Star Trek: Khan – Ceti Alpha V will be a prequel to The Wrath of Khan

Nicholas Meyer deserves a lot of the credit for the success of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The movie will be streamed in narrative form.

Meyer directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and helped write the screenplays for both of those, as well as the Leonard Nimoy-directed Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home—in other words, all the best Trek movies, by most fans' reckoning. The director brought influences from beloved, epic naval stories and series like Horatio Hornblower, Moby Dick, and Botany Bay—as well as Shakespeare—to give the franchise a whole new look, vibe, and set of themes. That narrative cocktail was a huge creative success.

Over the past several years, Meyer has been working on a project that would focus on the time Khan and his crew were stranded on the dying planet Ceti Alpha V between the first and second episodes of the TV series.

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The TV and film project didn't come to fruition.

Alex Kurtzman made a statement about Meyer's project.

Nick made the definitive Trek movie when he made Wrath, and we’ve all been standing in its shadow since. Forty years have offered him a lot of perspective on these extraordinary characters and the way they’ve impacted generations of fans. Now he’s come up with something as surprising, gripping and emotional as the original, and it’s a real honor to be able to let him tell the next chapter in this story exactly the way he wants to.

The announcement was made during Paramount+'s Star Trek Day celebration and marketing frenzy, but it didn't include details about casting, a release date, or much of anything else besides the concept, the format, Meyer's involvement, and the name: Star Trek: Khan - C