Altamid , which is located past the dangerous, unexplored nebula that will block communications with Starfleet . In a meeting with Yorktown's commanding officer Commodore Paris , Kirk volunteers the Enterprise for the rescue mission, and they get through the nebula with some difficulty, and eventually arrive at Altamid, which Spock finds to be a sparsely-populated class M world. Not long after arrival, the Enterprise comes under attack from a swarm of thousands of small, heavily-armed alien ships. Kirk orders a counterattack, but the Enterprise is overwhelmed by the enemy's sheer volume and strength; the ship's phasers , navigational deflector , and warp nacelles are destroyed within minutes.

The swarm cripples the Enterprise

With the Enterprise crippled and helpless, several of the attacking ships breach the hull, and a boarding party commanded by the swarm's leader, Krall , boards the ship. They make their way to the ship's vault, and on the way there Krall captures and drains the life force from several Enterprise crewmen, leaving them as withered husks. Scott attempts to restore power to the ship's impulse drive by feeding it from the warp core , but Krall orders the swarm to resume its attack. They destroy the neck section of the Enterprise , separating the saucer and engineering hulls, and leaving the saucer powerless due to Scott's modifications, leaving no way of switching over to the saucer's reserve power without a separation . Spock and Dr. McCoy are in a turbolift car that is ejected into space and subsequently captured by a swarm craft, but they managed to get into the craft and overpower its occupants.

Krall boards the Enterprise

Krall arrives at the ship and attempts to get to the vault to take the artifact from the Enterprise 's mission from Teenax. However, Kirk gets to the artifact first and gives it to Ensign Syl before ordering the crew to abandon ship. As the separated engineering hull begins to disintegrate, most of the crew escape in escape pods , only for the swarm ships to capture them and drag them back to the planet. Seeing this, Scott fires himself out of the ship in a advanced long-range torpedo casing.

Kirk on the bridge in the last moments of the Enterprise

Kirk goes to separate the saucer from the neck but Krall attacks him before Kirk can initiate the separation. Uhura goes on to separate the saucer and gets left behind with Krall in the neck section while Kirk is on the saucer side.

The Enterprise 's saucer burning up

Kirk reaches the bridge, which by now is occupied only by Sulu, Chekov , Kalara, and a few other crewmen. However, Chekov reports that the saucer is too badly damaged to keep in orbit, and will crash within minutes. Kirk orders the remaining crew to abandon the ship by Kelvin pods once it enters the atmosphere (though everyone except for himself, Chekov, and Kalara are also captured), and is the last person to leave the Enterprise . Moments later, the saucer crashes into a mountain range, and what remains of it crash-lands in a field, embedding itself into the earth.

Act Two [ ]

Scott, who has landed elsewhere, is saved from some of the planet's unruly inhabitants by an alien scavenger named Jaylah and taken to her makeshift home, which he discovers to be the wreckage of the USS Franklin , which went missing almost one hundred years prior . Meanwhile, the swarm craft hijacked by Spock and McCoy crash-lands on the planet, badly injuring Spock and forcing McCoy to perform some very hasty surgery in order to save his life.

" God, you're getting delirious. "

After discovering that the alien artifact originated from the planet on which they had crash-landed, Spock reveals to McCoy that he is reconsidering his place in Starfleet after Spock Prime's death. The two are then attacked by the swarm only to be saved by Scott, who has repaired the Franklin 's transporter system.

Meanwhile, Kirk and Chekov force Kalara to admit she lured the Enterprise into a trap, claiming that Krall promised to return her crew to her in exchange for the Enterprise and her own crew. With their tricorders having insufficient range to locate the rest of the crew, the trio board the crashed saucer in order to use its sensors. Kirk pretends to go to retrieve the artifact in a corridor and Kalara turns on him and reveals that her "crew" never existed; she's been in league with Krall from the very start. Fortunately, Kirk had seen through her, and Chekov rescues him as more of Krall's troopers arrive. Outnumbered and trapped, Kirk ignites the fuel tank for the saucer's maneuvering thrusters , which allows them to escape, but also causes the saucer to flip over, killing Kalara and the troopers, and causing the fuel tanks to explode, leaving the mostly-destroyed saucer as all that remains of the USS Enterprise .

" You gave your girlfriend a tracking device? " " ...That was not my intention. "

Meanwhile, Krall demands the artifact, threatening to kill Sulu if he does not get it. Syl relents and gives Krall the artifact, which he reveals to be the final component of a weapon called the Abronath that attacks organic tissue and which he intends to unleash on Starbase Yorktown. Krall then tests the weapon on Syl, dissolving her completely in the process.

When the group consisting of McCoy, Spock, Scott, Kirk, Chekov, and Jaylah has ascertained the location of the captured crew through Uhura's vokaya amulet, the group formulates a plan to infiltrate Krall's base. Jaylah is initially fearful of this, remembering the death of her family at the hands of Krall and his people, but Scott and Kirk are able to persuade her to help out.

Act Three [ ]

Spock, Jaylah, and McCoy beam into Krall's base

As Krall departs for Starbase Yorktown, Kirk, McCoy, Spock, and Jaylah rescue the crew before repairing the Franklin and also setting a course for the starbase. Spock and McCoy beam aboard an attacking drone ship and discover a way to disrupt the drones' cohesion, allowing the Franklin and the starbase to destroy much of the drone fleet using discordant noise on a very high frequency (VHF), provided courtesy of Jaylah's collection of "classical" late 20th century music.

After a brief battle between the swarm and Yorktown's defenses, Krall still manages to board the starbase despite the Battle of Yorktown , which eventually culminates in the Franklin intercepting his ships in a maneuver near the starbase's central control complex.

Krall's original identity: Captain Balthazar Edison

As they look for him, Uhura learns from the Franklin 's video logs that Krall's original name was Balthazar Edison and that he was born Human . Before his sudden disappearance, Edison had been the captain of the Franklin . He had been declared missing in action by Starfleet, and had ended up crashing onto Altamid, which was a former mining colony of an alien species known as the Ancient Ones, who had left drone equipment and other technology behind. Edison, and at least two of his crewmates, had used the remains of this technology to prolong their lives, and to build new military vessels. However, the use of the life-extension technology had also rendered the former members of the Franklin unrecognizable as Humans because they acquired some of the biological attributes of the other species they lured for their consumption.

Once Krall/Edison is on board the Franklin , he steals a command division Starfleet uniform and reverts to a mostly Human appearance after draining the life force from several more Enterprise crewmembers, healing the injuries he suffered when his ship was crushed.

Kirk fights Krall to save Yorktown

Krall/Edison prepares to deploy the bioweapon, leading to a chase through the base. Kirk confronts Krall/Edison in the life support hub, and they fight in anti-gravity and weightless conditions in the life support section of Yorktown. Krall/Edison expounds his theory that Humanity needs to be in a state of conflict in order to progress, and that the Federation has stifled this process by bringing about peace in large areas of the galaxy. The fight ends with both Krall/Edison and the Abronath bioweapon being ejected into space, where the Abronath devours him.

Kirk is rescued from suffering the same fate by Spock and McCoy in their hijacked drone. Kirk tells Spock he doesn't know what he would do without him, causing him to contemplate his decision to leave Starfleet.

Spock finds Spock Prime's photo of himself along with his crewmates from his reality

Commodore Paris closes the unsolved cases of the fate of Captain Edison and the crew of the USS Franklin . She commends Kirk for his actions and informs him that his promotion to the admiralty is assured. However, Kirk respectfully declines the offer, his experience having rejuvenated his spirit to be a Starfleet officer, stating that "admirals don't fly". Remaining a starship captain, Kirk allows McCoy to lead him to a gathering where McCoy has planned a surprise birthday party for his friend. At a loss for words, Kirk instead raises a toast to the late starship Enterprise and to their fallen comrades. Spock allows himself a look at some of Ambassador Spock's personal effects and finds a photograph of him and his prime reality comrades on the bridge of their Enterprise .

Kirk's surprise birthday party

Reminding himself of his earlier discussion with Dr. McCoy, Spock elects to live as his alternate self did and remains serving in Starfleet. Kirk offers his condolences on Ambassador Spock's passing to his friend, which Spock accepts and begins to renew his relationship with Uhura. A despondent Jaylah, also present at the gathering, has consumed a large number of alcoholic beverages, which she had been told would "take her edge off", but is clearly not having much of an effect. Hoping to boost her spirits, Scott presents Jaylah with an acceptance letter into Starfleet Academy , courtesy of a few strings pulled by Kirk, who also warns her that Starfleet has many rules but not to follow all of them.

The crew looks at the construction of their new starship

As Kirk and Spock look out of a massive window, they view the construction of a new starship. Considering the perils that had befallen the Enterprise and her crew since they were first assembled five years earlier, McCoy questions whether or not they really should go back out into space. As the starship finishes construction, its primary hull proudly displays her name and registry : USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) . Kirk, Spock, Scott, McCoy, Sulu, Chekov, and Uhura can be heard taking turns paraphrasing Zefram Cochrane :

Log entries [ ]

• Kirk: " Captain's Log , Stardate 2263.2. Today is our 966th day in deep space , a little under three years into our five-year mission . The more time we spend out here, the harder it is to tell where one day ends and the next one begins. It can be a challenge to feel grounded when even gravity is artificial . But, well, we do what we can to make it feel like home. The crew , as always, continues to act admirably despite the rigors of our extended stay here in outer space. And the personal sacrifices they have made. We continue to search for new life forms in order to establish firm diplomatic ties. Our extended time in uncharted territory has stretched the ship's mechanical capacities. But fortunately our engineering department, led by Mr. Scott, is more than up to the job. The ship aside, prolonged cohabitation has definitely had effects on the interpersonal dynamics. Some experiences for the better, and some for the worse. As for me, things have started to feel a little episodic. The farther out we go, the more I find myself wondering what it is we're trying to accomplish. If the universe is truly endless, then are we not striving for something forever out of reach? The Enterprise is scheduled for a reprovisioning stop at Yorktown , the Federation 's newest and most advanced starbase . Perhaps a break from routine will offer up some respite from the mysteries of the unknown. "
• Edison: " Captain's log... I don't remember the stardate. All distress calls unanswered. Of the crew , only three remain . I WON'T ALLOW IT! The indigenous race abandoned this planet long ago. They left behind sophisticated mining equipment and a drone workforce . They have some sort of technology that prolongs life . I will do whatever it takes for me and my crew. The Fed-Federation do not care about us. You'll probably never see me again. But if you do... be ready. "

Memorable quotes [ ]

" To perfect eyesight and a full head of hair. "

" You guys break up? What'd you do? " " A typically reductive inquiry, doctor. " " You know Spock, if an Earth girl says, uh, 'it's me, not you', it's definitely you."

" I am Lieutenant Nyota Uhura of the USS Enterprise . And you have committed an act of war against the Federation. " " Federation?! Federation is an act of war. "

" Your captain... why did you sacrifice yourself for him? " " He would have done the same. And if he made it off that ship, he will come for us. " " I am counting on it, Lieutenant Uhura. "

" Yeah, I say it hurts less when it's a surprise. " " If I may adopt a parlance with which you are familiar, I can confirm your theory to be "horseshit". "

" Come now, Montgomery Scotty. "

" Leaving me behind will significantly increase your chances of survival, Doctor. " " Well that's damn chivalrous of you, but completely out of the question. " " It is imperative that you locate any surviving crew. " " Here I was thinking you cared. " " Of course I care, Leonard. I always assumed my respect for you was clear. The dialogue we have had across the years has always... " " It's okay, Spock. You don't have to say it. " [McCoy and Spock are surrounded by three of Krall's drone ships] " Well, at least I won't die alone! " [Spock is beamed out from behind McCoy] " Well that's just typical."

" This is where the frontier pushes back. "

" You're part of something bigger now, lassie. Right? Dinnae give up on that. 'Cause we'll sure as hell never give up on you. That is what being part of a crew is all about. "

" What happened to you out there, Edison? " " Ed-i-son? I have to say, Kirk, I missed being me. We lost ourselves, but gained a purpose! A means to bring the galaxy back to the struggle that made Humanity strong. " " I think you're underestimating Humanity. " " I fought for Humanity! Lost millions to the Xindi and Romulan wars. And for what? For the Federation?! To sit me in a captain's chair and break bread with the enemy! " " We change. We have to. Or we spend the rest of our lives fighting the same battles. "

" You lost. There's no way for you to make it back there! Give up! " " What, like you did?! I read your ship's logs, Captain James T. Kirk. At least I know what I am! I'm a soldier! " " You won the war, Edison. You gave us peace! " " Peace... is not what I was born into. "

" You... can't stop it. You will die. " " Better to die saving lives, than to live with taking them. That's what I was born into. "

" To the Enterprise ... and to absent friends. "

" You really want to head back out there, huh? "

" Space. The final frontier. " " These are the voyages of the starship... " " ... Enterprise . Its continuing mission... " " ...to explore strange new worlds... " " ...to seek out new life... " " ...and new civilizations... " ...to boldly go where no one has gone before. "

Background information [ ]

The film takes place two-and-a-half years into the characters' five-year mission , [1] when the USS Enterprise is attacked by the Swarm and the crew is marooned on an unknown world as a consequence. They gain an ally in Sofia Boutella 's alien warrior, Jaylah. [2]

Idris Elba plays the Swarm's leader, Krall, who detests the Federation's philosophy and opposes its introduction to the wider galaxy. [3] Elba said, " There's definitely an opposing argument to the good that the Federation think they do. There are purists that believe in independence, and believe that we're all made differently for a reason, and will fight tooth and nail to defend that. There's massive relatability to modern world politics in that sense. " [4]

J.J. Abrams had stated he would like more female characters in the sequel. [5] He also mentioned the sequel could fall back on abandoned story ideas for the characters. " There was [an idea] implying the sexuality of one of the characters, a back story for another character that was pretty intense, a really funny story we wanted to do with yet another. Hopefully, if there are future films, those other stories will get their moment, " he said. [6] Roberto Orci has voiced support for having a gay character. [7]

William Shatner was contacted about a possible role in the film. Along with Shatner, Leonard Nimoy had been rumored to appear, in a scene with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto , as the future alternate reality versions of the characters. [8] In the wake of Nimoy's death on 27 February 2015 , Simon Pegg mentioned there would be some tribute to the late actor in the final film. [9] On 27 May 2015 , Pegg mentioned that it was possible Shatner could portray Kirk again at some point, [10] but Shatner confirmed he would not appear and he never discussed it. [11] Shatner's Kirk and Nimoy's Spock appear in the film in a still handled by the actor Zachary Quinto.

Zoë Saldana stated she would dislike it if Spock and Uhura broke up, describing that possibility as potentially "heartbreaking" for her. Concerning the film's action quotient, she speculated, " I'm pretty sure that for this third installment, we'll be able to sort of [...] be more hands-on. " [12] Lin said their relationship will be consistent and acknowledge what came before. [13]

Bruce Greenwood expressed hope that Christopher Pike could return, which he referred to as a "deep, deep wish to come back." Although Pike dies in Star Trek Into Darkness , Greenwood suspected Khan Noonien Singh 's revitalizing blood could be used to bring Pike back to life. As a result, he confirmed, laughing, that he would be interested in reprising the role in " Star Trek III: The Search for Pike ", an in-joke reference to the title of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . In a serious manner, Greenwood related he would be interested in further resolution to the relationship between Pike and Kirk. ( Star Trek Magazine Special 2015 , p. 21) In reference to Kirk, he concluded, " Whatever happens in the third film, it will give the audience a sense of progression and change; an arc and a character that's really growing with them. " ( SciFiNow , issue 80, p. 26)

On 2 February 2015 , the on-line movie and television news site FilmDivider.com reported that, for the new Star Trek film, three new major female roles would be cast. One of them would be the President of the United Federation of Planets , one would be a starship captain , and the third would be an ex-wife of Doctor McCoy , who was to be depicted as having several former wives. The male villain would be a Bryan Cranston -like type and the website also stated that Cranston was in talks with the studio. All this proved to be false. [14]

The working title for this sequel was "Washington" and "Washington Project". [15] [16] [17] On 21 April 2015 , TrekMovie.com announced that Star Trek Beyond "may be the title" of the film. [18] The title was later confirmed by Director Justin Lin . [19]

Development [ ]

Under roberto orci [ ].

Producer Bryan Burk commented that Paramount wanted the third film to take less time to produce than Star Trek Into Darkness took, and that 2016 – the 50th anniversary of Star Trek – would be a logical year to release it. [20] Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman added that Paramount insisted on a 2016 release date. [21]

J.J. Abrams, who directed Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness , chose to direct Star Wars Episode VII , and accordingly only produce this film. [22] Abrams noted, " Having directed pilots and movies and then having seen subsequent directors work on those shows or do their own versions of those films – time and again I have seen it done better. " [23] Patrick McKay stated, " Bad Robot , J.J., and his team are really at the heart of this movie's development. They are the guiding light by which we all do our work. J.J.'s been a key part of helping us spin this tale from the beginning, and if there are people who think that we've lost him to Star Wars this time around, that’s not the truth as far as we see it. " [24]

In an interview published on 6 May 2013 , Michael Giacchino expressed he was open to return to score the film, saying, " I’d be happy and honored to do another if that was in the future. " [25]

In August 2013 , then-writing partners Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller pitches to J.J. Abrams a story with an antagonist who "...was more a 'noble adversary' a la Balance of Terror than another Khan . There was also Dyson Sphere [sic] and an ancient, Lovecraftian menace to the galaxy." [26] [27]

In September 2013 , J.J. Abrams acknowledged rumors that Rupert Wyatt could helm the sequel, stating, " He's incredibly talented, and we'd be lucky to have someone as talented as Rupert. But there are things we're focusing on right now before the director, which is just sort of the fundamentals of where the story is gonna go. " [28]

On 2 November 2013 , it was reported that Attack the Block director Joe Cornish was Paramount's choice to direct the film, though reports differed as to whether or not he had already begun negotiations to join the project. According to Variety , Cornish was offered the film once before, in May 2013 , but had turned it down. [29] [30] [31] Abrams voiced his support for Cornish, stating, " I don't know if [he] is the guy. My guess is that's up in the air. I adore him and love him and can't wait to see what he does next. Hopefully, it will be Star Trek." [32]

On 6 December 2013 , it was announced that up-and-coming screenwriters J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay would be writing the script alongside Roberto Orci. It was also announced that Alex Kurtzman would not be involved with the project, due to work on The Amazing Spider-Man movies and other projects. [33]

In February 2014 , J.D. Payne explained they were trying to come up with a classic Star Trek storyline, where " You should respond to this opportunity that the crew has that also has some pitfalls to it [....] It's sort of the Adam and Eve thing, where should we eat the fruit or not eat the fruit? Well, there are some very compelling reasons why they should and why they shouldn't. So, [there are] similar kinds of things here that really give the whole movie an opportunity to sort of play with that, and have people come down on different sides and wrestle with it. " [34]

In April 2014 , it was revealed Roberto Orci had been lobbying to direct the film, but Paramount was reluctant to allow him, as he had never directed before. However, Bad Robot and Skydance Productions were supportive. [35]

At the US premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness on 2 May 2013 , Damon Lindelof hinted that the prospect the Klingons would declare war on the Federation would come to fruition, and that Benedict Cumberbatch would return as Khan Noonien Singh . [36] However, Lindelof was not involved with the sequel.

Later in May 2013, Paramount relented to Roberto Orci's appeals, offering him the director's chair. [37]

In an interview published on 29 June 2014 , Patrick McKay implied the film may not have a villain, explaining that, while he loved Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , he also loved the other films " that have a little bit more of the character relationships and the humor and some more of the speculative sci-fi elements. " [38]

In July 2014 , Roberto Orci clarified that he was not technically directing the film until Paramount approved the script. [39] On 9 August 2014 , Orci proclaimed he had finished a first draft of the script. [40] On 27 August 2014 , he revealed that the casting process for other characters had begun. [41]

On 18 September 2014 , Zachary Quinto stated he expected the film to start shooting within the next six months. [42] The next day, it was confirmed that shooting would begin in February 2015 , with a summer 2016 release date. An official announcement was to be made soon thereafter with a specific release date. [43]

As the domestic gross of Star Trek Into Darkness (which stood at US$228.5 million) was less than the first film, Paramount made the decision to film the sequel outside Los Angeles to save money. " We're making it for what it should have been shot for last time if we had made it outside of L.A., which we would have done except that [J.J. Abrams] didn't want to, " a studio source told The Hollywood Reporter . " That was a $20 million issue. " [44]

On 29 September 2014 , Mayor Park Wonsoon confirmed he had met with the producers, including Jeffrey Chernov , and confirmed Seoul in South Korea as one of the filming locations for Star Trek Beyond . [45] According to TrekMovie.com, the film would be shot primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which would also be used for outside filming locations. [46]

Roberto Orci officially stepped down from directing the film on 5 December 2014 . Orci remained attached the project as an in-name producer, but ceased to by involved in production. [47] While the film was without a director, Jonathan Frakes lobbied to be given the opportunity to direct the movie. ( SFX , issue 270, p. 63)

Under Justin Lin [ ]

On 22 December 2014 , it was announced that Justin Lin had been hired to direct the film. [48] Two days later, it was announced that Roberto Orci would only produce the film and will no longer be involved in the writing process. [49]

A childhood fan of Star Trek: The Original Series , Lin was called by J.J. Abrams while filming the second season of True Detective . [50] After learning he was not beholden to any previous script, Lin decided to go " new and fresh. The Klingons , Romulans and other species are great, but it's time to go further. It has been fun to focus on creating whole new worlds and species. " [51] Simon Pegg coined the title when he recognized Lin was trying to take Star Trek "beyond". [52]

On 21 January 2015 , it was announced that principal filming would start on 15 April 2015 at Vancouver Film Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [53] It was also announced that Simon Pegg and Doug Jung would help write the film. [54] Jung came to stay at Pegg's house to co-write the script; whenever they felt they completed enough of the rewrite, they would pass time by watching episodes of the original show. [55] They also consulted Memory Alpha, with Pegg claiming " We actually wrote to the Memory Alpha guys and got them to name a certain device in the movie. I sent them a letter saying, 'Can you come up with this for me?' In two hours, they came back with an entire etymological history of what the thing was. It's beautiful. It’s fantastic to have that support network. " [56]

Simon Pegg commented Paramount felt Roberto Orci's script was " a little bit too Star Trek -y. Avengers Assemble [the release title of The Avengers in the United Kingdom], which is a pretty nerdy, comic-book, supposedly niche thing, made $1.5 billion. Star Trek Into Darkness made half a billion, which is still brilliant. But it means that, according to the studio, there's still $1bn worth of box office that don't go and see Star Trek . And they want to know why. " Pegg described the rewrite as being akin to "mak[ing] a Western or a thriller or a heist movie, then populate that with Star Trek characters so it's more inclusive to an audience that might be a little bit reticent". [57]

Pegg also explained they wanted to mark the 50th anniversary by deconstructing the franchise. " I felt like it was important to really deconstruct the idea of Star Trek , the idea of the Federation and why it's special. We'll really be poking at a lot of different things. " He also said, " We're gathering a great community within the galaxy, but to what end? What does it all mean? " [58]

The character of Jaylah was inspired by Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Ree in the 2010 film Winter's Bone . Pegg and Jung referred to her by Lawrence's nickname "J. Law", eventually inspiring the name "Jaylah". [59]

On 24 February 2015 , it was reported that filming was pushed back to begin on 1 June 2015 and continue on until September. [60]

In March 2015 , Stephen F. Windon was confirmed as the film's cinematographer, replacing Roberto Orci's choice of Claudio Miranda . [61] It was also confirmed that Nick Satriano had replaced the previously announced First Assistant Director Kim H. Winther . [62]

With the release of the official casting call, it was confirmed that shooting in Vancouver, B.C. would be starting on 15 June 2015 and continuing through 15 October 2015 . To be considered being an actor, extra, or crew member on the new film, a legal eligibility for working in Vancouver was a requirement. Extras casting would get underway in May 2015 . [63]

On 2 June 2015 , it was reported that the first draft of the script had been finished. [64]

On 13 June 2015 , Michael Giacchino said he had not yet talked to the makers of Star Trek Beyond about the prospect of him returning to Star Trek in order to compose this film. The reason no contact had been made was partly because Giacchino himself had been extremely busy but also " because they're in such a crazy schedule crunch [....] But I imagine that I will be talking to them soon about all of this, and we'll figure out what’s going to happen next, " he said. [65]

Deep Roy was confirmed to be returning as Keenser on 8 July 2015 , having canceled a convention appearance for filming on Star Trek Beyond . [66]

On 11 July 2015 , Michael Giacchino announced his participation in the movie by tweeting, " So thrilled to be working with Justin Lin and the rest of the Enterprise crew on Star Trek Beyond ! Let's boldly go! " [67] [68] He commented that Beyond is not as gritty and earthbound as the previous two films, so the score would feel different. [69]

It was announced on 24 July 2015 that Joe Taslim had been cast in a key role opposite Idris Elba. [70]

On 7 August 2015 , Joseph Gatt confirmed that the character he played in Star Trek Into Darkness , Science Officer 0718 , would not be returning for Star Trek Beyond , due to script rewrites eliminating his role from the story. [71]

The Italian press reported on 24 October 2015 that former Chelsea, Juventus, Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti had been cast to play a doctor. [72]

Bryan Burk observed, " In the beginning, you could see a palpable sense of excitement as the cast started to work with [Justin Lin]. " ( SFX , issue 270, p. 71)

Addressing the involvement of Roberto Orci and his co-writers John D. Payne and Patrick McKay, Justin Lin said on 14 December 2015 " The WGA has to figure it out, because I don’t know who those writers are, I never met them. I came on, I had an idea and then Simon and Doug came on. I had one conversation with Orci after I came on, and that was it. " [73]

While the first trailer credited Simon Pegg and Doug Jung , it also credited Roberto Orci , John D. Payne , and Patrick McKay . The second trailer only credited Pegg and Jung.

Due to Warner Bros. Pictures becoming Paramount Pictures, the copy of the Paramount logo that came from the film was replaced with a new copy of the logo on the DVD.

Filming [ ]

Boutella and Lin on set

Lin and Pine on the set of the Franklin 's transporter

It was reported that filming was pushed back again and was to begin on 25 June 2015 . [74]

On 25, 26, 29 and 30 June 2015 , the production filmed scenes in Squamish Boulders , Squamish, British Columbia. Filming took place around the Kacodemon Boulder and Cave Boulder for the first three shooting days. On the fourth day, filming took place south of the Black Dyke Boulder. [75] The filming schedule was updated on 26 June 2015 and the first set photos as well as a sixteen-page filming permit contract went online. [76] [77]

On 26 June 2015 , Executive Producer David Ellison revealed Dubai as a filming location. [78] [79] Three days later, Director Justin Lin revealed that the title was officially Star Trek Beyond , as well as releasing the first officially released set photo. [80]

On 19 July 2015 , TrekCore reported some set photos from a large green screen build-up located at Kent Hangar Field, west of Vancouver International Airport. In addition, an enormous wooden construction was also spotted. [81] This location was later revealed as a filming location for War for the Planet of the Apes . [82]

Between 11 August 2015 and 13 August 2015 , an open casting call for background roles was held by Miranda Davidson Studios at Dubai City Studio Soundstage, Building B, Ground Floor. [83] [84]

On 14 August 2015 , several more set photos were published on the internet, backing the claim that a Federation starship crash landed on a planet. [85]

On 20 August 2015 , the first set photos from the filming were published by ScreenRush.com . Several shots gave a detailed view of Sanja Milkovic Hays ' newly designed Starfleet uniforms and also several shots of an alien character played by Sofia Boutella . [86]

On 22 August 2015 , the Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) announced an internship program which would run from 13 September until 15 October 2015. The organization meanwhile also confirmed Dubai was to be used as a filming location for Star Trek Beyond , in October 2015. [87]

On 27 August 2015 and 29 August 2015 , Twitter users reported that Star Trek Beyond was filming at Triangle Road in Richmond, B.C. and at the Pitt River Quarries in Red Deer, B.C. [88] [89]

In October 2015, filming started in Dubai. Filming locations included the desert reserve Platinum Heritage and the Dubai Central Park Towers ground in front of the Central Park Tower and the Platinum Tower. [90] [91] [92] [93]

During their filming in Dubai, several set photos were posted on Twitter, Instagram and other social media sites, including several images and videos of new alien species. [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99]

Principal filming wrapped in Dubai on Thursday 15 October 2015 . [100]

On 11 March 2016 , it was announced that reshoots would occur the following week. It was also announced that Shohreh Aghdashloo would be playing the " High Command of the Federation ". [101] Reshoots wrapped up on 17 March 2016 . [102]

Continuity [ ]

• In this installment, James T. Kirk begins sporting the hairstyle of his prime universe counterpart on Star Trek: The Original Series .
• At Starbase Yorktown , Hikaru Sulu meets up with his husband and daughter . It pays homage to former Hikaru Sulu actor George Takei , who is gay. His daughter is possibly Demora Sulu 's alternate counterpart first seen in Star Trek Generations . (This would make her much older than the Demora of the primary timeline, who was born in 2271 .)
• According to logs of the USS Franklin , Balthazar Edison was a MACO major before he was captain of the Franklin . The logs also said that he participated in the Xindi wars , possibly as one of the MACOs assigned to Enterprise NX-01 under Captain Jonathan Archer in ENT : " The Expanse ". It also mentioned that he fought in the Earth-Romulan War .
• The Franklin 's registry number (NX-326) is a reference to Leonard Nimoy’s birthday (March 26). The ship is named after director Justin Lin's father.
• The saucer section crash landing on Altamid is an homage to when the USS Enterprise -D crash-landed on Veridian III in Star Trek Generations .

The " giant green hand " seen in the credits

• One of the many stories of the Franklin 's fate involved a " giant green hand ". This could be an homage to TOS : " Who Mourns for Adonais? ". A giant green hand also appears in the end credits of the film.
• The ripping of James T. Kirk 's shirt at the beginning of the film is an homage to various Original Series episodes such as " Where No Man Has Gone Before ", " Shore Leave ", " Court Martial ", and " Amok Time " in which Kirk gets into fights and his shirt is ripped.
• This movie marks the third time an Enterprise is destroyed in a Star Trek film . The original USS Enterprise was destroyed in 2285 in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and the Enterprise -D was destroyed in 2371 in Star Trek Generations .
• This film marks the second time a ship captained by Kirk has crashed into an ocean, the first time being in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , and the third time it made contact with the water, the second time being in Into Darkness , when it was hiding on Nibiru .
• Kirk mentioning the Enterprise being on its 966th day in deep space is a reference to the month that Star Trek: The Original Series first aired: September 1966 .
• This is the second Star Trek film not to feature any scenes taking place on or near Earth . ( Star Trek: Insurrection was the first.)
• The photograph of the prime USS Enterprise -A crew Spock views while looking through Ambassador Spock 's belongings near the end of the film is a publicity photo for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier . Terry J. Erdmann commented: " When Spock opened the kit at the end and sees that picture of the original crew, Paula [M. Block] and I just looked at one another. I arranged that photo shoot, getting all the actors together after the fact. They had only shot together as a full cast for a few days, so I had to get the wardrobe, set, lighting, etc. to make that moment happen. I was so pleased to see it on screen when the picture flashed in front of me in the theater. I thought, that photo shoot still has legs ". [103]
• This marks the third movie to feature Kirk's birthday. The first was shown at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and the second was the opening scene of Star Trek .
• Kirk having a drink with McCoy as he discusses his life is reminiscent of many such scenes in The Original Series where Kirk sought Bones' counsel, often over a drink, as seen in episodes such as " The Corbomite Maneuver " and " The Ultimate Computer ".
• The drink that McCoy dismisses when he finds Kirk drinking is Saurian brandy , the preferred drink of Kirk and McCoy in The Original Series .
• This is the second film – the first being The Wrath of Khan – where Kirk ponders his future on his birthday.
• The toast McCoy offers to Kirk while sharing Saurian brandy , " To perfect eyesight and a full head of hair ", is interesting considering that in the prime universe, Kirk requires corrective lenses, being allergic to Retinax V .
• The toast Kirk gives at his birthday party in honor of the fallen crewmembers was also spoken by his counterpart in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek Nemesis , and Kor in DS9 : " Once More Unto the Breach ". His toast to the Enterprise also echoes the toast Montgomery Scott raises to the original Enterprise in TNG : " Relics ".
• Commodore Paris could possibly be a distant relative to Admiral Owen Paris and his son, Lieutenant Tom Paris , from Star Trek: Voyager . Simon Pegg later confirmed that Commodore Paris was a nod to Tom Paris from Voyager and stated that the commodore " probably " could have been his grandmother. [104]
• Simon Pegg stated that the names of the two crew members killed by Krall were taken from " Balance of Terror ", Martine and Tomlinson . [105]
• Chekov states that Scotch whisky was invented by an old woman in Moscow . It is reminiscent of Chekov 's dialogue about Scotch from TOS : " The Trouble with Tribbles ".
• Shortly before the Franklin lifts off from Altamid, Kirk asks Sulu if he can fly it. Sulu turns and says, " You kidding me, sir? ". In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Captain Sulu of the USS Excelsior similarly turned toward Janice Rand and said " Are you kidding? ", when she asked if they should report to Starfleet that Praxis had exploded.
• Given that the film opens on the 966th day of the five-year mission (2 January 2263), it can be extrapolated that the five-year mission began on 12 May 2260 .
• Spock Prime's date of death is listed on screen as stardate 2263.02, ostensibly the same day as 2263.2, when Kirk records his Captain's log early in the film.
• This is the third Star Trek film after Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek in which no Klingons appear on screen. While Klingon ships appeared in both other films, this is the first where there is no reference to them at all.
• Karl Urban has said that the medallion he wears at the end of the film, as well as his shirt being open, is an homage to DeForest Kelley 's similar first appearance as McCoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture . [106]
• Spock's pondering leaving Starfleet to return to New Vulcan (to dedicate his life to completing the late Ambassador Spock's work) is possibly a reference to the fact that in the prime universe, he left the service soon after the end of the five-year mission (as seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ) to dedicate himself to the kolinahr discipline. By the end of the events of that film, he had resolved his internal conflicts and had decided that his initially reluctant return to Starfleet was now a permanent one. In this film, Spock ultimately decides, after looking at a photo of Ambassador Spock with his fellow aged Enterprise comrades, that he also belongs with his own Enterprise family.
• This is the first on-screen use of saucer separation since Star Trek Generations , and the first on-screen use by a ship other than the Enterprise -D.
• This film establishes that Kirk's mother, Winona, is still living, as McCoy asks the captain if he will be calling his mother on his birthday.
• With a release at Star Trek 's 50th anniversary, this film includes fifty new alien species. [107]
• In one line, Krall refers to the Federation 's "centuries of expansion"; according to ENT : " These Are the Voyages... ", by the events of the film, the Federation was just over a century old (Although, considering the unknown circumstances of the Franklin 's arrival on this planet, it may be that Krall was the victim of a time dilation effect or Krall has simply lost track of time after so long trapped on Altamid with no awareness of the date on Earth).
• When Scotty beams Spock and McCoy onto the Franklin separately, he explains that it's so they wouldn't become spliced by the cargo transporter, a prospect that McCoy finds horrifying. This references the Voyager episode " Tuvix " – one of the two people put together by the transporter is a Vulcan, Tuvok .
• The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " The Ascent " also features two characters who are often at odds being stuck with each other ( Odo and Quark ) being separated by a one-at-a-time beam-out, with the one initially left behind, Odo, believing Quark has abandoned him (due to death).
• This is the second time in the alternate reality that equipment originally created for mining was used as a weapon (against the Enterprise ); the first was Nero's ship, the Narada .
• In his intercom address during the Enterprise 's mission to Altamid, Kirk states to his crew that " There is no such thing as the unknown, only the temporarily hidden. " His prime timeline counterpart similarly stated to his crew, " there's no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood, " in the episode " The Corbomite Maneuver ".
• In Star Trek: The Original Series , the opening tagline ended with " where no man has gone before ", a wording that could be seen as sexist, so in Star Trek: The Next Generation it was changed to " where no one has gone before ". In Star Trek Beyond , the line is spoken (using "no one") by a woman, Uhura .
• Thasus is mentioned in the film. Thasus was the homeworld of the non-corporael Thasian species. It was home to Charles Evans after a transport ship crash-landed on the ship.
• Spock quotes Shakespeare's Measure for Measure , Act 3, Scene 1 - "The miserable have no other medicine but only hope."

Release [ ]

International title cards: English, Castilian Spanish, Chinese (traditional), French, Spanish, Portuguese

In October 2015, Allociné , a French site for the dates of movie releases, reported that, in France, Star Trek Beyond will be released on 24 August 2016 and will be titled Star Trek sans limites . [108] In January 2016, Paramount Pictures France advanced the release date to 17 August 2016 . [109] The release date in Belgium, Switzerland, and French-speaking communities in Europe was also 17 August 2016. The release date in Quebec and New Brunswick provinces and French-speaking communities in North America was 22 July 2016, the same date as the United States. [110]

Despite not being permitted the chance to direct this film, Jonathan Frakes has nonetheless made supportive comments about it. For example, in the lead-up to the movie's release, he has remarked, " I think Justin Lin is going to do a great job. I'm looking forward to that. " ( SFX , issue 270, p. 63)

Marketing [ ]

The Star Trek Beyond cast in the July 2015 Omaze campaign announcement video

Filming of an Omaze video using the codename "Washington"

On 14 July 2015 , the cast of Star Trek Beyond announced "To Boldly Go", a charity campaign in partnership with Omaze to benefit nine different children's charities:

• Brave Beginnings (Zoe Saldana)
• Camp Sunshine (Anton Yelchin)
• Direct Relief (Zachary Quinto)
• Heaven Homes (Idris Elba)
• KidsCan (Karl Urban)
• Koreatown Youth & Community Center (John Cho)
• Make-A-Wish (Chris Pine)
• Time is Precious (Simon Pegg)
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ( Susan Nimoy in honor of Leonard Nimoy)

Those who donated would receive prizes, as well as a greater chance of winning a walk-on part in the film for them and a friend, depending on the amount they give. J.J. Abrams previously announced a similar campaign, " Force for Change ", for Star Wars Episode VII. [111] Each week, two of the cast members announced a winner. [112] The winners included Audrianna Davis and friend Summer, [113] Amy and Karen Ackerman, [114] Steven and Nick, [115] Steve Lamb, Linda, and several others. [116]

Omaze reported on the set visit in late September 2015 [117] and announced Adam Horwitz as the winner of the walk-on role. [118]

A trailer for the film was released online on 14 December 2015 , and premiered in theaters before Star Wars: The Force Awakens . [119] The trailer, which was set to the Beastie Boys ' " Sabotage " as a callback to the 2009 film, drew a mixed response from fans as well as George Takei and Wil Wheaton . [120] Simon Pegg admitted to being surprised by the trailer, speculating " the marketing people [were] saying, 'Everyone come see this film, it's full of action and fun.' When there is a lot more to it than that. I didn't love it because I know there is a lot more to the film. " [121]

A full-length trailer was released on 20 May 2016 , to mixed reviews, but was better received than the teaser.

There is a four-issue comic book series titled Star Trek: Manifest Destiny , though it is not branded as an official prequel to the film like previous IDW Publishing comics Countdown and Countdown to Darkness .

Star Trek Beyond is the first film in the franchise not to have a novelization.

Collectible miniatures of starships from the film have been produced by Snapco and more are slated for release by Hallmark and Quantum Mechanix . Ben Robinson , the project manager of the Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection partwork magazine, has announced that Eaglemoss Collections will be producing a USS Enterprise and a USS Franklin from the film as special issues. Another Beyond starship design will also be produced. Additional starship miniature premiums will be included with Paramount Pictures ' Amazon.com and Walmart home video releases.

Concept art showing the Franklin has been posted at TrekCore . [122] [123]

On 13 March 2016 , it was reported that Paramount had announced the film's international release dates. Thailand would be the first country to show the film, on 19 July 2016 , and Argentina the last, on 1 September 2016 . [124] [125]

A still from the movie

On 27 March 2016 , the first official still photo from the movie was released as part of USA Today 's summer film preview. [126] [127] More photos were released later, including after the film's second trailer was released. [128]

A promotional single was released for the film in America, " Sledgehammer ", by Rihanna . In China, a different track, " Lost in the Stars " was released by Chinese pop star Zhang Jie (aka Jason Zhang). [129]

Posters [ ]

The first official teaser poster for the film was released alongside the second trailer. [130] Soon after, character posters started being released. [131] The posters featuring Sulu and Uhura had to be re-released following a gaffe that placed their insignia on the wrong side of the uniform. [132]

Box office [ ]

Despite receiving reviews as positive as its two predecessors, Beyond underperformed at the US box office. It opened with US$59.2 million, behind the last two films, and almost a month after its release it only grossed US$196.9 million worldwide, compared to its US$185 million budget. [133] Beyond ultimately grossed US$158.8 million in North America, the lowest total of the three current Star Trek film series, though overseas it made approximately US$183 million, ahead of the first film. At a total gross of US$341.9 million, it was the least successful of the trilogy financially speaking. [134] Not only that, the total gross pitted against its production budget, made Beyond the second all-time worst performing film of the entire Star Trek film franchise in terms of profitability, only surpassed by Star Trek Nemesis . Ironically though, and unlike the latter, Beyond was well received by critics and fans alike, making it as of 2020 the fourth best-received film of the franchise, even beating out, albeit by the slimmest of margins, fan favorite Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – that is, only in this regard as that film was a financial success for the studio.

• see Star Trek films – Performance summary for further particulars.

The substantial loss suffered by the studio on the account of Beyond , played a major part in the cancellation decision in January 2019 of the fourth alternate reality film . [135]

The dismal box-office performance reflected itself in its resultant domestic sales of DVD and Blu-ray Disc home video formats, equally disappointing. According to the professional industry site The Numbers, the Beyond domestic home video sales (excluding the three-film combo releases) had by June 2020 totaled up to US$42.5 million in contrast to Star Trek 's US$200 million and Into Darkness 's US$80.5 million with an additional US$3.8 million for combo releases of the latter two titles. [136]

Reception [ ]

Forbes magazine argued that Paramount should have given the film a lower budget: " The thing that made [ Beyond ] most appealing to the fans, that it played like a smaller-scale 50th anniversary homage to the spirit and tone of the original show, was the thing that arguably doomed it in terms of blockbuster success. Star Trek Beyond was what its fans wanted it to be. There is value in that over the long run. But Paramount and friends need to realize that Star Trek is never going to be a Guardians of the Galaxy -level success and plan accordingly. " [137] The Forbes commentary touched upon the circumstance that while "old guard" Star Trek fans did show up at the theaters, "new", and non-fans alike failed to do so, they at the time being offered a plethora of apparently more attractive (block buster) alternatives, those stemming from The Walt Disney Company by then owned properties in particular. These not only included the cited Guardians of the Galaxy and others from the Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchise, but the productions from the in the meantime revived rival Star Wars franchise as well, as detailed in a later Forbes editorial. [138]

Additionally, the alternate reality film franchise had started to cause a rift between the "old guard" fanbase and newcomers to the franchise, with the former expressing their reservations about the alternate reality (re)incarnation, especially for its lack of "the Roddenberry factor", as Star Trek production staff veteran Doug Drexler had put it, [139] (X) but which was present in Beyond , courtesy Director Justin Lin and Writer Simon Pegg, making it the trio's best received one by the [old guard] fanbase. Whereas newcomers on the other hand had flocked to the first two action packed films, precisely because it was fast paced fun and in line with similar fare offered to them by other franchises which catered to the current tastes of contemporary cinema goers (being coined "fun, popcorn movies" by former Star Trek production staffer Roger Lay, Jr. [140] ), they apparently deemed Beyond as "too Trekkie " to their tastes. [141] [142]

Simon Pegg commented two years after the film's release that Paramount had poorly marketed the film, stating they had waited too long to release a full trailer and that they were afraid of mentioning the 50th anniversary. He also expressed anger at how the teaser ruined the use of "Sabotage" in the movie. [143] (X) Pegg did not deviate from his opinions as he reiterated them in March 2020 to IndieWire in an even more outspoken fashion. [144] Incidentally, the studio appeared to have deemed the film "too Trekkie" as well, explaining their marketing decisions regarding the heavy emphasis on action and fun, as related above . Furthermore, Pegg himself came by and large to agree with the Forbes assessment when he at a later point in time – in the process expressing his own personal doubt on the continued existence of the alternate reality and/or the film franchise as a whole for that matter – stated to Collider ,

"The fact is, the appeal of Star Trek is slightly more niche than the appeal of, say, the Marvel movies, which make huge amounts of money, and have this really, really broad appeal and they do very well. I think Star Trek is just a little bit more niche, so it isn’t gonna hit those kind of numbers. So yes, the obvious thing to do would be to not go for that massive spectacle, go for something a little bit more restrained in the vein of the original series. Yes, that would be a brilliant thing to do, and I’m sure it probably has been discussed… You specialize a little bit more. (...) Maybe TV is a better place for [Star Trek] now. Television has evolved so much. It's become something which is very much a contemporary, a peer of cinema. It's simply viewed in a different way. It isn't a reduced scope anymore. You can still do masses of interesting things, and it can still look modern and not inexpensive. Maybe television is a better format for Star Trek. That's where it started, you know." [145]

What Beyond , or rather its poor box office performance, had abundantly and conclusively demonstrated though, was that the reliance on the traditional Star Trek fanbase alone for a motion picture production to become financially viable, was not enough due its relatively small numerical size of potential cinema visitors, especially from the 1990s onward when production costs exploded from double to triple digit millions of dollars, and arguably never had been. Any new Star Trek motion picture production, be it a film or a television production, especially those conceived from the 1990s onward, needed to attract a viewership that extended well beyond "Trekdom" alone, and which was something Paramount was actually already acutely aware of since Berman -era Star Trek . ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , pp. 139-140) It is this circumstance in particular that explained the ponderous and sluggish development of a projected fifteenth film ; Paramount needs a film that is appealing to an audience as broad as possible, [146] the aforementioned Forbes admonishment notwithstanding – hence the resurfacing of the "too Trekkie" qualifier in regard to that projected film.

• See also in this regard: Star Trek films – Gross vs net profitability

Merchandise gallery [ ]

Awards and honors [ ]

Star Trek Beyond received the following awards and honors.

Links and references [ ]

Credits [ ].

John Cho Simon Pegg Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Zoë Saldana Karl Urban Anton Yelchin And Idris Elba

Sofia Boutella Lydia Wilson

Paramount Pictures And Skydance Present

In Association with Alibaba Pictures

In Association with Huahua Media

A Bad Robot Production

A Sneaky Shark Production

A Perfect Storm Entertainment Production

A Justin Lin Film

In Loving Memory of Leonard Nimoy

• Captain James T. Kirk – Chris Pine
• Commander Spock – Zachary Quinto
• Doctor "Bones" McCoy – Karl Urban
• Lieutenant Uhura – Zoë Saldana
• Montgomery "Scotty" Scott – Simon Pegg
• Sulu – John Cho
• Chekov – Anton Yelchin
• Krall – Idris Elba
• Jaylah – Sofia Boutella
• Manas – Joe Taslim
• Kalara – Lydia Wilson
• Keenser – Deep Roy
• Ensign Syl – Melissa Roxburgh
• Tyvanna – Anita Brown
• Ben – Doug Jung
• Fi'Ja – Danny Pudi
• Zavanko – Kim Kold
• Hider – Fraser Aitcheson
• Matthew MacCaull ( Blue Shirt 1 )
• Emy Aneke ( Blue Shirt 2 )
• Commodore Paris – Shohreh Aghdashloo
• Commander Finnegan – Greg Grunberg
• Jennifer Cheon ( Control Tower Technician 1 )
• Jarod Joseph ( Control Tower Technician 2 )
• Jeremy Raymond ( Control Tower Technician 3 )
• Kissing Guy – Harry Han
• Kissing Girl – Gina Brinkman
• Injured Red Shirt – Adam DiMarco
• Orion Girl – Fiona Vroom
• Chancellor Ambassador – Richard Laurence
• Sir Olden – Doug Chapman
• Wadjet – Dan Payne
• Jin – Anthony Shim
• Jeanine – Andrea Yu
• Teenaxi Leader – Shea Whigham
• Jae – Christian Sloan
• Krall's Henchman – Jake Huang
• Night Watch Captain – Priya Ragaratnam
• Yorktown Red Shirt – Luka Hays
• Thomas Cadrot ( USSE Bridge Crew 1 )
• Jennifer W. Evans ( USSE Bridge Crew 2 )
• Roxanne Fernandes ( USSE Bridge Crew 3 )
• Jake Foy ( USSE Bridge Crew 4 )
• Jodi Haynes ( USSE Bridge Crew 5 )
• Nathan Jean ( USSE Bridge Crew 6 )
• Tarun Keram ( USSE Bridge Crew 7 )
• J.P. Mulcaster ( USSE Bridge Crew 8 )
• Edwin Rodriguez ( USSE Bridge Crew 9 )
• Alex Rose ( USSE Bridge Crew 10 )
• Polina Soldatova ( USSE Bridge Crew 11 )
• Sarah Yu ( USSE Bridge Crew 12 )
• Ian Nsenga ( USSE Bridge Crew 13 )
• Natalia – Ashley Edner
• Kalara Alien VO – Sara Maria Forsberg
• Starfleet Official – Jeff Bezos

Second Unit [ ]

Dubai unit [ ], uncredited [ ].

• Fernanda Alcantara – Photo Still
• Halit Alptekin as USSE Crew
• Carlo Ancelotti as Yorktown doctor
• Justin Anthony as Swarm Soldier
• Nicole Anthony as USSE Bridge Crew
• Alika Autran as Franklin Crew
• Eric Banerd as Swarm Soldier
• Ness Bautista
• Jonathan Buckhouse as Swarm drone
• Ashley Edner as Pesca
• Chuka Ekweogwu as USSE Crew
• Lucius Fairburn as Blue Shirt / Red Shirt / Yellow Shirt
• Jabbz Farooqi as Lieutenant
• Rebecca Fielding – Extra: Dubai
• Justin Fortier as Swarm Soldier
• Calum Grant
• Ugnė Gražytė as FBI Agent
• Cindy Harlow as Vulcan ambassador
• Joel Harlow as Vulcan ambassador
• Rich Hill as USSE Bridge Crew
• Adam Horwitz
• Rebecca Husain as Enterprise crewmember
• Sorena Khanlou as Swarm Soldier
• Nick Langmead – Extra: Dubai
• James Lawson as Swarm Soldier
• Richard David Lecoin as Swarm Soldier
• Oqwe Lin as boy
• Simon MacIntyre as USSE Bridge Crew
• Trevor Mack as Enterprise crewmember
• Christian Mandel as Civilian / Starfleet Officer
• Natalie Moon as Control Tower Tech
• J.P. Mulcaster as Enterprise crewmember
• Kane Nelson as Swarm drone
• Gai-Lanne Pepper as Enterprise crewmember
• Werner Pretorius as Boltaan
• Marc Primiani as Enterprise crewmember
• Rihanne Quionn as Sulu's daughter
• Jeff Reyes as Swarm Soldier
• Harpreet Sandhu as USSE Bridge Crew
• Arlene Santana as USSE Bridge Crew
• Nick Satriano as Red Shirt Rescue Crew
• Jason Matthew Smith as Hendorff
• Bryce Soderberg as Satine
• Jamie Soricelli as Enterprise crewmember
• Adam Stone as Cabinet Member
• Justin Stone as Security
• Jaewon Suh as Swarm Soldier
• Nicole April Webster
• Natasha Young as USSE Bridge Crew
• Alan Yu as Swarm Soldier
• Sam Yunussov as Swarm Soldier
• Randall Cormier
• Angela Martine
• Meghan Noble
• Britni Peters
• Craig Smith
• Robert Tomlinson
• Laura Yanovich
• Purple-skinned alien girl
• Female Vulcan ambassador
• Male Vulcan ambassador

Stunt department [ ]

• Andrew Emilio DeCesare – Pre-Production stunt performer
• Alice Ford – Pre-Production stunt performer
• Jake Huang – Stunts

Unconfirmed [ ]

• Philip Chang – Stunt Performer
• Paul Lazenby – Stunt Performer/Stunt Rigger
• Don Lee – Stunts
• Brian Lydiatt – Stunt Rigger
• Dave Phillips – Utility Stunts
• Hugo Steele – Stunt Performer

Stand-ins [ ]

• Jade Pattenden – stand-in and photo double for Zoe Saldana
• Omar Adam – Production Assistant: Dubai
• Mike Aichholz – Assistant Accountant
• Faisal Al Kaabi
• Richie Alonzo – Creature Sculptor
• Francisco Alvarez – CG Artist: Double Negative
• Chyla Anderson – Film Score Vocalist
• George Antzoulides – Previsualization Artist: Proof Inc.
• Brandon Aquino – Camera department
• Chris Arnold – Art Department Assistant
• Jyoti Arora – Roto Artist: Double Negative
• Anoushka Babur – Production Intern: Dubai
• Chris Baer – Mold Maker
• Rico Bailey – Location Assistant: Dubai
• Kurt Barretto – Production Assistant: Dubai
• Heather W. Barth
• Alvaro Bataller – Digital Compositor: Double Negative
• Todd Bates – Mold Maker
• Ashley Bell – Second Assistant Director
• Dave Benediktson
• Babak Bina – 3D Artist: Double Negative
• Bryan Blair – Mold Maker
• Gerald Blaise – Concept Artist: ILM
• Roland Blancaflor – Silicone and Foam Casting Artist
• Jacob Bond – Best Boy Electric/Lighting Technician
• Phillip Joseph Boutté, Jr. – Costume Concept Artist
• Matt Bowler – Cyber Scanning 3D Artist: Clear Angle Studios LTD
• Andrea Brown – Extras Casting Director
• Nancy Anna Brown – Set Designer
• Lee J. Buckley – Techno Dolly Crane Operator
• Steve Buscaino – Silicone and Foam Casting Artist
• Norman Cabrera – Creature Sculptor
• Merve Cangokce – Makeup Artist: Dubai
• Brad Carlson – VP Physical Production: Paramount Pictures
• Stephen Carr – Personnel Driver: Chris Pine
• Michael Cawood – Previs Supervisor: Proof Inc.
• Jordane Chedotal – Art Department Assistant: Dubai
• Jason Claridge – Head Scenic Paint Coordinator
• Leigh Clarke – Unit Production Manager: Dubai
• Philip Coleman – Technocrane Operator
• Siobhán Condon – VFX Production Coordinator: Double Negative
• Robert Consing – Storyboard Artist
• Hamza Darbar
• Greg D'Auria – Editor
• Miranda Davidson – Extras Casting Director: Dubai
• Andrew Del Rosario – Set Decorator/Swing Gang Boss
• Francesco Dell'Anna – Digital Compositor: Double Negative
• Natasha Denis
• Nuwan de Zoysa – Key Assistant Location Manager: Dubai
• Kay Di Rezze – Assistant Accountant: Dubai
• Pranali Diwadkar – Assistant Set Decorator: Dubai
• Neville Dsouza – Transportation Coordinator: Dubai
• Olivier Dubard – Gerealist TD: Double Negative
• Denny Dugally – Art Director
• Matthew Duvall – Compositing Lead: Atomic Fiction
• Katerina Dzolganovski – CG Artist: Double Negative
• John Eaves – Concept Designer: Props
• Scotty Eugene Fields – Mold Maker
• Mohammad Ahmed Fikree – Intern
• Warren Flanagan – Concept Illustrator
• Tim Flattery – Concept Designer: Ships
• Christopher Ford – Generalist Technical Director: Double Negative
• Jeremiah Forkkio – Previs Artist: Bad Robot Productions
• Dave Freeman ' – Concept Artist: Double Negative
• Dionys Frei – Aerial Drone Pilot: DediCam
• Christopher Friend – Photogrammetry Cyberscanning Service: Clear Angle Studios LTD
• Natasha Gale – Costume Production Assistant
• Caroline Jimenez Garcia – Layout Technical Director: Double Negative
• Mayra Garcia
• Lyall Gardiner – Location Manager: Dubai
• Natasha Gerasimova – Art Director
• Paul Giordano – Assistant Location Manager
• Peter Gluck – Key Assistant Location Manager Overseas Pre-Production
• Ruslan Goj – Production Assistant: Dubai
• Liz Goldwyn – Set Designer
• Catarina Gonçalves – Rotoscopr Artist: Double Negative
• Ann Goobie – Location Manager
• Mike Gunther – Second Unit Director
• Kevin Haaland – Stand-in: John Cho
• John Halfman – Mold Maker
• Rupert Hancock – Set Dresser/DMX LED Lighting Technician
• Rod Haney – Rigging Grip
• Sean Hargreaves – Special Effects Aerial Unit Director/Senior Concept Designer
• Dan Hermansen – Art Director
• Earl Hibbert – Previsualization Supervisor: Proof Inc.
• David Holm – Transportation Coordinator
• Chen Kuang Hsu – Matchmove Artist: Atomic Fiction
• Dwight Huet – Construction Foreman: Dubai
• Daniel Ibeabuchi – Grip Assistant: Dubai
• Gregory Irwin – First Assistant "A" Camera Operator
• Mohammed Ismail – Electrician
• Faldela Issel
• James Jackson
• Jack Jenkins – Roto Artist: Double Negative
• Romain Joly – Visual Effects Artist: Double Negative
• Lee Joyner – Sculptor
• Doug Jung – Original Screenplay Writer
• Rochard Kamel – Location Manager: Dubai
• Pradeep Kankara
• Jenna Kerr – VFX Associate Producer: Atomic Fiction
• Sara Khangaroot – Visual Effects Production Manager
• Lukas Tiberio Klopfenstein – Roto/Prep Artist: Double Negative
• Vikram Kulkarni – Digital Compositor: Double Negative
• Josh Lange – Previsualization Artist: Proof Inc.
• Don Lanning – Creature Sculptor
• Jenne Lee – Art Department Coordinator: Dubai
• Simon Lee – Concept Artist/Sculptor
• Eric Lemay – Special Effects Technician
• Andrew Li – Assistant Art Director
• Gil Liberto – Head Mold Maker
• Peter Lliev
• Kew Lin – Rotoscope Artist: Double Negative
• Irma Lotosova – Wardrobe Stylist
• Don Macaulay – Supervising Art Director
• Abdulrahman Al Madani – Intern
• Garry Maddison – Colorist: Double Negative
• África Aguirre Martin – Studio/Data Management: Double Negative
• Victor Martinez – Concept Illustrator
• Patrick Mashaba – Camera and Electrical Department
• Alecia Maslechko – Production Assistant
• Josh McCarron – Silicone and Foam Casting Artist
• Robert Bruce McCleery – Second Unit Director of Photography
• Patrick McKay – Writer
• Michael McMullen – Set Security
• Uzair Merchant – Assistant Art Director: Dubai Unit
• Milos Milosevic – 2D Sequence Supervisor: Double Negative
• Regan Mitchell – Grip
• Andreas Maaninka – Lead Modeler: Double Negative
• Maxim Molchanov – Set Dresser
• Jeremy Mooney-Somers – Effects Technical Director: Double Negative
• David Moreau – Digital Set Designer
• Eva Morgan – Production Coordinator
• Tim Moshansky – Location Scout
• Andrew E.W. Murdock – Additional Photography Production Designer
• Ian Mussell – Grip
• Amit Narwani – Matchmove Artist: Double Negative
• Katrina Navassartian – Visual Effects Associate Producer: Double Negative
• Kane Nelson – SAE/Assistant to Movement Coach
• Michael Nickiforek – Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Alex Noble – Silicone and Foam Casting Artist
• Aaron Noordally – Prep/Paint Artist: Double Negative
• Brian Oberquell – Special Effects Artist: Center Forward Productions, Inc.
• Marc Opdycke – Creature Sculptor
• Joey Orosco – Creature Sculptor
• Paul Ozzimo – Concept Illustrator
• Peter Pacula – Best Boy Rigging Grip
• J.D. Payne – Writer
• Philip Pendlebury – Visual Effects Artist: Double Negative
• Manuel Perez – Digital Compositor: Double Negative
• Lauren E. Polizzi – Art Director
• Anne Porter – Digital Set Designer
• Xin Yi Puah – VXF Editor: Double Negative
• A. Martin Puentes – Character Animator
• Rushab Punmiya – Visual Effects Artist: Double Negative Vancouver
• Mandy Raubenheimer – Assistant Accountant
• Dominic Ridley – Photogrammetry Cyberscanning Service: Clear Angle Studios LTD
• Cassandra Rodriguez – Executive Assistant: Paramount Pictures
• Erick Rodriguez – Creature Sculptor
• Matt Rose – Creature Sculptor
• Mike Rotella – Creature Sculptor
• Raju Sadekar
• Johnnie Saiko – Mold Maker
• Rhys Salcombe – 3D Sequence Supervisor: Double Negative
• Rodolphe Saleh
• Janine Schiro – First Assistant Accountant
• Scott Schneider – Specialist Set Designer
• Benoit Terminet Schuppon – Layout Artist: Double Negative
• Melissa Shafiq – Makeup Artist: Dubai
• Daniel Sheridan – Location Assistant: Dubai
• Oksana Shumylo
• Andrew M. Siegel – Property Master
• Romain Simonnet – Generalist TD/Environment TD/Digital Matte Painter: Double Negative
• Miro Skandera – Previsualization Artist: Bad Robot Productions
• Craig W. Smith – VFX Editor
• Sean Stranks – Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative
• Peter Stratford – Set Designer
• Christo Streak – Accounts Assistant
• Alan Stucchi – Roto and Prep Site Supervisor-Compositor: Double Negative
• Marius Swart – Best Boy Grip: Dubai
• Raghav Tandon – Production Assistant: Bad Robot Productions
• Andy Taylor – Visual Effects Producer: Double Negative
• Rhonda Taylor – Second Assistant Director
• A.J. Teshin – Off-Camera Singer
• Miles Teves – Creature Sculptor
• Gareth Thomas
• Sarah Jane Thompson – Makeup Artist: Dubai
• Ty Thomson – Previz Artist
• Davide Tiraboschi – Aerial Drone Camera Operator: DediCam
• Roger Tortosa – Lighting and Senior Generalist TD: Double Negative
• George Max Trummler – Third Assistant Director: Dubai
• Pedro Valdez – Mold Maker
• Rebecca Valente – Editor: Bad Robot Productions
• Amy Vatanakul – Previsualization Artist: Bad Robot Productions
• A.J. Venuto – Mold Maker
• Karina Villagrana – Makeup department
• Cameron Ward – Previsualization Artist: Proof Inc.
• Callum Webster – Set Designer
• Lindsay Welff – Assistant Property Master: Dubai
• Neil West – Lookdev and Lighting Technical Director: Double Negative
• John Wrightson – Creature Sculptor
• Plamen Yosifov – Art Department Staff
• Lawrence Zalasky – Layout Technical Director: Double Negative
• Milena Zdravkovic – Concept Designer
• Monislav Zhelyazkov – Set Dresser
• Mohamed AbouAhmed – Scenic Artist: Dubai/Set Plasterer: Vancouver
• Brandon Allen – Special Effects Technician
• Samuel Allison – Extras Casting Assistant
• Anthony Almaraz – Key Costumer
• Salim Alrazouk – Art Director: Dubai
• Adam Al-Samarae – Location Assistant: Dubai
• Marcos Arias – Writer
• Scott Andrew Armstrong – Rigging Grip
• Tara Arnett – Graphic Designer
• Leona Atkinson – Construction Accountant
• Tania Baaklini – Hotel and Visa Coordinator: Dubai
• Eric Bachtiar – Data Operations
• Kristian Bakstad – Stand-in
• Kurt Barretto – Office Production Assistant
• Christopher Batty – Pre-visualization Supervisor: Kelvin Optical
• Bill Baxter – Electrician
• Eric Benedict – Previsualization Artist
• Richard Bennett – Storyboard Artist
• Kris Bergthorson – Concept Designer
• Justin Bertges – Costumer: Quantum Creation FX
• Uttham Bhalaykar – Roto Prep
• Jacob Bond – Rigging Electric Lighting Technician
• Jeff Bonny – Best Boy Rigging Grip
• Cole Boughton – Key Production Assistant
• Peter Boyer – Orchestrator
• Becky Brake – Supervising Location Manager
• Michael Brazelton – Compositing Supervisor
• Keith Brookes – Set Wireman
• Kurt Bruun – Assistant Property Master
• Shaun Bullied – Digital Asset Manager
• Zack Bunker – Digital Asset Manager
• Richard K. Buoen – Storyboard Artist
• Riki Butland – "C" Camera Operator
• Benjamin Cairns – Third Assistant Director
• Leslie Cairns – Cutter
• Loree Cameron – Graphic Designer
• Lanny Campbell – Key Ager/Dyer
• Matthew Campbell – Lead Greensman
• Max Cannella – Production Coordinator: Paramount Pictures
• Andrea Carter – Art Department Coordinator
• Chris Cavanaugh – Digital Imaging Technician
• David C.P. Chan – Action Sequence Contributor
• Julian Chapdelaine – Grip: Vancouver
• Jesse Chapman – Assistant Editor
• John Chaschowy – Lead Greensman
• Lynn Chaulk – Scenic Artist
• Clem Chen – Painter
• Tom Chen – Video Assist Assistant
• Michael A. Cheng – Photo Double/Stand-in
• Peter Chiang – Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative
• Stephen Cholakis – Driver: Set Decorations
• Steve Christensen – Art Director
• Genevieve Claire – Visual Effects Line Producer
• Kelly Coe – Special Effects Fabricator
• Steve Collins – Special Effects Fabricator
• Joey J. Cook III – Second Unit "A" Camera Operator
• Christian Cordella – Costume Concept Artist
• Dave Cory – First Assistant Editor
• Marcela Coto – Previs Coordinator: Proof Inc.
• Brian Cunningham – Concept Illustrator
• John Dale – Construction Coordinator
• Joe Datri – Hydrascope Technician
• Nicholas Dent – Grip
• Olivier Deveux – Digital Matte Painter: Atomic Fiction
• Allison Dillard – Production Safety
• Nick Diomis – Unit Driver
• Daren Dochterman – Prop Concept Artist
• James Doh – Storyboard Artist
• Whitney Donald – Researcher
• David Dowling – Property Master
• Kim Doyle – VFX Production Supervisor
• Cameron Drinkle – Video Coordinator
• Kirsten Dumont-Aubrey – Sculptor
• Rhonda Earick – Costumer Ager/Dyer
• Troy Eirich – Props
• Spencer Ennis – 2nd Unit 2nd Assistant "A" Camera Operator
• James Fantin – Accounting Clerk
• Lisle Fehlauer – Set Dresser
• Suzie Fox – Production Assistant
• Kimberly French – Still Photographer
• Jeff Frost – Concept Model Maker
• Jack Gauvreau – Head Sculptor
• Chris Gibbins – Second Unit First Assistant Camera Operator
• Selena Ginger – Payroll Accountant
• Betsy Glick – Costumer
• Sean Goojha – Assistant Art Director
• Dan Gorval – Best Boy Grip
• Dave Greenbaum – Driver: Hair and Makeup
• Caitlin Groves – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Geoffrey Haley – Steadicam Operator: "A" Camera Operator
• Rupert Hancock – Set Dresser/Set Wireman
• Rod Haney – Rigging Grip Best Boy
• Michael Hanna – Lighting Technician/Set Wireman
• Tommy Harper – Executive Producer
• Melissa Harrison – Assistant Property Master
• Chris Hatchwell – Special Effects Assistant
• James L. Head – Grip
• David Heffler – Makeup FX Coordinator
• Chris Henderson – Animator: Props
• Amy Hetland – Set Costumer
• Rob Hinderstein – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Steven Hoffart – Set Dresser
• Eliza Hooker – Set Decoration Coordinator
• David Husby – Sound Mixer
• Ron Irvine – Transportation Captain
• Elsey Israel – Trainee Assistant Director/Production Assistant
• Annie Jackson – Social Media Specialist: Bad Robot
• Anne Jacobsen – Production Accountant
• M. Faraz Javed – Production Staff
• Trevor Johann – Production Assistant
• Cameron Johnson – Assistant Colorist: Double Negative
• Meaghan Irene Johnson – Additional Trainee Assistant Director
• Dave Joshi – Video Coordinator
• Tex Kadonaga – Set Designer
• Kevin Kasper – Set Dresser
• Leon Keegan – Facilities Captain: Dubai
• Joel Kennedy – Third Assistant Director
• Daniel Castle King – Production Secretary: Los Angeles
• Richard Klein – International Political Advisor
• Scott Kozak – Grip Rigger
• Scott Kukurudz – Additional Third Assistant Director
• Tracy Lai – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Janet Lane – Payroll Clerk
• Vince Laxton – Set Wireman
• Ken Lebre – Senior Dailies Producer
• Michelle Lee – First Assistant Accountant
• Sarah Lemmon – Lighting Data Coordinator
• Terry Lewis – Lead Dresser
• Sandy Lindala – Prosthetics Coordinator
• Stephen Richard Lofstrom – Stand-in: Zachary Quinto
• Nathan Longest – Propmaker
• Spencer Louttit – Assistant Property Master
• Shawn Luke – Set Dresser
• Rohan Lyal – Head Greensman
• Jessica Lythgoe-Green – Canadian Costume Supervisor
• Mark MacDonald – Office Production Assistant
• Richard MacDonald – Lighting Technician
• Harlow MacFarlane – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Boris Maganic – Sculptor
• Jacqueline Makkee – Special Effects Technician: Film Illusions
• Jeff Markwith – Set Designer
• Andrew Masterson – Helicopter Pilot: Dubai
• Nick Mather – Set Dresser
• Sarah Mather – Second Assistant Camera Operator
• Brian Maxwell – Trainee Assistant Director
• Carol McConnaughey – Unit Publicist
• Andrew Lee McConnell – Set Designer
• Christopher McDonald (editor) – Dailies Operator
• Michael McLellan – Second Unit Key Grip
• Curtis McParland – Special Thanks
• Shane Meehan – Roto Supervisor
• Himanshu Meena – Senior Matchmove Artist
• Mark Mentiply – Special Effects Technician
• J.J. Mestinsek – Scenic Paint Foreman
• Valeria Migliassi Collins – Script Supervisor
• Dave Miller – Driver: Cast
• Juhlene Moller – Payroll Accountant
• Ryan Monro – Dolly Grip
• Roderick Dryden Morrison – Production Assistant
• D. Martin Myatt – Assistant Property Master
• C. Michael Neely – Previsualization Artist: Proof Inc.
• Andy Nettleton – Helicopter Pilot: Dubai
• Christopher Newman – Matchmove Artist: Prime Focus
• Kieu Nguyen – Head Cutter
• Meghan L. Noble – First Assistant Editor
• Jordan Nounnan – Previsualization Artist: Proof Inc.
• Ron Novak – Set Dresser
• Timothy Oakley – Prop Fabricator
• Carrie O'Bray – Transportation Co-Captain
• Susan O'Hara – Costume Set Supervisor
• Brad Oleksy – Grip
• Martin Ostrom – Construction Crew/Lead Laborer
• Harry E. Otto – Art Director
• Ken Palkow – Prop Fabricator
• Robert A. Pandini – Hair Stylist
• Jessica Parks – Post-Production Supervisor
• Eric C. Pike – Production Controller
• Douglas Plasse – Second Unit First Assistant Director
• Charles Porlier – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Emily Putz – Special Effects Assistant
• Andrea Quaglio – First Assistant "C" Camera Operator: Dubai
• Paul Rabjohns – Music Editor
• Aline Rajan-Harjani – Transportation Coordinator
• Yesi Ramirez – Casting Associate
• Jim Ramsay – Set Designer
• Zina Richardson – Costume Buyer
• Katelyn Rodgers – Specialty Costumer
• Christopher S. Ross – Concept Illustrator
• Aja Kai Rowley – Art Department Assistant
• Tyler Ruocco – Assistant Editor
• Keith Saayman – Libra Technician
• Nava R. Sadan – Costume Supervisor
• Sonya Savova – Set Designer
• Tysen Schieber – Boom Operator
• Douglas J. Scott – Art Department Assistant
• Anna Seltzer – Costumer
• Trey Shaffer – Graphic Textile Designer
• Brian Shaw – Second Unit Camera Trainee
• Hugh Sicotte – Concept Artist
• Dennis Simard – Lead Set Dresser
• Tim Simonec – Orchestrator
• Eira Katrine Sletbak – Assistant Production Office Coordinator: Dubai
• Dane Allan Smith – Visual Effects Producer: Daneiam, Inc.
• Jeremy Stanbridge – Art Director
• Vincent Stander – Production Assistant
• Irena Stepic – Assistant Costume Designer
• Aaron Stewart – Lighting Technician
• Bryan Sutton – Set Designer
• Sophia Tapia – Payroll Accountant
• James Tavet – Matchmove Artist: Atomic Fiction
• Chris Tilton – Orchestrator
• Khanh Trance – Special Makeup Effects Hair Artist
• Stacy L. Tyson – Costumer
• Alex Van Nieuwkuyk – Dailies Operator
• Alexander Vegh – Pre-Visualization Supervisor: Proof Inc. /Second Unit Director
• Spencer Village – Rigging Lighting Technician
• Alan Villanueva – Costume Concept Artist
• Estelle Vockerodt – Assistant Accountant
• Paul Wagner – Props
• Thomas Walker – Second Unit Digital Utility
• Stephanie Walker-Wells – Production Supervisor
• Heather Wasylchuk – Assistant Special Effects Buyer
• Juniper Watters – Sound Utility
• Beth Welch – Second Unit Third Assistant Director
• Randall D. Wilkins – Set Designer
• Allen Williams – Concept Artist
• Joe Wolkosky – Set Designer
• Amos Wong – Special Effects Electronics
• Sauyan Wong – Data i/o Manager
• Steve Woroniecki – Supervising Location Manager
• Jane Wu – Storyboard Artist
• Gary Young – Set Sculptor
• Khaled Zaazouh – Aerial Coordinator: Dubai
• Mariela Zapata – Set Costumer/Stand-in
• Lye Zechari – Matchmove Artist: Double Negative
• Brad Zehr – Special Effects Set Supervisor
• Jason Zorigian – Production Coordinator: Los Angeles

Companies [ ]

• April Webster & Associates – US Talent Casting
• Atomic Fiction – Visual Effects Company
• Audiolink Radio Communications – Walkie Talkies
• Center Forward Productions, Inc. – Production Company
• Clark & Page Casting – Canada Talent Casting
• Clear Angle Studios LTD – Visual Effects Company: Cyber Scanning
• Codex Digital – Digital Recording Equipment
• Cool Air Rentals LTD
• Daneiam, Inc. – Special Effects Company
• DediCam – Aerial Drones
• Double Negative – Visual Effects Company
• Entertainment Partners Canada – Payroll Services
• Film Illusions – Special Effects Company
• Kelvin Optical – Visual Effects Company
• K/O Paper Products – Production Company
• Miranda Davidson Studios – Extras Casting: Dubai
• Otto Nemenz International – Camera Equipment Contractor
• Prime Focus – Visual Effects Company
• Proof Inc. – Pre-Visualization Company
• Quantum Creation FX – Special Effects Company
• Sessions Payroll Management – Extras Payroll Services
• Vex Motorsports – Vehicle parts
• Star Trek Beyond (soundtrack)
• Star Trek Beyond (DVD)
• Star Trek Beyond (Blu-ray)
• Star Trek Beyond (Blu-ray 3D)
• Star Trek Beyond (4K Ultra HD)

References [ ]

2164 ; 2204 ; 2263 ; acid ; Akima's species ; Ancient Ones ; Abronath ; Altamid ; Armstrong -type ( starship ); Attack on Krall's base ; Attack on Yorktown ; away team ; backseat driver ; barn dance ; base of operation ; Battle of Altamid ; Beastie Boys ; bed ; bedside manner ; bee ; birthday ; birthday party ; Book (device) ; bread ; camouflage ; Federation cargo shuttle ( cargo shuttles ); cauterization ; classical music ; cliff ; closed network ; closet ; coat hanger ; Code 1-Alpha-Zero ; color ; commodore ; compression chamber ; Constitution -class ( starship ); Co-Co's species ; crash landing ; critical alert ; dark ages ; dilithium chamber ; distress call ; Earth-Romulan War ; EPS ; EPS conduit ; Enterprise , USS ; Enterprise -A, USS ; Enhancement sequencing unit ; environmental processor ; episode ; escape pod ; excellency ; excrement ; fan ; favoritism ; Fibonan ; Fibonan High Council ; Fibonan Republic ; Federation archive ; " Fight the Power "; fire ; five-year mission ; Franklin , USS ; Freedom -class ; Gagarin Radiation Belt ; General Council ; gift ; Glenfiddich ; goggles ; goo ; green ; headband ; hell ; Hewlett Packard Enterprise ; horse ; horse and buggy ; horseshit ; IFF ; image refractor ; inertial dampener ; Jaylah's drinks ; Jaylah's family ; Jaylah's species ; Jaylah stick ; Kalara's crew ; Kalara's escape pod ; Kalara's ship ; Kelvin pod ; Kevin ; Kirk, George ; Kirk, Winona ; Krall's base ; Krall's command ship ; language analysis ; locker ; Lordy ; Magellan probe ; Manas' language ; manual override ; manual release room ; medical school ; megahertz ; memorial ; military ; military service ; Military Assault Command Operations ; monorail ; monstrosity ; mortality ; murder ; Natalia ; nebula ; Necro Cloud ; Necro Cloud sector ; New Vulcan ; Non-Federation ; optimism ; Park ; polarized hull plating ; police ; protoplaser ; Public Enemy ; pulse phaser cannon ; puncture ; PX70 motorcycle ; Quarantine (device) ; quarters ; radio ; refractor belt ; renting ; roasting ; romance ; Romulan ale ; Russia ; " Sabotage "; Salcombe , USS ; San Francisco Fleet Yards ; safety area ; saucer ; saucer separation ; Saurian brandy ; Scotch ; Scott's grand nanny ; Shakespeare, William ; Schlerm ; shrapnel ; shuttlepod ; sneeze ; snow globe ; space lane ; spatial torpedo ; Spock (prime) ; stabilizer ; star cocktail ; Starfleet Academy ; Starfleet Charter ; Starfleet uniform (mid 2160s) ; Stargazer , USS ; Starship-class ; subspace link ; Swarm drone ; Swarm gun ; Swarm ship ; Takayama -type shuttlecraft ( unnamed 1 , and 2 ; ; survival kit ; Teenax ; Teenaxi ; Teenaxi Delegation ; Teenaxi symbols ; Thasus ; theft ; thief ; toast ; tracking device ; train ; treaty ; turbolift ; uncharted space ; United Earth Military ; United Federation of Planets ; universal translator ; unnamed plants ; vein ; VHF ; vice admiral ; vodka ; vokaya ; Vulcan ; Vulcan ; warp coil ; welcome mat ; Wilbur's species ; workbee ; wormhole ; wristwatch ; Yorktown ; Yorktown Central Plaza ; Yorktown database ; Yorktown Headquarters ; Yorktown satellites ; Yorktown sentry ship ; Yorktown tree ; Xindi wars

Graphic references [ ]

Altamid system ; ångström ; Federation database ; gray mode ; Kelvin , USS ; Medical shuttle 37

Balthazar M. Edison's personnel file [ ]

2255 ; boot camp officer ; captain ; carrier ; corvette ; cruiser ; derelict vessel ; diplomatic vessel ; escort vessel ; frigate ; Ginwald, T. ; hospital ship ; inventory log ; Iowa ; maintenance log ; mining vessel ; missing in action ; Murrysville ; Pennsylvania ; Pine, T. ; Riverside Shipyard ; science vessel ; Scott ; scout ; Starfleet Administration ; Starfleet Communications ; Starfleet Diplomatic Corps ; Starfleet Engineering ; Starfleet Intelligence ; Starfleet Medical ; Starfleet medical courier ; Starfleet Operations ; Starfleet Research ; Starfleet Science , Starfleet Security ; Starfleet Tactical ; supply vessel ; support vessel ; survey vessel ; transport vessel ; United Earth Military

Diagnostic wrap display [ ]

cellular collapse ; critical alert ; foreign substance ; organ failure

Public transporter menu [ ]

Arts / Culture ; Attractions ; Bars / Nightclubs ; Gardens ; Museums ; Parks /Nature; Restaurants ; sightseeing ; zone

Starbase Yorktown memorial wall (unseen material) [ ]

Al Kaabi, Faisal ; Al Razouk, Salim ; Bailey, Rico ; Barretto, Kurt ; Barth, Heather W. ; Benediktson, Dave ; Bitbit, Reynaldo ; Chedotal, Jordane ; Clarke, Leigh ; Darbar, Hamza ; Davidson, Miranda ; Denis, Natasha ; de Zoysa, Nuwan ; Di Rezze, Kay ; Diwadkar, Pranali ; Esmaeili, Samira ; Fisher, Rob ; Gale, Natasha ; Garcia, Mayra ; Gardiner, Lyall ; Gluck, Peter ; Goj, Ruslan ; Haley, Sean ; Haney, Rod ; Heimer, Mandy R. ; Hermansen, Dan ; Huet, Dwight ; Ibebuchi, Daniel ; Ismail, Mohammed ; Issel, Faldela ; Jackson, James ; Johnston, Sam ; Kamel, Rochard ; Kankara, Pradeep ; Kozak, Scott ; Lee, Jenne ; Lliev, Peter ; Lemay, Eric ; Lotosova, Irma ; MacAuley, Scott ; Mashaba, Patrick ; McMaster, Sam ; Mitchell, Regan ; Molchanov, Maxim ; Mussell, Ian ; O'Souza, Neville ; Pacula, Peter ; Riley, Simon ; Sacco, Sandrina ; Sadekar, Raju ; Saleh, Rodolphe ; Schiro, Janine ; Shumylo, Oksana ; Swart, Marius ; Thaler, Scott ; Thomas, Gareth ; Welff, Lindsay ; Yosifov, Plamen ; Zhelyazko, Monislav

Spock Prime's holophoto – Senior staff of the USS Enterprise -A [ ]

Chekov, Pavel ; Enterprise (prime), USS ; Enterprise -A (prime), USS ; Kirk, James T. ; McCoy, Leonard ; Scott, Montgomery ; Sulu, Hikaru ; Spock Prime; Uhura, Nyota

Spock Prime's obituary [ ]

2230 ; 2263; ambassador ; executive officer ; second officer ; stardate ; Enterprise , USS ; Enterprise , USS

Unreferenced material [ ]

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To save you, from yourselves. Captain! - Are you all right? - Aye, Captain, but we are trapped. Can you get this thing start? Do you understand the situation, engage the thrusters? I'm open up to suggestions. Okay. - There is a problem here. - What? It's the pipe. I can't let it combust. Captain we are not in a very good position. If you miss the combustion compressor... I never got to miss. Come on. Do you know what the combustion compressor looks like? That's a square, right? No, it's round. That's what I said. Run! The glass! Chekov, run! Do you think you know... ... What sacrifice means? Federation has told you conflicts should not exist But without struggle, You'll never know who you truly are. You have no idea who we are. But you'll soon find out. You mean the distress signal you got to send? The coordinates were altered. The rescue vessels will be stranded in the Nebula Your base is left full open. You are going to attack Yorktown. Millions of souls from every Federation world hold in hands It's a perfect target. You won't. There is strength in unity. The strength of opposition ... That's what kept me alive. No! Spock, wake up damn it! I am entirely conscious, doctor. I'm simply contemplating the nature of mortality. You are philosophical, eh? Massive blood lost led that to you. You asked why I and lt. Uhura part away. I'm getting concerned, in the light of the Vulcan's demise, I have a duty to amass my species. So you should be off to make little Vulcans, eh? Yeah, I can see how that upset her. I intended to discuss with her further but I received some news which affected me unexpectedly. What is? Ambassador Spock's died. Spock, I'm so sorry. I can not imagine what that must feel like. When you lived as many lives as he, fear of death is illogical. Fear of death is what keeps us alive. I want to live as he did. That's why I decided to redirect my efforts To continue his work On New Vulcan. You are leaving Starfleet? What Jim had to say about that? I could not find the time to tell him. I can tell you he is not gonna like that. I do not know what he would do without you. You know, me, on the other hand, He would throw a party. God, you are delirious. How far we are from the coordinates that call? Still away. Captain? When did you begin to suspect? Not soon enough. How did you know? Oh I guess you can say I got a good nose for danger. Run! That Music? Where does that come from? There. I plug little box in the power set and the little mouth makes it sing. That's very clever. The music is old-fashioned for my taste not mentioned very loud and distracting Rate this script: 5.0 / 1 vote

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Pegg came to public prominence in Britain as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, directed by Edgar Wright. Pegg went on to co-write and star in the Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013). He and Nick Frost wrote and starred in the sci-fi film Paul (2011). Pegg portrays Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series (2006–present) and played Montgomery Scott in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016), co-writing the latter.  more…

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11 things we learned from 'Star Trek Beyond'

It's more Trek than it looks, and it's all about Brexit. Here's what we learned from the new Star Trek movie. Spoilers on the starboard bow, captain!

"Star Trek Beyond" is a joyful, fast-paced romp , so let's open hailing frequencies and add to the captain's log 11 of our favourite things about the latest adventure of the Starship Enterprise.

Sensors detect heavy spoilers, so shields up!

The reboot has caught up with the original series

The rebooted movies took us back to before the crew of the Enterprise were the crew we know, introducing a young and reckless James T Kirk and a Spock still struggling to deal with his emotions. But now, in "Beyond", the crew is part-way through their five-year mission, which is where we met them in the original show. In a sense, the saga has come full circle.

It's not based on "Star Trek III" (but it sort of is)

Although the second reboot "Star Trek into Darkness" reworked the second original movie "Wrath of Khan", the creators of "Beyond" decided to come up with a totally new story for the third reboot. But there's at least one big parallel: "Beyond" features the destruction of the Enterprise, as does "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock".

There's another very nerdy reference too. In "Beyond", Yorktown is the name of a starbase, but in old-Trek the name was used for a starship. At the end of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" the starship Yorktown was rechristened the Enterprise-A -- like the end of "Beyond", in which a ship built at Yorktown is christened Enterprise-A.

The writers might be "Enterprise" fans

Speaking of nerdy nods, among the fan-pleasing references to old school canon are mentions of the Xindi race and MACO troops, the marines of early Starfleet. These featured heavily in the much-maligned prequel series "Enterprise".

Upside-down camera is the new lens flare

Justin Lin loves to spin his camera round, doesn't he?

Star... Trek... Beyoooond!

Dunno why they used the Beastie Boys when this was the obvious choice...

That's 1979 hit "One Step Beyond" by British ska-pop group Madness, by the way -- good luck getting that out of your head.

On a related note, the musical interlude may have fans rolling their eyes, but the manoeuvre is approved by everybody's Time Lord. In the 1988 "Doctor Who" story "Silver Nemesis", the Doctor confounded the villainous Cybermen by playing a jazz cassette to block their communications.

You'd never guess who wrote it

Scotty, played by Simon Pegg, plays a big part in proceedings, including plenty of funny lines and even the odd action beat. And guess who wrote it? Why, Simon Pegg!

Pegg co-wrote the script with Doug Jung, who's not to be left out: he appears as Sulu's husband on the Yorktown.

Uhura, Sulu and the crew of the Enterprise get lots of cool stuff to do in the fast-paced "Beyond".

That said, everyone got a say

Before they began writing, Pegg and Jung emailed the actors to ask what they wanted to do. And to be fair, all the crewmembers get a cool moment or two, which is more than could be said of the "Next Generation" movies.

Jaylah is meant to be Jennifer Lawrence (but she's more like Rey)

Pegg and Jung conceived of this new character as being like Jennifer Lawrence's character in the film "Winter's Bone", so they began referring to her as "J-Law" (Lawrence's nickname)...which ended up as Jaylah .

But when you think about it, Jaylah is a scavenger living in a wrecked spaceship, playing with the artefacts of the past and fighting with a staff. That sounds less like Jennifer Lawrence and more like Rey from " Star Wars: The Force Awakens ".

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Amazon Prime directive

Danny Pudi of "Community", Shea Whigham from "Boardwalk Empire" and Greg Grunberg from "Lost" and "The Force Awakens" appear, although they're mostly unrecognisable under layers of makeup. Oh, and who's the last name on the cast list, playing "Starfleet Official"? It's only the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. We're hoping that means Amazon Prime deliveries by transporter are just round the corner.

It's all about Brexit

Bad guy Krall is all about division. He refuses to co-exist with the people he once fought against, and his goal is to smash apart the United Federation of Planets. Our heroes meanwhile fight to convince him that unity, tolerance and friendship are the way forward.

Krall's bitter urge to break apart a federation of former enemies who have become allies is relevant in a world in which the population of Britain recently voted to leave the alliance of the European Union, a move dubbed " Brexit ".

I guess you could say Krall wants a Trekxit.

It's actually more Trek than it looks

The original Enterprise crew in action.

The planet turns out to have a connection to Earth's past, and the baddie is a Starfleet officer gone loopy (like Gary Mitchell or Matt Decker). There's even a message about how we're better off joining together and helping each other out. Heck, all that's missing is a supercomputer that thinks it's a god.

Even if the action divides fans, "Beyond's" love for classic Trek is obvious. That's fitting seeing as the film is released just shy of Star Trek's 50th anniversary. With all six original shows on Netflix and a new series on the way , it's never been a better time to be a Star Trek fan. And now the saga has come full circle, who knows where it will (boldly) go from here.

Simon Pegg on ‘Star Trek Beyond’ and the Difference between 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek'

He also talks about the Kirk/Scotty relationship, writing and acting in the latest film, and more.

Last year when director Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond was filming in Vancouver, I got to visit the set with a few other reporters. While almost everyone we spoke to was careful not to reveal too much about the upcoming movie, the one person that actually gave us some solid information was Simon Pegg . Of course it probably helped that he co-wrote the script with Doug Jung .

During the interview Pegg revealed how he came to be one of the writers on the sequel, what they wanted to accomplish with the sequel and what they wanted to avoid, the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek , what it was like to collaborate with Justin Lin, moving away from the bromance of Kirk and Spock and focusing more on the crew and new relationships, Idris Elba's character, the tone of the film and how they’re not making Galaxy Quest , and a lot more. Check out what he had to say below. Star Trek Beyond opens July 22.

Question: Talk about coming in to write this movie but also being an actor in it.

SIMON PEGG: Yeah, it was something that kind of came up at the end of the year when I was finishing on -- actually, no, the middle of Rogue Nation . Bryan Burke, who was the producer on that movie and on the previous two Star Treks , and Star Wars as well, we were talking about -- he was saying they were thinking of Blue Sky-ing the screenplay and going in a different direction. We just talked about it a lot on set, and then he pulled me aside one day and just said, "Do you want to write it?" Co-writer sort of thing.

And I just said, "Okay?" thinking it wouldn't be difficult. No, I didn't. I knew it would be difficult, but for some reason I just sort of said, "Yes," and that was it. Then in January we all met. I never read Bob's script, and neither did Doug. We met in a hotel in London with Justin, and we started to hash out ideas. I went to LA, and we started out in a room full of, at Bad Robot, it's just got white boards around the room, just blank white boards -- which was a terrifying thing to see. And then we just filmed them and went through so many iterations and story ideas. Eventually, we began to hone in on what we have now, and it was a very accelerated, intense process -- and a difficult one, because it's very difficult to write a film in preproduction, because every idea you have they want to build or design, and it might not be a good idea. Sometimes you don't have the time to go, "Wait a minute, that's not a good idea. Don't build that."

So every idea we had had to be kind of good. [Laughs] So it's not easy. And then we finally got to begin shooting with a full script but knowing that every single scene was kind of up for grabs in terms of finessing the dialogue and certain character aspects. As long as we had all the sets, the shape of it, everything the production needed to go into shooting, then once we had the schedule prioritizing certain scenes and going back to them and seeing -- also, we got all the casting on it, and we sent an email out to the cast whenever we got here saying, "Look. Look at your character. If you have any feelings or any kind of impulses, you know them better than we do. Let us know." And that's been really helpful. And it's been great to be part of both sides of it in a way. I'm here most days anyway when I'm not shooting, because I'm with Doug.

You've always got to look out for things that change along the way anyway, and little things come up. Little character quirks come up, and we have the freedom to be able to deal with that. So yeah, it's been extraordinary. It was amazing to get here and suddenly start seeing the various props and sets, and it really hit home what we'd done, that we'd actually written a Star Trek film, and there were things that we invented that they built. We actually went out to the Memory Alpha guys, the two founders of the Memory Alpha wiki and asked them to name something for us. There's a specific thing in the screenplay that we wanted to get a name for, and so I just wrote out an email that said, "Hey guys, there's this thing, and I can't tell you what it's for, but there's this item," and three hours later I got a full etymological breakdown of the word and the history of the thing. So they're going to be in the credits, thanked, for that.

One is hard-pressed to think of another film franchise with the limitless potential of this one, just by the nature of being Star Trek. Where do you begin in terms of conceiving this story? Was there any kind of list of things you guys definitely wanted to have or avoid?

PEGG: Yeah. Well, we felt like the first two films, chronologically take place before the five-year mission. Obviously, as we've said with this one, we wanted it to be, certainly, about them on that five-year mission -- in fact, two years into that five-year mission and have that impacted on them personally and what it meant to be out in space for that long. We liked the idea of, also, on the 50th anniversary, looking at Roddenberry's vision and questioning it -- you know, the whole notion of the Federation and whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, or how productive is inclusivity. What is the true cost of expansion, that kind of stuff. So we went in with some big, philosophical questions to ask. You know, Star Trek's had to evolve in order to exist in the current marketplace. A film that was totally in the mood of the original series would not be made today or make money today, because people want event cinema. They want things to be a little more brash and action-oriented, so we've had to fold that into the Star Trek brand. But at the same time, that doesn't mean that can't be fundamentalized by all the tenants of what Star Trek is and how all of those characters have evolved over the years and to really give its DNA an authenticity. So that's been a really interesting thing, and that's something we really wanted to do. So Doug and I would always, at the end of a day's -- when we were really happy at the end of day's writing, we'd sit and watch a couple of episodes of the original series -- just for fun, not to get ideas. A couple of things like, it's always good to get names from the original series, like dead Red Shirts. I have a list of dead Red Shirts on my phone somewhere, just so that those same people exist in the universe. But this is our universe. It belongs to us now. J.J. very cleverly was able to establish the story again without damaging or affecting what went before, and it's ours now. Anything can happen. Anyone can die. It's not the same events.

Where the first two films did reference the original series of the films, will this do that at all, or is it now where you're finally past when you had to reference them?

PEGG: I mean, there'll be things in there for every Star Trek fan. It is the same world, so some of the points of reference will be the same. But they are off in a part of the galaxy that they've never been before. They're far away from the usual suspects, I think. As such, it's not them meeting up with an old adversary or someone they've met before. And we toyed with that. You look at the great episodes and think, "Oh, why don't we do 'Mirror, Mirror'? Or why don't we do 'Arena'?" But, you know, that was Galaxy Quest , so that's off the table. [Laughs]

So unlike the previous film, which took a lot of its story beats from Wrath of Khan , this is a completely fresh narrative?

J.J., when he made the original Star Trek , he said he made it like Star Wars , because that's what he knew and loved. Now that Star Wars is happening, how do you make Star Trek something different than that?

PEGG: Yeah, I think it's interesting when you look at the original Star Trek , because it is about an idealistic young farm boy who goes off to fight in outer space. There are similar beats in it. It's no secret that J.J. was always more of a Star Wars fan. I think you just try to create a hybrid. You know, Star Wars is science fantasy, and Star Trek is science fiction, and they're two different things. People often confuse Star Wars and Star Trek -- and they're not the same thing at all. It's a bizarre and wonderful thing that you can be in Bad Robot now and hear Chewbacca in one room and someone talking about Spock in the other, but they are still very, very different things. I think what you have to maintain with Star Trek is that it's rooted somewhere in our reality and our universe and in humanity. Star Wars is a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The thing that makes that Star Trek kind of more science fantasy is that it does get -- you know, there's a lot of special effects and fighting. Star Trek could never really afford that in a way, which is why it had to concentrate on other aspects of production. We can do both now. So I think it's kind of finding a way of having that really fun, spectacular event cinema but grounding it in kind of a -- because explosions don't mean a damn thing if you don't care about who's involved in the explosions. You can see the most incredible fireworks on a cinema screen, but if you don't fundamentally care about the people who are in jeopardy, then they're so unimpressive. You see it time and time again these days.

Talk about what was more challenging: coming up with those fireworks scenes, trying to one up the previous two films, or coming up with great character moments in an elevator or a hallway.

PEGG: Yeah. Justin Lin is a really, really smart filmmaker in terms of his awareness of motion and how to stage action. It just impresses me every day. And there's nothing fancy or extraneous with what he does. Everything tells a story. As such, when it comes to choreographing the bigger action things, we're able to say, "This happens," and Justin will be able to turn it into something magical. And he's had a huge say in terms of the way the story has moved as well. Sometimes he's gone, "Look, I really want to do this bit here," and Doug and I have gone, "Okay," and we've fed that into the story. So I really love doing all the small stuff, all the character stuff, the lighthearted stuff obviously, but also the emotional stuff. And then Justin, when it comes to an action set piece or whatever, we kind of hand it over to Justin, and he'll design most of it, and then we'll feed the dialogue into that.

Is there a particular character dynamic you were really eager to explore?

PEGG: Yeah, I felt like the Kirk/Spock thing, we'd done that now and, arguably, maybe too soon, in a way. There's still a lot of time for those guys to become super-friends, and maybe we'll do that further down the line if we do more. I felt like maybe now it was time to move away from this kind of bromance thing and concentrate on the idea of the crew as a kind of family living in a small space together and what it means to all of them. I really love the dynamic between Bones and Spock, so that's something we've concentrated on a little bit with this one. Kirk's own sort of -- you know, he's older than his dad was now when he died, and all that kind of stuff that's playing on him. Scotty's still just Scotty.

[Laughs] Scotty as a character, he's, outside of Spock, one of the few who gets to have really good one-to-ones with Kirk. Can you talk about how Scotty's dynamic with Kirk is evolving in this film?

PEGG: Yeah, they have a friendship whereby, I think, Scotty can tell it how it is to Kirk. He totally respects him, but occasionally he will tell him -- you know, as he does in Into Darkness, he stands up to him a bit. So yeah, their relationship has evolved from that, and I hope when you see us again, all on the Enterprise, that whatever dynamic evolved from the last two films has now -- there's been another two years of that, you know? So they're all very comfortable with each other. They're all very into the cycle of doing their job, and I think Scotty is happy to be in the engine room doing his thing.

This movie starts, like you said, two years into the mission, and they're done, they're emotionally drained, and that's a great place to start a movie, because they're already at a low point. Can you talk about where they go from that?

PEGG: Well, it's less that they're done with it, because they know that they've still got time to go. It's more that they're dealing with what would inevitably be the psychological impact of doing it. It's not like, "Oh, I don't want to do this anymore." No one's over it. Everyone's just doing their job, going from adventure to adventure, and it's kind of tiring, and they're wondering what the ultimate goal is, what the endgame of it all is. And I think the idea of the movie is, the story in the film is that what they encounter helps to clarify what their job is.

Speaking of what they encounter, talk a little bit about Idris Elba's character.

PEGG: Idris is doing some extraordinary work at the moment. Me and Doug and Justin sat down with him a few weeks ago in preparation for his scenes and really got to the bottom of who he is in this movie -- and I can't tell you that, because there's a lot of complexity about him and stuff that's mysterious about him, which I obviously want to maintain. But he's just this very formidable, very powerful person, thing, that they encounter. It's obvious to say he's a match for Kirk, obviously, but there's a dynamic between them that's very interesting, and that will all become clear.

Well, talk a little bit about the fact that people enjoy seeing the sci-fi aspect of Star Trek, the futuristic gizmos or gadgets. How much fun was it to write some of those, and is there anything from the original series or things you've been thinking about that you wanted to incorporate?

PEGG: Yeah, well we've obviously got -- there's no spoiler to say there are phasers and communicators and beaming -- the usual sort of what you'd hope from a Star Trek movie. I think a few characters who have never been beamed before have gotten to be beamed in this one, which was very nice for them. We've come up with part of the story, or it at least begins with them docking up in a new starbase, which is on the very edge of Federation space. It's a kind of diplomatic hub. It's called Yorktown, and it's right on the edge of Federation space, and it's where all the most recent Federation inductees can come and mingle with each other and learn about each other. It's a kind of lovely...

Mos Eisley?

Pegg: No, no -- that's a wretched hive of scum and villainy! This is the opposite of that. You can imagine – we joked that there were various aliens with leaflets, handing them out to other aliens like, "Come and see our world!" But it's basically a place where they can go, where they can better understand what being part of the Federation means. It's an important kind of tactical establishment for the Federation. It's been built locally, so it's very interesting to look at, but it's where the Enterprise docks up. For the first time in like 10 months, it's had kind of proper contact with other people, and that's where the story begins. And designing that -- you know, you say that in a screenplay, you describe it, and then you get it to a production designer, and they come back with these amazing concept designs. That was the most amazing thing for Doug and I. You know, you write away and write away, and then suddenly you see all these boards with this beautifully designed, incredibly imaginative stuff, and you kind of feel like you can take credit for it. [Laughs] Even though you shouldn't.

Were there any elements from the previous script that stuck around just because they'd already been designed in preproduction or anything?

PEGG: No, no, not at all. I mean, maybe there were props they were able to recycle, but because I haven't read it... Also, there's something I'd like to clear up. I sort of got misquoted recently about saying that I've been brought in to make it less Star Trek -y, which is not what I meant and not what I told that journalist. What I meant was that there has to be a degree of universality when you're dealing with something like this, which means that you cannot alienate the people for whom it's their very first Star Trek , do you know what I mean? If they come into it and it's indecipherable because there's a lot of stuff that you have to have prior knowledge to understand, then you're left with something which is a little bit exclusive -- and it's always the trick with these promises, is making it at once something that the fans can enjoy and take a lot from but also new people can come in and just see it as a one-off and go, "Hey, shit, I've got 50 years of this stuff I can go and watch now!" Which is a great thing for kids, it is. It's like, I love the idea of when you first discover a band and then discover that they've had six albums out before. So that is what I meant by that. The idea of it not being Star Trek is anathema to me. This has to be, in every way, in every fiber of its being, it has to be Star Trek .

One of your many strengths is comedy, so I'm curious as to how that has informed the rhythm of the humor in the film and how it may differ from the previous two in terms of the ensemble and the flavor of the humor. Can you talk a little about that?

PEGG: Yeah, well, we're not --

I mean, obviously it's not going to be a romp.

PEGG: Yeah, yeah. But you know, understandably, I think when my name was linked to it, people were like, "Oh, no, it's going to be a comedy." That's not what we want to do, but both Doug and myself and the whole cast and Justin are very keen for the film to be fun. You know, the jeopardy to be real, the tension to be nail-biting, but not to have to feel like -- and, you know, the second one is called Into Darkness , so I'm not necessarily leveling this criticism at that film, obviously; I'm in it. But there seems to be this weird thing these days about, if you gritty something up, suddenly, it's okay for us to like it as grownups. It's like justifying -- like I said before, like what is essentially something that's aimed at children, but if you suddenly fill it with darkness and blood, it's okay for grownups. We don't feel guilty about liking it. But fuck that, you know what I mean? We can like anything we like. I feel like Star Trek was always very bright and very optimistic. There are some fabulous comic touches in the original series, when you watch some of the interplay between Kirk, Bones and Spock particularly, there's some lovely stuff. So we want this film to have a sense of fun and levity which never impacts on the tension and never takes anything away from the bad guy. I mean, Galaxy Quest is a great example of a really funny sci-fi film, where you have all the threat in that film -- same with the zombies in Shaun of the Dead -- they're completely serious, and you have comedy happening. We're not making Galaxy Quest here by any means, but it's possible to have a lightness and a comic touch and characters who are very human and still maintain a kind of genuine threat and for it to feel real and not flippant. But I kind of balk slightly at this darkness thing, because it just feels... own it, you know?

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STAR TREK BEYOND

The Abridged Script

August 18, 2016

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INT. STRANGE ALIEN CAVE PLANET

The USS ENTERPRISE flies through at least EIGHT DIFFERENT STUDIO LOGOS before it arrives at the planet. CAPTAIN CHRIS PINE meets with a race of large menacing GARGOYLE DEMONS.

Greetings random CGI aliens, I present to you this futuristic Sony PSP as a sign of peace.

GARGOYLE DEMONS

That PSP is actually the key component to an ancient bio weapon that could wipe out the entire universe, so no thanks. When you think about it this is the shittest peace offering you could ever give someone. What, were blankets covered in Smallpox too old fashioned? ATTACK!

CHRIS is swarmed by the GARGOYLE ALIENS who are actually the size of a POKEMON.

Well if you guys don’t mind I’ll just hold on to this ancient bio weapon thingy for plot reasons.

(captures a Squirtle with his phone)

INT. USS ENTERPRISE

Captain’s log stardate post Force Awakens. I’ve finally stopped having epileptic seizures now that J.J. is gone. Also My daddy issues are reaching warp factor 10 since he died on my birthday which is coming up soon. Plus it seems like everyone on the ship is getting laid except for me.

Don’t worry Chris, I’m sure some day you’ll find your wonder woman.

INT. STARBASE: YORKTOWN

The Enterprise arrives at a giant SPACE BALLOON with a mall in it.

ZOE SALDANA

Hey Zach, it seems my defining character trait is still being your girlfriend so maybe it’s time we got married or something?

ZACHARY QUINTO

How about instead I dump you because I need to start making Vulcan babies to repopulate my race.

Well fuck. Now what unique character trait will I be known for? Maybe I can be the Badass Action Girl?

We already have someone filling that role. There’s a Nina Simone bio pic you can go ruin though.

(heavy sigh)

Very well then.

Now if you’ll all excuse me I’m going to go reunite with my daughter and spouse.

Good for you John, that sounds like a totally uncontroversial thing for an officer returning from a long mission to do.

Yup, just walking away with my family. Absolutely nothing wrong with this. Just me and my little girl and my significant other!

ANTON YELCHIN

Meanwhile I’m screwing tons and tons of aliens in the background and nobody cares because they’re female.

One had a snail for a skull.

A FREAKING SNAIL SKULL, MAN.

CHRIS meets with a CABBAGE HEADED ALIEN whose language is translated through SIRI.

CABBAGE HEADED ALIEN

Help! My crew is stranded on a planet inside a nebula that’s literally right across the street from your space station.

I believe you and won’t bother contacting your home planet to corroborate your story or to confirm your identity. We Starfleet captains are a trusting lot.

Just so long as you still have that bio weapon from the opening scene, otherwise my boss’s plan is fucked.

What was that?

Err, I meant bleep blorp beep does not compute buzz whir.

EXT. SPACE ORBITING PLANET HUNGER GAMES

The Enterprise reaches the planet and it is attacked by SPACE MOSQUITOES.

THE ENTERPRISE

Pshaw! I may get wrecked in every new adventure but I always triumph in the end!

(nacelles are gnawed off)

IT HURTS OH GOD IT HURTS I’LL NEVER WARP AGAIN I’LL NEED SPACE CRUTCHES FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

(deflector dish is smashed to shit)

HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK THE PAIN IS UNIMAGINABLE WHY OH WHY DID THEY BUILD ME WITH PAIN RECEPTORS

(head is cut off)

BLARGHGRGHAGHRGH!!!!!!!

Evil alien leader IDRIS ELBA boards the ship after having put on 63 POUNDS OF MAKE-UP. That’s a whole 3rd grader’s worth of make-up.

I’m stealing the ancient PSP bio weapon. I can probably sell it for a million bars of Latinum on space e-Bay.

Luckily I’ve taken the cartridge out of the PSP and hid it inside a crew member’s skull. Seriously. Her skull opens up to reveal a secret hiding place right on top of her brain. Who knows what else she’s been putting in there.

Trust me you DON’T want to know.

My Tholain Web! Hint hint.

Finally, a chance for me to do something badass by saving Chris’s life and OH FUCK I’M CAPTURED

Me too! Wait, so out of the main cast the one woman and the one Asian guy are the only ones sitting the rest of the movie out being helpless damsels? Who wrote this shit?

(quietly slips away inside a remote controlled torpedo)

The entire crew is CAPTURED except for ZACHARY and KARL who are stranded together and CHRIS and ANTON who escape the fragged Enterprise with CABBAGE HEAD.

INT. PLANET HUNGER GAMES

Anton, we must go to the wrecked saucer section of the Enterprise and whoa wait are we wearing brand new blue uniforms all of a sudden? When the fuck did we find time to put these on?

Every Starfleet escape pod comes with a complete wardrobe change and probably dildos instead of food or weapons or useful shit like that.

Hey cabbage head, I know you lured us into that trap. Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t shoot you right in your cabbage face?

Because I give you a raging boner?

Well played.

They go inside the Enterprise wreckage.

(pulls a phaser)

So THIS is where you hid the bio weapon. My master Idris will be pleased.

No it’s not here, I just made us walk 20 miles of terrain and climb inside my dead ship in the hopes you would radio Stringer Bell and reveal his base camp.

Keptin! The only way we can escape the ship is to slide 200 feet down the side of the hull which will surely kill us!

Not if we set our phasers to Fuck Physics!

DIRECTOR JUSTIN LIN

Awww hell yeah! That’s my jam!

The ghost of the Enterprise gets its revenge on CABBAGE HEAD by CRUSHING HER TO DEATH, because even starships hate CABBAGE.

By Grabthar's Hammer I shall be aven

(is squished)

Meanwhile SIMON lands on the planet in his torpedo and HANGS OFF OF A CLIFF. Then he meets sexy alien badass SOFIA BOUTELLA.

SOFIA BOUTELLA

Did you become the head writer just so you could steal all of Chris’s signature traits and give them to yourself?

Is it that obvious? Wait, how can you speak my language?

I conveniently live in a crashed Starfleet ship with Spotify from 100 years ago which ties this series to Star Trek Enterprise which only lasted 2 seasons.

Don’t you mean 4 seasons?

No Simon Peggy, everybody knows seasons 1 and 2 died in a fire and never existed and that is the last we will speak of this. Now help me fix my ship so I can get out of this hell hole.

Elsewhere on the planet ZACHARY and KARL are in a BUDDY COMEDY.

I’ve been stabbed by wreckage and am bleeding Surge all over the place.

I’ll patch you up with playful insulting banter. Now that you’re dying don’t you wish you hadn’t have dumped Zoe?

Hey, you’re right. She’s arguably the hottest woman in the cinematic universe of three franchises and would have given me beautiful 1 quarter Vulcan babies. Thanks for helping me realize that, Karl. It’s like we’re in each other’s heads.

Wrong 3rd movie, Zach.

Meanwhile...

INT. IDRIS’S SHANTY TOWN BASE

Idris, I know you’re human under all that make-up based solely on an old video where I heard your voice which sounds absolutely nothing like your Bane-esque alien voice.

Yes, it’s true. I was once a Starfleet soldier but became disgruntled after being stranded on this planet.

Wait, was this before or after you found all those space-fairing drone ships or the abandoned alien technology that allows you to steal other people’s life force and live forever?

That’s a very good question we won't even think about answering.

Clearly you had the means to leave this planet years ago so what the hell stopped you?

Hey, YOU try transforming into a crocodile man with decorative pimples and see if YOUR thought processes isn’t a little fucked up. I’ve sworn to destroy the Federation because it promotes unity among races, equality of the sexes, and even condones unconventional couplings.

Why’d everybody look at me when he said that?

I’ve been waiting to get my hands on that bio weapon so I can wipe out Yorktown and steal the base for myself. Hand it over or I kill John dead.

REDSHIRT ALIEN WITH HIDDEN BRAIN POCKET

No! Here’s the bio weapon!

My God, is the back of your head made entirely out of face-hugger? Eew. What is with all the alien women having creepy as fuck skulls? Now I pretty much have to kill you with the bio weapon to demonstrate how it works.

(is gobbled up by Etch A Sketch goo)

Now, to steal the life-force from some other redshirts so I can inexplicably transform back into a slightly less ghoulish almost human-looking but not quite crocodile man.

(becomes possessed by a demonic morphing effect)

YESSSSSSS GIVE ME THAT SWEET SWEET LIFE FORCE I CRAVE ITTTTTTT

INT. CRASHED SHIP USS FRANKLIN

The rest of the crew that isn’t captured have all found each other.

I plan to rescue the crew in a cool action sequence using the hologram watch from Total Recall and this motorcycle which has no goddamn business being on a spaceship.

Or why don’t I just use my magic beaming formula to transport us off the planet like in the previous movies?

Because that stupid beaming formula died in a fire and never existed and we will never speak of it again.

They rescue the CREW but IDRIS and his SWARM ARMY are taking off for YORKTOWN.

But my family lives there! Hey, it’s as if showing them earlier was a nice way to humanize the people on the space station. How about that.

These old Starfleet ships weren’t meant to take off from the surface so the only way to get back into space is to drive it straight off this cliff we’re sitting on.

So I DO get to hang off of a ledge!

They dig up PHYSICS from the dead and ride its desecrated corpse into the atmosphere and escape the planet.

EXT. STARBASE: YORKTOWN

Haha! My army of ships and their vaguely robotic pilots are attacking the base! It shall be mine!

Wrong bitch! We’ve figured out your drones are vulnerable to shitty late 20th century garbage music! Sofia, cue up some Hootie & the Blowfish!

Sorry Chris Pee, all their music was deleted from history. The next shittiest song in my playlist is Sabotage by the Beastie Boys.

Oh no! That's the same bullshit song we used in the teaser trailer that made the entire Internet vomit in its own mouth! I guess when Star Trek doubles down it doubles down hard.

IDRIS’S DRONE ARMY

(hearing “Sabotage”)

OH GOD THE HORROR IT IS LIKE FIRE INSIDE OUR BRAINS WHY OH WHY DID OUR CREATORS MAKE US WITH PAIN SENSORS THE ONLY CURE IS DEATH

(crashes into each other in a ball of fiery mass suicide)

Wow, that somehow managed to not be nearly as ridiculous as it sounds. Now, to defeat Idris by challenging him to a dance-off!

But IDRIS flies inside the starbase and uses a BLACK NINJA TURTLE DISGUISE to sneak into the “RELEASE BIO WEAPON HERE TO KILL EVERYONE” room.

Well we'll just use the transporter to beam Idris into outer space and call it a day.

Apparently the presence of Greg Grunberg and his blatant franchise hopping has broken the transporter so you have to manually stop me.

CHRIS fights IDRIS and for once CHRIS WINS!

It’s all over, Idris! You were once a captain like me. Why would you do this?

After the Federation was formed I became a warrior without a war. If only they weren’t so into making friends and had more enemies for me to fight.

Do you not know that the entire galaxy LITERALLY hates the Federation’s guts for being pompous arrogant self righteous hippy pricks? The Klingons, The Romulans, The Dominion, The Borg-- the Federation has enemies coming out of its asshole.

Oh. Well in that case I guess I’ll just pack up my bio weapon and WHOOPS

(is being gobbled up by Etch A Sketch goo)

I REGRET NOTHING!!!!!

The crew have a party while a brand new ENTERPRISE is being built.

Chris, I was going to leave the crew but changed my mind after I found out Leonard Nimoy passed away.

Well I was going to leave the crew until I decided I wasn’t going to leave the crew.

I was never going to leave the crew, so... yeah.

(hits on Sofia)

For helping to save the day with the destructive power of rap rock I was awarded an iTunes gift card.

(gets drunk)

(hangs off Zachary’s arm)

And I am actually leaving the crew because some incompetent rat fuck assclown doesn’t know how to design a jeep that stays in park so I bid you all farewell. May my soul live long and prosper.

And I am going to see a voodoo priestess to figure out why actors keep dying in my franchises. Clearly I'm cursed.

And I’m gay!

Not as gay as our uniforms.

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'star trek 3': simon pegg says original script was considered 'too star trek-y'.

'Star Trek 3' star/scribe Simon Pegg says he re-wrote the script after Paramount found the first draft 'too Star Trek-y'.

Star Trek 3 (rumored to be titled  Star Trek Beyond ) has had an interesting path to production to say the least. It was originally to be written and directed by Roberto Orci (who had a hand in writing the first two installments of the rebooted continuity), but then there was a last-minute shift in the creative team - with Justin Lin stepping into the director's chair and Simon Pegg co-writing a completely new script .

Star Trek Into Darkness divided fans with its retreading of  Wrath of Khan  elements, so things seemed to be on the downswing for the iconic series. However, recent developments have been much more positive, with Idris Elba reportedly in talks for the villain role and Pegg promising the film will embrace the  "spirit" of the original TV show . But he apparently won't be going  too far with that homage, if his latest quotes are any indication.

While speaking with  The Guardian , Pegg discussed the reason why Paramount tossed aside Orci's original draft of the screenplay - which allegedly was going to explore the  Enterprise 's famous five-year deep space mission. On the studio's orders, Pegg and co-writer Doug Jung were asked to craft something  "more inclusive" :

“They had a script for 'Star Trek' that wasn’t really working for them. I think the studio was worried that it might have been a little bit too 'Star Trek'-y. “'Avengers Assemble', which is a pretty nerdy, comic-book, supposedly niche thing, made $1.5bn dollars. 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' made half a billion, which is still brilliant. “But it means that, according to the studio, there’s still $1bn worth of box office that don’t go and see 'Star Trek'. And they want to know why.”

Months ago, there was a rumor floating around that Paramount had a desire to make the upcoming  Star Trek film more like Marvel's  Guardians of the Galaxy , which grossed an impressive $774 million worldwide in 2014 (despite featuring obscure comic book characters). In contrast,  Star Trek Into Darkness managed "only" $467.3 million globally in 2013 - so from a business perspective, one can see why the studio would be interested in emulating a more lucrative property with their own space adventure. Whether or not that's the best decision  creatively remains to be seen.

As Paramount looks to increase the brand's marketability, their plan is to apparently borrow from the realm of comic book movies in more ways than one and blend genres together to create a unique experience for moviegoers. Pegg said that the solution to "fix" the earlier screenplay was to  "make a western or a thriller or a heist movie, then populate that with Star Trek characters so it’s more inclusive to an audience that might be a little bit reticent."

This news may rub longtime  Star Trek fans the wrong way (considering Pegg's earlier comments), but at this juncture it's best not to rush to any judgments. As moviemaking technology evolves over time, so do the tastes and expectations of audiences. There are more ways to capture the "spirit" of the Original Series than to outright replicate its style and hope it can connect. For example, J.J. Abrams appears to be invoking the "spirit" of the original  Star Wars trilogy for his  The Force Awakens , but he's injecting that film with his own energetic style of directing that has delivered multiple hits with modern moviegoers.

If  Star Trek  is to continue to be a viable franchise, it makes sense for Paramount to want to shift things around a bit and make something with more widespread appeal. So while some may be ready to grab their torches and pitchforks and proclaim that Pegg is on his way to "ruining  Star Trek ," this is yet another matter of "wait and see."

Pegg has extensive knowledge about geek culture (including  Trek ) and his co-stars have expressed their votes of confidence in his ability to pen a great script. More than likely, Pegg and Lin understand the magnitude of this project and know that if  Star Trek is to keep up with the competition, they need to deliver a multi-quadrant hit. And as long as the sense of wonder and discovery is prevalent, the troubled threequel could turn out just fine.

Star Trek 3  will be in theaters July 8, 2016.

Source: The Guardian

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Star Trek Beyond Sequel Script Exists

The next Star Trek movie already has a screenplay, says Simon Pegg, and it pre-dates Quentin Tarantino.

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If there’s a film franchise that’s in a state of confusion these days, it’s Star Trek . Following the less-than-spectacular box office grosses of 2016’s Star Trek Beyond , there seemed to be little movement on a fourth film set in the Kelvin Universe until earlier this year.

That’s when the news broke that Quentin Tarantino  had an idea for a new Trek movie and pitched it to Paramount with himself attached to direct, from a script penned by a writer chosen out of a handful summoned to develop the story.

The studio and producer J.J. Abrams were reportedly enthusiastic about the possibility, and were even willing to allow Tarantino — who’s never made a PG-13 movie in his life — to direct the first R-rated movie in Star Trek history.

But Simon Pegg — who co-wrote Star Trek Beyond with Doug Jung in addition to making his third appearance as Scotty in the film — says that the notion of a profanity-and-violence laden Trek film hitting the big screen may be premature.

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For one thing, Pegg says that a script for Star Trek IV (or XIV , depending on how you count them) already exists — and that the Tarantino news is far from a done deal: “There’s a script that’s been written, and there’s also the story of Quentin Tarantino coming and chatting with J.J. about an idea that he’s had for a long time,” Pegg told  Geek Exchange . “That idea is going into the writer’s room to be looked at.”

Pegg doesn’t say who wrote the existing script, but admits that the lure of having a top-shelf filmmaker like Tarantino helm a Trek film might be irresistible: “I think it might take something like him to restart it. It’s an interesting proposition, although I don’t know if that means everybody will be blowing each other’s heads off with phasers and calling Klingons motherfuckers, but, who knows, that could be fun.”

The authorship of whatever pre-Tarantino Star Trek IV script exists right now is a little murky. For example, it was announced in July 2016 that Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne were going to write a screenplay that would somehow bring back Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk, the father of James Kirk (Chris Pine) who died in the prologue of 2009’s Star Trek   — but we’ve heard little about that since.

It’s also unclear whether Pegg and Jung would get another crack at the franchise — somewhat perplexing since Star Trek Beyond was acclaimed for capturing more of the flavor of the original series. And now The Revenant writer Mark L. Smith has reportedly been chosen to flesh out Tarantino’s idea into a new script after the director liked his pitch.

As for what happened with Star Trek Beyond and why it stumbled in theaters — especially coming on the 50 th anniversary of the original series — Pegg bluntly says it was “poorly marketed,” adding, “They also made the film look like a boneheaded action film. And they were scared, I think, of mentioning the 50th Anniversary. It was fumbled as a thing; they didn’t know what to do with it and it’s a real shame. But I came away from it really, really happy and very proud of it.”

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Star Trek Beyond Script Had Help from Fans Says Simon Pegg

Star Trek Beyond writer and star Simon Pegg revealed that fans who run an online database helped them with certain story details.

Back in January 2015, months before production began on Star Trek Beyond , it was announced that Simon Pegg , who plays Scotty in Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness and this upcoming sequel, had come aboard to co-write the script with Doug Jung . Before they took over, there were rumors that the previous script wasn't received well by the studio, and many fans were overjoyed when Simon Pegg became the man responsible for the story. Last week, the actor-writer appeared at CinemaCon to present the Showman of the Year award to J.J. Abrams , where he revealed some interesting details to ComingSoon.net about how a group of fans helped him craft the story.

"We had the entirety of Star Trek history at our disposal and it's always there online. There's an amazing Wikipedia online called Memory Alpha. It became Doug [Jung] and my resource and the place that we'd turn to whenever we wanted to know, 'What kind of weapons does an NX vessel carry?' Memory Alpha has it. We actually wrote to the Memory Alpha guys and got them to name a certain device in the movie. I sent them a letter saying, 'Can you come up with this for me?' In two hours, they came back with an entire etymological history of what the thing was. It's beautiful. It's fantastic to have that support network."

Unfortunately, Simon Pegg wouldn't confirm whether or not the NX ship will be featured in Star Trek Beyond , but concept art that surfaced earlier this year portrayed a ship that did resemble the NX-01 Enterprise ship from the original Star Trek TV series. The current crew are travelling through space on the NCC-1701 ship, and we saw in poster artwork from CinemaCon that this vessel has taken on quite a bit of damage. It's worth noting that this year marks the 50th Anniversary of the original series, so perhaps the Enterprise crew could be transitioning from the NCC-1701 to the NX-01. Star Trek Into Darkness drew several parallels from the the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , but Simon Pegg revealed that Star Trek Beyond won't be similar to the movie that followed The Wrath of Khan , 1984's Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .

"No, although we were obviously aware of the coincidence of those two films. That might be a little nod for fans perhaps, but it's certainly not something that the film depends upon or has any relationship to the plot of the previous Star Trek 3 ."

It was also recently confirmed that Star Trek will be returning to the small screen as well, with a new TV series developed by Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller . The series is slated to debut with a special preview on CBS in early 2017, before the series debuts on the network's new streaming platform, CBS All Access. When asked if there will be any connections between Star Trek Beyond and this new series, Simon Pegg said that they are not related at all.

"Absolutely not! Star Trek has existed for 50 years in very different iterations. There are so many different points from the history of the Federation, from the very beginnings in Enterprise to much later on with Voyager and Next Generation . This is a story that will go on and on. It's a continuing mission. It must have life on television as well as film. It started out as a TV show. It's home was television. I'm overjoyed at that news and I can't wait to see what they do."

Simon Pegg will be joined in the cast by Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness stars Chris Pine , Zachary Quinto , Karl Urban , Zoe Saldana , Jon Cho and Anton Yelchin , along with new cast members Idris Elba , Sofia Boutella , Lydia Wilson and Joe Taslim . Justin Lin is directing this new adventure, which hits theaters nationwide on July 22, going up against Ice Age: Collision Course and Lights Out . Stay tuned for more on Star Trek Beyond as we get closer to this highly-anticipated summer release.

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"There's no relative direction in the vastness of space," a Starfleet high mucky-muck tells  Enterprise  Captain James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) in "Star Trek Beyond." "There's only you." She's asking him whether he wants to give up his captain's seat for a chance at a powerful desk job on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, a year younger than his father was when he died. Her language is meant to spur Kirk to look inward, and for a moment we might hope that he will, and that the film will look inward with him. 

There's a precedent for this sort of thing. Where all of the TV incarnations of " Star Trek " were mainly about morality and philosophy, with characterization serving as a means of examining those dramatic values, most of the big-screen film versions, including the '80s and '90s versions of the flagship TV show, were mainly concerned with the heroes' personalities. The screenplays gave us detailed examinations of, say, the relationship between Kirk and his half-Vulcan first officer Mr. Spock, between Kirk and the United Federation of Planets, between Kirk and the Klingons who tormented his civilization and killed his only son, and between all the characters (Kirk especially) and the prospect of aging and death. It was more soap opera than space opera at times, but always fun to watch, sometimes moving. 

What undermines "Star Trek Beyond" is that it's ultimately not interested in taking a long look at the "you" of Kirk, Spock ( Zachary Quinto ), ship's doctor "Bones" McCoy ( Karl Urban ), communications officer Uhura ( Zoe Saldana ), and the rest of the NCC-1701 crew. Sure, it nods in that direction. Even the worst "Star Trek" stories do. But in the end it's mostly a good big-budget sci-fi action movie that's been marinated in "Star Trek" flavor packets—and thus not terribly different from the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot or its sequel, " Star Trek Into Darkness ."

"Star Trek Beyond" pits the crew of the  Enterprise  against another bellowing megalomaniac ( Idris Elba ) who wants to punish the United Federation of Planets for its perceived sins. It's the best of the new "Trek" films, but it's still an unsatisfying effort if you want "Star Trek" to be something more than a military-minded outer space action flick, with familiar, beloved characters shoehorned into a standard mix of martial arts slugfests, close-quarters firefights, and scenes of starships and cities being shredded and burned. Advance publicity hyped "Star Trek Beyond" as a return to the original series' roots as a showcase for a bunch of eccentric personalities traveling the galaxy, ingeniously solving problems, and indulging in populist philosophizing about civilization and the frontier as they went along. But that's not what we get here—not really. 

Yes, there's a promising setup (the  Enterprise  crew is held hostage by a vicious bad guy who rules a backwater planet a la Kurtz in "Heart of Darkness"). And there are suggestions of classic "Star Trek" style action-plus-characterization-plus-cleverness, and pleasing performances by a cast that has settled into each others' rhythms, as a real-world naval crew would after years of sailing together. 

But the movie never delivers on its considerable promise because it's always in such a hurry to get to the next action scene. And aside from three magnificent setpieces—the first, crippling sneak attack by a fleet of tiny ships that swarm the  Enterprise  like explosive bees, and two vertigo-inducing chase-and-fight scenes in which geography goes all M.C. Escher on us—the action is not good enough to be the film's main course. Lin, who proved in the "Fast and Furious" series that he could do great or near-great action, here substitutes wobbly camerawork, chop-chop editing and rumbling sound effects for suspense and a sense of spatial design. It's a step up from the action in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" movies, but that's not the sort of thing one should brag about. A climactic reprise of a certain overused Beastie Boys song might be the franchise's low point, rivaled only by the laughable credits sequence of "Star Trek V," which cut from a helicopter shot of a lean young stuntman scaling a craggy peak in the Pyrenees to a close-up of the 57-year-old star/director Shatner's meaty hand in a studio, gripping a fiberglas "rock."

Simon Pegg and Doug Jung's screenplay provides the right amount of homage (as when Kirk grumbles after an opening action scene that he ripped his shirt again), plus Spock/McCoy odd-couple banter and some marvelous, character-based laugh lines (Scotty demands that Kirk give an opinion on one of his engineering improvisations, because "if I mess it up, I don't want it to be just my fault"). There's psychological nuance, irony, even a political subtext (Elba's character, Krall, a reptilian Che Guevara-type who wants the galaxy's "frontier" to "push back" against the Federation's expansionism). Too bad none of these aspects are filled out with the detail they deserve. Krail's fire-and-brimstone sermonizing is turned to nonsense by a pointless and self-defeating third act "twist"—like we need another one of those after the boneheaded fan service of "Darkness"!—and there are points late in the film where "Star Trek Beyond" seems jolted by the sudden remembrance of things that it told us it was going to deal with but didn't. 

Uhura spends most of the movie in a prison camp. Kirk, Spock and even McCoy have human moments, but they spend too much of their screen time sprinting through hallways, firing phaser pistols, and piloting spaceships while yelling and grimacing in tight closeup, like the heroes of every other science fiction-flavored action movie projected in theaters recently. Krall and other characters allude to the Federation's fake-benevolent brand of imperialism, but unless you're familiar with examples from elsewhere in the "Star Trek" universe or got briefed by a super-fan before buying a ticket, you'll leave with no sense of whether the villains' grievances are legitimate, much less if you're supposed to feel mixed emotions at Kirk's inevitable triumph.  

Spock, whose home planet was destroyed by a renegade Romulan warlord in the first movie, suffers most from the filmmakers' preoccupation with  pew-pew-pew! a ction-adventure. For three movies now, Spock's been carrying a crushing load of survivor's guilt. The character's barely disguised Jewishness, brilliantly articulated by the late Leonard Nimoy in the original TV and movie series, is more pronounced in the new franchise: he's been turned into a holocaust survivor, part of a fragile Vulcan diaspora haunted by genocide. But the scripts seem scared of treating Spock's predicament with the seriousness it deserves, much less daring to put it at the center of a film. Here it's treated mainly as an explanation for why Spock can't seem to keep a relationship going with Uhura. The death of Leonard Nimoy is integrated into the story by having Vulcan diplomats inform Spock of the death of Ambassador Spock, an alternate-universe incarnation of the character who dispensed advice and plot points to new Spock whenever the screenwriters painted themselves into a corner. The film's method of mourning Nimoy's Spock makes the Spockus ex machina  thing worse. New Spock mourns classic Spock as if the two were dear friends who had dinner every Monday at the same Chinese restaurant.

The missteps of writing and direction are more depressing when you consider the excellence of the core cast. Quinto and Saldana give the Spock-Uhura relationship and their own spotlight moments a lot more than the film gives them. Pegg is a hoot as Scotty, colorful but never hammy, though we may justifiably raise a Spock-like eyebrow at all the times that the actor-screenwriter lets his character save the day. Pine's Kirk seems to be morphing seamlessly into Shatner's, complete with surprising pauses and intonations, but he's more credible as a strong, respected leader; watch how the actor grows more calm and friendly whenever Kirk's bridge crew is becoming more agitated. Elba is such a strong presence throughout, even near the end, that it's a shame Krall is never granted the depth and complexity that his character keeps threatening to disclose. 

At this point it's worth asking what, if anything, this franchise is good for besides generating cash for Paramount and its above-the-line talent. Everything that made the original TV series and its follow-ups, small- and big-screen, seem so open-hearted, intelligent and playful is marginalized to make room for hyperactively edited action scenes and displays of hardware and production design. These are technically state-of-the-art but ultimately not all that different from what you see in most other CGI-driven action pictures, superhero as well as sci-fi—long, loud spectacles that are filled with people fighting, blowing up cities and planets, and crashing things into other things, instead of finding some other, more surprising way to move the plot along. What's the point of giving up pleasures that the "Star Trek" franchise is good at providing, to make more room for pleasures that most big-budget science fiction and fantasy already give us, month after month and year after year? Why boldly go where everyone else is already going? 

Matt Zoller Seitz

Matt Zoller Seitz is the Editor at Large of RogerEbert.com, TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.

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Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence.

120 minutes

Chris Pine as Kirk

Zachary Quinto as Spock

Karl Urban as Bones

Zoe Saldana as Uhura

Simon Pegg as Scotty

John Cho as Sulu

Anton Yelchin as Chekov

Idris Elba as Krall

Sofia Boutella as Jaylah

Deep Roy as Keenser

Alice Eve as Dr. Carol Marcus

Writer (television series "Star Trek")

• Gene Roddenberry

Writer (uncredited)

• Roberto Orci
• Patrick McKay
• John D. Payne

Cinematographer

• Stephen F. Windon
• Greg D'Auria
• Dylan Highsmith
• Kelly Matsumoto
• Steven Sprung
• Michael Giacchino

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In between Star Wars movies, we’ll get a new Star Trek movie this year that marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic series. Star Trek Beyond debuts on July 22nd this year, but many details about it are still unknown.

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The action in Star Trek Beyond takes place in space – no huge surprise there, after all, space is the final frontier – but Entertainment Tonight revealed in a series of videos that the crew will be in space for two years into their mission when the movie starts off. That means there’s some wear and tear to reflect all that, although only a specific detail is offered. Sulu (John Cho) has a daughter he misses a lot, and she’s apparently important for the story.

Other details revealed in the Entertainment Tonight clips include the new uniforms, which are supposed to be a tribute to the original Star Trek .

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Sometimes it really helps to go back to the original source! But watching the episode—or even skimming it—can be time consuming. So why not let the computer search the text for you? I’ve collected the scripts of every episode of The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine , and the first 10 movies.

All episodes are stored in plain text format.

Archivist’s Note: All of these scripts were obtained from other published sources; the complete scripts for TOS, Voyager , and Enterprise are not available right now. (Please don’t ask me about getting more scripts added, I’ve posted all the files I’ve found.)

Star Trek: The Movies

All Movies [ZIP file, 612 KB]

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Star Trek: Generations
• Star Trek: First Contact (Draft Version)
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Episode 1-2: “Encounter at Farpoint”
• Episode 3: “The Naked Now”
• Episode 4: “Code of Honor”
• Episode 5: “Haven”
• Episode 6: “Where No One Has Gone Before”
• Episode 7: “The Last Outpost”
• Episode 8: “Lonely Among Us”
• Episode 9: “Justice”
• Episode 10: “The Battle”
• Episode 11: “Hide and Q”
• Episode 12: “Too Short A Season”
• Episode 13: “The Big Goodbye”
• Episode 14: “Datalore”
• Episode 15: “Angel One”
• Episode 16: “11001001”
• Episode 17: “Home Soil”
• Episode 18: “When the Bough Breaks”
• Episode 19: “Coming of Age”
• Episode 20: “Heart of Glory”
• Episode 21: “The Arsenal of Freedom”
• Episode 22: “Symbiosis”
• Episode 23: “Skin of Evil”
• Episode 24: “We’ll Always Have Paris”
• Episode 25: “Conspiracy”
• Episode 26: “The Neutral Zone”
• Episode 27: “The Child”
• Episode 28: “Where Silence Has Lease”
• Episode 29: “Elementary, Dear Data”
• Episode 30: “The Outrageous Okona”
• Episode 31: “The Schizoid Man”
• Episode 32: “Loud as a Whisper”
• Episode 33: “Unnatural Selection”
• Episode 34: “A Matter of Honor”
• Episode 35: “The Measure of a Man”
• Episode 36: “The Dauphin”
• Episode 37: “Contagion”
• Episode 38: “The Royale”
• Episode 39: “Time Squared”
• Episode 40: “The Icarus Factor”
• Episode 41: “Pen Pals”
• Episode 42: “Q Who?”
• Episode 43: “Samaritan Snare”
• Episode 44: “Up the Long Ladder”
• Episode 45: “Manhunt”
• Episode 46: “The Emissary”
• Episode 47: “Peak Performance”
• Episode 48: “Shades of Grey”
• Episode 49: “The Ensigns of Command”
• Episode 50: “Evolution”
• Episode 51: “The Survivors”
• Episode 52: “Who Watches the Watchers?”
• Episode 53: “The Bonding”
• Episode 54: “Booby Trap”
• Episode 55: “The Enemy”
• Episode 56: “The Price”
• Episode 57: “The Vengeance Factor”
• Episode 58: “The Defector”
• Episode 59: “The Hunted”
• Episode 60: “The High Ground”
• Episode 61: “Déjà Q”
• Episode 62: “A Matter of Perspective”
• Episode 63: “Yesterday’s Enterprise ”
• Episode 64: “The Offspring”
• Episode 65: “Sins of the Father”
• Episode 66: “Allegiance”
• Episode 67: “Captain’s Holiday”
• Episode 68: “Tin Man”
• Episode 69: “Hollow Pursuits”
• Episode 70: “The Most Toys”
• Episode 71: “Sarek”
• Episode 72: “Ménage á Troi”
• Episode 73: “Transfigurations”
• Episode 74: “The Best of Both Worlds, Part I”
• Episode 75: “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II”
• Episode 76: “Family”
• Episode 77: “Brothers”
• Episode 78: “Suddenly Human”
• Episode 79: “Remember Me”
• Episode 80: “Legacy”
• Episode 81: “Reunion”
• Episode 82: “Future Imperfect”
• Episode 83: “Final Mission”
• Episode 84: “The Loss”
• Episode 85: “Data’s Day”
• Episode 86: “The Wounded”
• Episode 87: “Devil’s Due”
• Episode 88: “Clues”
• Episode 89: “First Contact”
• Episode 90: “Galaxy’s Child”
• Episode 91: “Night Terrors”
• Episode 92: “Identity Crisis”
• Episode 93: “The Nth Degree”
• Episode 94: “Qpid”
• Episode 95: “The Drumhead”
• Episode 96: “Half a Life”
• Episode 97: “The Host”
• Episode 98: “The Mind’s Eye”
• Episode 99: “In Theory”
• Episode 100: “Redemption, Part I”
• Episode 101: “Redemption, Part II”
• Episode 102: “Darmok”
• Episode 103: “Ensign Ro”
• Episode 104: “Silicon Avatar”
• Episode 105: “Disaster”
• Episode 106: “The Game”
• Episode 107: “Unification, Part I”
• Episode 108: “Unification, Part II”
• Episode 109: “A Matter of Time”
• Episode 110: “New Ground”
• Episode 111: “Hero Worship”
• Episode 112: “Violations”
• Episode 113: “The Masterpiece Society”
• Episode 114: “Conundrum”
• Episode 115: “Power Play”
• Episode 116: “Ethics”
• Episode 117: “The Outcast”
• Episode 118: “Cause and Effect”
• Episode 119: “The First Duty”
• Episode 120: “Cost of Living”
• Episode 121: “The Perfect Mate”
• Episode 122: “Imaginary Friend”
• Episode 123: “I, Borg”
• Episode 124: “The Next Phase”
• Episode 125: “The Inner Light”
• Episode 126: “Time’s Arrow, Part I”
• Episode 127: “Time’s Arrow, Part II”
• Episode 128: “Realm of Fear”
• Episode 129: “Man of the People”
• Episode 130: “Relics”
• Episode 131: “Schisms”
• Episode 132: “True Q”
• Episode 133: “Rascals”
• Episode 134: “A Fistful of Datas”
• Episode 135: “The Quality of Life”
• Episode 136: “Chain of Command, Part I”
• Episode 137: “Chain of Command, Part II”
• Episode 138: “Ship in a Bottle”
• Episode 139: “Aquiel”
• Episode 140: “Face of the Enemy”
• Episode 141: “Tapestry”
• Episode 142: “Birthright, Part I”
• Episode 143: “Birthright, Part II”
• Episode 144: “Starship Mine”
• Episode 145: “Lessons”
• Episode 146: “The Chase”
• Episode 147: “Frame of Mind”
• Episode 148: “Suspicions”
• Episode 149: “Rightful Heir”
• Episode 150: “Second Chances”
• Episode 151: “Timescape”
• Episode 152: “Descent, Part I”
• Episode 153: “Descent, Part II”
• Episode 154: “Liaisons”
• Episode 155: “Interface”
• Episode 156: “Gambit, Part I”
• Episode 157: “Gambit, Part II”
• Episode 158: “Phantasms”
• Episode 159: “Dark Page”
• Episode 160: “Attached”
• Episode 161: “Force of Nature”
• Episode 162: “Inheritance”
• Episode 163: “Parallels”
• Episode 164: “The Pegasus ”
• Episode 165: “Homeward”
• Episode 166: “Sub Rosa”
• Episode 167: “Lower Decks”
• Episode 168: “Thine Own Self”
• Episode 169: “Masks”
• Episode 170: “Eye of the Beholder”
• Episode 171: “Genesis”
• Episode 172: “Journey’s End”
• Episode 173: “Firstborn”
• Episode 174: “Bloodlines”
• Episode 175: “Emergence”
• Episode 176: “Preemptive Strike”
• Episode 177-178: “All Good Things...”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

• Episode 1-2: “Emissary”
• Episode 3: “A Man Alone”
• Episode 4: “Past Prologue”
• Episode 5: “Babel”
• Episode 6: “Captive Pursuit”
• Episode 7: “Q-Less”
• Episode 8: “Dax”
• Episode 9: “The Passenger”
• Episode 10: “Move Along Home”
• Episode 11: “The Nagus”
• Episode 12: “Vortex”
• Episode 13: “Battle Lines”
• Episode 14: “The Storyteller”
• Episode 15: “Progress”
• Episode 16: “If Wishes Were Horses”
• Episode 17: “The Forsaken”
• Episode 18: “Dramatis Personae”
• Episode 19: “Duet”
• Episode 20: “In the Hands of the Prophets”
• Episode 21: “The Homecoming”
• Episode 22: “The Circle”
• Episode 23: “The Siege”
• Episode 24: “Invasive Procedures”
• Episode 25: “Cardassians”
• Episode 26: “Melora”
• Episode 27: “Rules of Acquisition”
• Episode 28: “Necessary Evil”
• Episode 29: “Second Sight”
• Episode 30: “Sanctuary”
• Episode 31: “Rivals”
• Episode 32: “The Alternate”
• Episode 33: “Armageddon Game”
• Episode 34: “Whispers”
• Episode 35: “Paradise”
• Episode 36: “Shadowplay”
• Episode 37: “Playing God”
• Episode 38: “Profit and Loss”
• Episode 39: “Blood Oath”
• Episode 40: “The Maquis, Part I”
• Episode 41: “The Maquis, Part II”
• Episode 42: “The Wire”
• Episode 43: “Crossover”
• Episode 44: “The Collaborator”
• Episode 45: “Tribunal”
• Episode 46: “The Jem’Hadar”
• Episode 47: “The Search, Part I”
• Episode 48: “The Search, Part II”
• Episode 49: “The House of Quark”
• Episode 50: “Equilibrium”
• Episode 51: “Second Skin”
• Episode 52: “The Abandoned”
• Episode 53: “Civil Defense”
• Episode 54: “Meridian”
• Episode 55: “ Defiant ”
• Episode 56: “Fascination”
• Episode 57: “Past Tense, Part I”
• Episode 58: “Past Tense, Part II”
• Episode 59: “Life Support”
• Episode 60: “Heart of Stone”
• Episode 61: “Destiny”
• Episode 62: “Prophet Motive”
• Episode 63: “Visionary”
• Episode 64: “Distant Voices”
• Episode 65: “Through the Looking Glass”
• Episode 66: “Improbable Cause”
• Episode 67: “The Die Is Cast”
• Episode 68: “Explorers”
• Episode 69: “Family Business”
• Episode 70: “Shakaar”
• Episode 71: “Facets”
• Episode 72: “The Adversary”
• Episode 73-74: “The Way of the Warrior”
• Episode 75: “The Visitor”
• Episode 76: “Hippocratic Oath”
• Episode 77: “Indiscretion”
• Episode 78: “Rejoined”
• Episode 79: “Starship Down”
• Episode 80: “Little Green Men”
• Episode 81: “The Sword of Kahless”
• Episode 82: “Our Man Bashir”
• Episode 83: “Homefront”
• Episode 84: “Paradise Lost”
• Episode 85: “Crossfire”
• Episode 86: “Return to Grace”
• Episode 87: “Sons of Mogh”
• Episode 88: “The Bar Association”
• Episode 89: “Accession”
• Episode 90: “Rules of Engagement”
• Episode 91: “Hard Time”
• Episode 92: “Shattered Mirror”
• Episode 93: “The Muse”
• Episode 94: “For the Cause”
• Episode 95: “The Quickening”
• Episode 96: “To the Death”
• Episode 97: “Body Parts”
• Episode 98: “Broken Link”
• Episode 99: “Apocalypse Rising”
• Episode 100: “The Ship”
• Episode 101: “Looking For par’Mach in All the Wrong Places”
• Episode 102: “...Nor the Battle to the Strong”
• Episode 103: “The Assignment”
• Episode 104: “Trials and Tribble-ations”
• Episode 105: “Let He Who Is Without Sin...”
• Episode 106: “Things Past”
• Episode 107: “The Ascent”
• Episode 108: “Rapture”
• Episode 109: “The Darkness and the Light”
• Episode 110: “The Begotten”
• Episode 111: “For the Uniform”
• Episode 112: “In Purgatory’s Shadow”
• Episode 113: “By Inferno’s Light”
• Episode 114: “Doctor Bashir, I Presume?”
• Episode 115: “A Simple Investigation”
• Episode 116: “Business as Usual”
• Episode 117: “Ties of Blood and Water”
• Episode 118: “Ferengi Love Songs”
• Episode 119: “Soldiers of the Empire”
• Episode 120: “Children of Time”
• Episode 121: “Blaze of Glory”
• Episode 122: “Empok Nor”
• Episode 123: “In the Cards”
• Episode 124: “Call to Arms”
• Episode 125: “A Time to Stand”
• Episode 126: “Rocks and Shoals”
• Episode 127: “Sons and Daughters”
• Episode 128: “Behind the Lines”
• Episode 129: “Favor the Bold”
• Episode 130: “The Sacrifice of Angels”
• Episode 131: “You Are Cordially Invited...”
• Episode 132: “Resurrection”
• Episode 133: “Statistical Probabilities”
• Episode 134: “The Magnificent Ferengi”
• Episode 135: “Waltz”
• Episode 136: “Who Mourns for Morn”
• Episode 137: “Far Beyond the Stars”
• Episode 138: “One Little Ship”
• Episode 139: “Honor Among Thieves”
• Episode 140: “Change of Heart”
• Episode 141: “Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night”
• Episode 142: “Inquisition”
• Episode 143: “In the Pale Moonlight”
• Episode 144: “His Way”
• Episode 145: “The Reckoning”
• Episode 146: “ Valiant ”
• Episode 147: “Profit and Lace”
• Episode 148: “Time’s Orphan”
• Episode 149: “The Sound of Her Voice”
• Episode 150: “Tears of the Prophets”
• Episode 151: “Image in the Sand”
• Episode 152: “Shadows and Symbols”
• Episode 153: “Afterimage”
• Episode 154: “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”
• Episode 155: “Chrysalis”
• Episode 156: “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”
• Episode 157: “Once More Unto the Breach”
• Episode 158: “The Siege of AR-558”
• Episode 159: “Covenant”
• Episode 160: “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
• Episode 161: “Prodigal Daughter”
• Episode 162: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
• Episode 163: “Field of Fire”
• Episode 164: “Chimera”
• Episode 165: “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”
• Episode 166: “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”
• Episode 167: “Penumbra”
• Episode 168: “‘Til Death Do Us Part”
• Episode 169: “Strange Bedfellows”
• Episode 170: “The Changing Face of Evil”
• Episode 171: “When It Rains...”
• Episode 172: “Tacking Into the Wind”
• Episode 173: “Extreme Measures”
• Episode 174: “The Dogs of War”
• Episode 175-176: “What You Leave Behind”

Star Trek: Voyager

• Episode 34: “Death Wish”
• Episode 68: “Scorpion, Part I”
• Episode 69: “Scorpion, Part II”
• Episode 74: “The Raven ”
• Episode 89: “The Omega Directive”
• Episode 93: “One”
• Episode 94: “Hope and Fear”
• Episode 30: “Death Wish”
• Episode 44: “False Profits”
• Episode 53: “The Q and the Grey”
• Episode 95: “Night”
• Episode 104: “Counterpoint”
• Episode 110: “The Disease”
• Episode 111: “Dark Frontier, Part I”
• Episode 112: “Dark Frontier, Part II”
• Episode 120: “ Equinox , Part I”
• Episode 121: “ Equinox , Part II”
• Episode 129: “The Voyager Conspiracy”
• Episode 140: “Good Shepherd”
• Episode 157: “Shattered”
• Episode 158: “Lineage”

Star Trek: Enterprise

• Episode 1: “Broken Bow” (Draft Version)
• Episode 69: “Azati Prime”
• Episode 76: “Zero Hour”

Karl Urban Added A DeForest Kelley Homage To The Script Of Star Trek: Beyond

To say that the cast of the recent "Star Trek" films have had a lot to live up to would be quite the understatement. Not only were the actors tasked with leading a whole new era in the storied franchise — carrying the weight of reinvigorating mainstream audience interest in "Trek" — but they also had to worry about fully embodying each of their characters while paying homage to the legendary performers who originally played those parts. Chris Pine channeled his inner swashbuckler to step into the massive shoes left by William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto faced an even trickier challenge in putting on the pointy ears to portray the logic-obsessed Spock after Leonard Nimoy first made that role his own.

Every other member of the bridge crew faced the exact same obstacle. Perhaps none, however, put more of an effort to do right by their predecessor than Karl Urban as the always-curmudgeonly Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy.

A group effort

Though always a highlight throughout both "Star Trek" (2009) and its sequel, "Star Trek Into Darkness," actor Karl Urban's approach for Bones arguably didn't come into his own until Justin Lin's "Star Trek Beyond," the standalone sequel that played out almost like a feature-length episode of "The Original Series." Thanks to a clever script with an eye for intriguing character pairings, he more acutely resembled DeForest Kelley's original take than ever before. But one key detail that helped round out his performance and evoke the fan-favorite portrayal to a greater extent didn't even come from the script.

In an interview with Den of Geek timed to the 2016 film's theatrical release, Urban was asked how much input the actors had in fleshing out their legacy characters and establishing the tone. According to Urban:

"Early on, [co-writer] Simon [Pegg] emailed us an early draft and said, 'Here it is. Let me know what you think.' And, you know, 'If there's anything you'd like to see in it, let's work on it.' ... That's exactly what we did. I can look at that picture and see many different beats from that collaboration up on the screen. I'm quite proud of that."

When asked for specifics, Urban singled out a brief but key moment: "The sequence where Bones finds out that he has to go and fly a spaceship and he's not happy about it. That thing about, [huffily] 'The next time you need a doctor...' To me, that was a throwback I'd seen DeForest [Kelley] get to do. I was always looking for the opportunity to sprinkle a little bit of that in there."

Sometimes the script leads the performances, and sometimes it's the other way around. This one scene in "Star Trek Beyond" is an example of the latter.

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Screenwriter Talks About Writers Room For Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Star Trek’ And His Passion For The Movie

| October 6, 2023 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 72 comments so far

In the last week, screenwriter Lindsey Beer has been talking about her work on the latest Paramount Pictures Kelvin timeline follow-up to Star Trek Beyond but it turns out that isn’t the only Star Trek feature film she has worked on in the last few years. She’s now revealing some details of what it was like working with Quentin Tarantino on his proposed (and now defunct) R-rated Star Trek movie.

Inside Tarantino’s Trek writer’s room

In late 2017 Quentin Tarantino pitched an idea for a Star Trek movie to producer J.J. Abrams and Paramount jumped at the opportunity to work with the Oscar-winning writer/director. The film would have been R-rated and separate from Paramount’s planned “Star Trek 4” followup to Star Trek Beyond (which at that time was still the version that had Chris Hemsworth returning as George Kirk). In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter , screenwriter Lindsey Beer reveals what it was like in Tarantino’s Trek writers room:

We got in there and he started with, “So what are your guys’ ideas for a movie?” and I think I went first. So he listened to us patiently and just kind of nodded his head, and then he took out his notebook and started talking for 20 minutes with lines of dialogue and passionate ideas that he’d already written. It wasn’t really a story yet; they were just random thoughts he had on a movie, but it was so passionate and so wonderful. And I laughed to myself and thought, “Well, why didn’t we start with that?”

Mark L. Smith ( The Revenant ) was eventually tapped as screenwriter. In the summer of 2019 Tarantino said Smith delivered a “ cool ” script, describing it as “Pulp Fiction in space.” However, by the end of the year, Tarantino said he was “steering away” from the project, which eventually fizzled out without the auteur’s direct involvement. Smith later revealed the film would include James T. Kirk as well as other familiar characters, and it would involve “gangsters.”

Spock and Kirk get their gagster lean on in “A Piece of the Action”

As for Lindsey Beer, she got some high praise from Tarantino for being “really good” in that writers’ room, and the experience actually led to her involvement in what is the latest Star Trek 4 project. Beer tells THR:

So that room was also the beginning of a very strong relationship with Bad Robot, and I’ve been brought in a few times on different iterations of Trek, most recently on Star Trek 4 .

It’s curious that Beer mentions how she was brought in to work on multiple iterations of Trek, so it seems possible she may have also been involved in the Noah Hawley Star Trek project which was shelved in 2020 . Beer was first revealed to be involved with the latest Star Trek 4 project in 2021 when Matt Shakman was tapped to direct . She later left to write and direct the new Paramount+ movie Pet Semetary: Bloodlines . Other screenwriters have been brought in since to work on subsequent drafts based on an idea that came from J.J. Abrams. Paramount is reportedly interested in fine-tuning the latest draft to get Star Trek 4 into pre-production soon .

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Love Tarantino’s work- but this sounds like a bullet dodged.

Agreed. Tarantino strikes me as the classic ADHD kid. If he’s hyperfocused on your project, he’s great. If you lose him, even a little bit, it’s chaos.

I agree. To me, it would just feel way too gimmicky.

Agree. Tarantino is obviously talented but he is totally the wrong person for Trek

Someday I hope that the Tarantino Trek script either gets published somehow or leaked into the internet so we can see what it actually was. All we know publicly is that it was his riff on “A Piece of the Action”.

Probably want to bring a ton of imagination to that read, because we’ll probably have to add our own soundtrack. Like if we see the crew marching down the corridor after arming themselves, play the theme to PETER GUNN or SHAFT in your head, or the theme to SHAFT IN AFRICA (‘Are You Man Enough’) for Chekov facing down some baddies. (I would probably include ‘mama told me not to come’ in this playlist, but that has already been ruined forever, getting used — for absolutely no gain or apparent purpose — in the trailer for Walter Hill ‘s/Jack Sholder’s SUPERNOVA.)

We can save ‘come on eileen’ for a GR biopic featuring scenes with his first wife.

Yeah, if you read some of Tarantino’s scripts they probably sound silly on paper, but it’s his STYLE that brings so much to his pictures.

Bring in Tarantino for ST4, also Stewart (so he get his final Trek movie). = Generations Redux!

Picard goes out with tommy gun blazing, roaring, “it was … FUN!”

(then, when shot in the genitals, quietly utters, ‘oh my.’

I wish we could upvote here.

Unrelated, but did Takei steal “oh my” for his catchphrase, or was he using it before Generations.

Honestly dunno. I think I only first remember him saying it on something like FAMILY GUY, so it could be a deliberate steal ..

Take the Tarantino script and film it as a Strange New Worlds two-parter!

I can actually see Pelia dropping F bombs like Samuel L Jackson or Dr. T’Ana. 🤬

Well he did a CSI (and even directed it) so maybe he could adapt it for a SNW 2 parter and direct too, (wouldn’t mess up his 10 and done filmography plan)

and an episode of ‘ER’

Given they have song and dance eps and cartoon character eps, sure, why not?

if Tarantino doesn’t direct it, his contributions to the screenplay would probably be greatly watered down.

Tarantino never wrote a Trek screenplay. He came to Paramount with a pitch, and the studio hired another writer (Mark L. Smith) to write a screenplay based on that.

No, they both wrote it. Tarantino picked Mark L. Smith to flesh out his pitch. It sounds like Smith would work on the script himself, and Tarantino would go over what he did and further flesh it out with his own rewrites.

Smith talked about it a couple years ago. I think this interview with Smith is about the most information that’s come out about Tarantino’s Star Trek. And Smith talks about Tarantino rewriting his scenes and reading them to him.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JQxZZFq6QHs

I still want this film

I would love to see Shatner return as Kirk in this very interesting project.

Paramount — let her direct it!

Why? She’s a writer.

She is also a director. She was announced as directing the next Trek movie until it imploded (again).

I think you’re mixing her up with the very talented and versatille Ms. Clarkson, who preceded Shankman on XIV. While directing PET SEM prequel now, that is her first feature (as I understand things.)

Ah, thank you for the correction, k. Appreciated.

Nope. She’s both

Random thoughts. Pulp Fiction in Space.

All you need to know why the studio shelved this.

It probably would’ve been an utter disaster but a fun disaster. If nothing else it at least had to be better than STID or NEM.

This was also the last movie I stopped buying into Paramount’s trolling and keep in mind this thing was announced six years ago already.

Six years later… still no movie of any kind. 😴

But still more trolling…

Yep, sadly true.

Actually I think they should try to get David Cronenberg to do a Trek movie since he is already involved in the franchise in an acting capacity. I would love to see his approach to some Trek body horror, maybe his version of the borg or the conspiracy aliens or a character(s) transforming into something like in the TNG episode Genesis.

Absolutely! Cronenberg already has experience with transporter accidents, see The Fly!!

I was just now thinking how Cronenberg would have approached that transporter accident scene from The Motion Picture.

All you have to do is leave out that terrible line reading ‘what we got back didn’t live long … fortunately’ and go from there. Ultimately, the fact that two life forms can suffer along together successfully helps give evidence to v’ger to acknowledge that there are more things on space and earth than fit its cosmotheology and so it spares Earth.

Great minds think alike!

He’s an interesting pick for director. I’m a fan of his, so it would definitely be different.

Mark Altman keeps saying that Paramount has a script for the next movie about the Romulan War or post First Contact. Hope it is true!

Speaking of once-reliable sources …

Why is he not a reliable source? This site frequently sites Altman as a reliable source for articles.

He has been getting noticed for seemingly intentional errors — as in, he should know better! — by the Facttrek guys for awhile now. Seems like to keep a podcast audience some folks think it is necessary to stoke rumor mills and worse. It’s quite disappointing to me.

I think you are referring to his panel on Star Trek: The Beginning, which was an almost green lit script. I listen to Mark’s podcasts but haven’t heard anything about a post first contact movie. He was probably joking.

If you listen to this week’s episode (interview with Terry Matalas and Todd Stashwick) intro banter, he talks about it extensively. He also mentioned it a few weeks ago. He definitely isn’t joking.

A post First Contact movie actually sounds original and interesting with new characters and thinking outside the box for a change.

No way it’s going to happen lol.

The way that Paramount churns through Trek movie scripts and personnel, you are probably right. It could be very interesting though.

Any Trek movie (outside of something fan made or produced directly for streaming) is going to focus on a recognisable time period and established characters. That’s why the reboots featured Kirk, Spock and McCoy. For a general audience they are the recognisable names.

I agree this is likely, BUT – a one off film that is “attached” to Star Trek but which basically is it’s own story, which could be filled with unaffiliated international cast could upend the trend right now, which is that “known” IPs are failing at the box office.

That’s why I said it’s not going to happen lol.

But trying to get non Trekkies to care about Star Trek to see in theaters is like trying to get teenagers to care about taxes, it just puts too many people off. And no one talks about the JJ verse movies today unless they are Trekkies.

Recognizable still doesn’t sell tickets if they are not a big draw outside the fanbase and they aren’t. The franchise is 57 years old and the average person still can’t name 3 characters of they never watched it.

And why I don’t care about the movies that much. It’s basically just formulaic action stuff with known characters vs super villains like comic book movies… but makes only a third of what those makes. They can have multiple Kirks and Picard in a multiverse movie battling Khan and the Borg, it will still mostly just be Trekkies who will care.

Make movies for actual fans again. Trying to appeal to the ‘masses’ just doesn’t work for Trek no matter what they do. At least not the level they want or we still wouldn’t be waiting just to get another movie seven years later. 🙄

“They can have multiple Kirks and Picard in a multiverse movie battling Khan and the Borg, it will still mostly just be Trekkies who will care.”

wow what a cool movie that’d be for the upcoming anniversary. Khan = cgi/deepfake Montalban tho. And Alice Krige returning as the queen, plus Shatner DF’d to Generations age. And have to throw in the klingons too, and time travel (obviously).

but yeah the general audience don’t care unless it manages to connect with them abit somehow (Trek IV, FC, ST09 – all time travel..so we at least know that)

It is odd how the time travel movies seem to be bigger hits with non or new fans. Kind of ironic since some fans complain there is too much time travel in Star Trek. I’m not a big time travel fan myself but most of the time travel stories are usually very good… except Picard season 2…like why? I think the first JJ verse movie is really really dumb but I like the idea behind it. But the movie was made for people who don’t believe in using their brains. Sadly a lot of the movies are really dumb though. Generations was the dumbest easily until JJ verse showed up.

Anyway I want to clarify and say I’m not against seeing legacy characters in another movie. I’m good with that since I like seeing them in the shows. I just don’t think non fans care at all and wish they could come up with something new and bold every once in awhile too. They been making the same plotline to these movies since Generations came out and the Enterprise has to stop a big bad guy from trying to blow something up or wipe out the Federation with some super weapon. And it’s usually another ship they have to take out. It’s the same plotline over and over again… just like comic book movies.

But a post First Contact movie actually sounds fresh and different that you can’t get on any of the shows right now while expanding canon in a new era. But it’ll probably be about some rouge Andorian/Vulcan/Bajoran/Tribble who wants to bring the Federation to it’s knees because they are really mad at it for something it did.

Can’t wait to not care. 😴

I haven’t listened to that one yet. I’ll check it out. I remember him briefly sort of mentioning it but I thought it was a joke.

I stand corrected. Just caught the episode. Interesting.

Would have loved to have seen it.

Hate Tarantino’s work,so I’m very glad this never saw the light of day.

Dodged a disruptor blast there, tbh.

this was never going to happen, just like QT fantasy to do a bond film with brosnan

In some other timeline there exists Casino Royale adapted/directed by Tarantino, set in the 60s with Brosnan (or maybe Clive Owen if Eon managed to convince Quentin that using Brosnan couldn’t work chronologically), Uma Thurman as Vesper, Christoph Waltz as Le Chiffe, SLJ as Felix, Patrick Stewart as M, Tim Roth Q, Mary Elizabeth Winsted as Moneypenny

With the way Owen seemed to often choose to work with interesting directors as much or more than he did good scripts (a trait he shared with Connery), he and QT might have been an excellent match, plus Owen would have made for an excellent Bond – just not a ‘rookie’ Bond, an idea that would have only worked with Cavill or maybe Worthington among those who were considered seriously.

I knew about Spielberg and Christopher Nolan wanting to direct Bond movies but didn’t actually know Tarantino wanted to direct one too. Can’t really see his version of Bond in my head though.

All you gotta do is open to the first page of Fleming’s novel. The words there would certainly be used verbatim in voice over, a la Scorsese’s way of opening THE COLOR OF MONEY.

It would be a direct adaptation of the book, not the weird (and to me, offensively stupid) expansion that Eon made about an overage brat who goes around killing supposed professionals to get leads off their cellphone records (even though pros would keep the most secret of info in their heads, not in their pocket.)

You can tell how awesome this would have been by how much the curmudgeons are bashing it.

ikr, when Tarantino Trek comes up there always seems to be LOADS of negative comments ‘thank god that didnt happen’ … ‘omg no! Tarantino wouldve been a disaster!’.. ‘no.just no’ etc.. when OBVIOUSLY a Quentin Tarantino scripted/directed Star Trek movie wouldve been an absolute MUST SEE. in fact it would probably be the MOST anticipated Trek movie ever! idk if some Trekkies are aware but Quentin Tarantino a film making LEGEND! on the scale of Hitchcock, Ridley Scott, or Spielberg. AT LEAST 2 of his movies (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction) REDEFINED mainstream cinema and are considered ALL TIME FILM CLASSICS up there with the likes of Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather, Raiders, Blade Runner etc.

we should feel LUCKY a film maker of Tarantinos stature was suffiently interested to actually consider doing it (tbh im still abit mind blown it looked like it was going to happen a few years back now)

Bro if it was a ‘must see’ then Paramount could’ve still made it without him…six years ago. 😉

What stopped them? They didn’t even seem to care when he said he wasn’t interested in directing it either. Maybe just maybe because they thought the story was too much of a dog or just didn’t feel Star Trek enough. Those are at least possible right?

yeh Paramount obvs didnt dig it enough, or maybe he didnt want to direct it and they felt like well unless he actually directs and we can market it as ‘a QT Film’ its just not gonna fly (‘from the mind of QT’ with a co-writer/exec producer credit aint gonna cut it for a $100m gangster Trek movie)

If it was so ‘awesome’ Paramount could’ve still made the movie and used Tarantinos script even if he decided not to direct it. Instead they just moved on to another movie and writer.

They obviously didn’t think it would make a good movie since they could’ve still market it as a Tarantino story but passed.

And I was originally for the movie until he admitted he didn’t understand how a parallel universe worked in science fiction and that was a super red flag this guy could bleep things up badly. 😂🙄

Considering the lousy reviews Bloodlines is getting, we should be kicking Lindsey Beer to the curb as well.

Let the Kelvin timeline fizzle out, and instead make movies based on the current streaming series that revived Star Trek.

I’d love to see a film trilogy that involves characters from all Star Trek TV series. A mission so grand that it crosses time and space.

Put Archer on the bridge of Pike’s Enterprise.

I’d sooner see Archer put under the bridge that landed on Kirk in GEN.

I’m not adverse to a small-scale version of ‘characters from all series’ thing, but to do it like the JIHAD episode of TAS where you pull together just a few experts — but plus that up by drawing from different eras — to deal with a huge potential threat to galaxy. I’ve often wondered if that was the plan for the never-made Trek Imax film,where they had Meaney under contract for years in the 90s. Maybe it was him and an array of past guest stars dealing with whatever the threat was supposed to be, as a super economy pack version of what has turned into standard approach for MCU this century.

It shouldn’t be small scale, though. It should absolutely be a trilogy, or even a pentalogy.

Now would be a perfect time for a Star Trek movie that features actors from all the TV series, from the oldest (Star Trek: The Original Series) to the newest (Star Trek Strange New Worlds).

The studio could use the technology employed in The Mandalorian and Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny to rejuvenate the surviving cast members from TOS, so they could reprise alongside the cast from subsequent series but appear to be in their prime.

Same could be true of the cast from those subsequent series.

Imagine Archer, Kirk, Picard, Janeway, and Sisko from the first season of their respective series standing on the bridge of Pike’s Enterprise.

What I wouldn’t give to see this realized in animated form or even a graphic novel or something.

I am so glad this movie did not get made. I am not a Tarantino fan. Tried a couple movies didn’t like them. Didn’t like this style. Won’t try another one. But I’m so glad he didn’t screw up Star Trek. The one TOS episode with the gangsters is not one of my favorites.

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Spider-Man 4 Gets Star Trek Director And Starts Shooting In Just A Few Months?

Posted: March 26, 2024 | Last updated: March 26, 2024

Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin is reportedly in the running to direct Spider-Man 4, with plans underway for production to begin in September or October. Tom Holland will reprise his role as the web-slinging protagonist alongside Zendaya as MJ.

Star Trek Beyond Director Justin Lin Could Direct Spider-Man 4

Discussions about a potential fourth Spider-Man movie began in 2022, following the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which earned over $1.9 billion at the global box office in 2021. Despite lofty plans from Sony and Marvel executives, no official statements about Spider-Man 4 have been issued. The delay might stem from conflicting creative visions between the studios.

Tobey Maguire And Andrew Garfield Returning?

Sony reportedly wants another grand multiverse spectacle with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man characters appearing alongside Holland. However, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige wants to explore a more down-to-earth storyline for Spider-Man 4, similar to the tone established in the first two installments of Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy.

A Darker Version Of Peter Parker

Another rumor about Spider-Man 4 states that Peter Parker might be a less prominent part of the story than the character’s superhero alter ego. According to insiders, Peter’s initial trilogy was primarily focused on establishing his origin within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This groundwork sets the stage for the next phase of his story.

Having distanced himself from or lost those he cared about, Spider-Man becomes Peter’s sole driving force. Gradually, being Spider-Man consumes more of his life, causing Peter Parker to recede into the background and slowly fade away. This narrative parallel can be likened to Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of Batman in The Batman. However, it’s important to note that this has yet to be officially confirmed.

Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Ending Flipped The Script

Spider-Man: No Way Home ended with Doctor Strange wiping everyone’s memory of Peter Parker to safeguard the multiverse. Left without any support from individuals or corporations like Stark Industries, viewers witnessed the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Peter Parker becoming more like his comic book counterpart, which is where Spider-Man 4 will have to pick up the story.

Peter is seen living in a modest apartment where he crafts his own Spider-Man suit, which is faithful to the comics. In the film’s closing scenes, Peter embraces his role as the friendly neighborhood crime-fighter, hinting at the down-to-earth Spider-Man 4 story set in New York City as envisioned by Kevin Feige and eagerly anticipated by many fans.

Tom Holland Almost Appeared In Madame Web

Tom Holland almost reprised his iconic role in Sony’s Madame Web. Insider Jeff Sneider previously revealed that arrangements were made for Holland’s Spider-Man to make an appearance. But any mention of the character was ultimately omitted during reshoots. Before Holland’s involvement, Sony had considered featuring Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in a cameo but eventually scrapped the idea.

Even More Spider-Man 4 Rumors

Even if Spider-Man 4 sticks with its loner theme, Marvel and Sony are rumored to agree about having a few familiar heroes in the mix. Matt Murdock/Daredevil reportedly has a significant role in the existing script, while Ant-Man’s potential involvement remains in the conceptual stage. Should Scott Lang make an appearance, he would adopt a mentorship role similar to the relationship Iron Man and Doctor Strange had with Peter.

Source: The InSneider

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