Star Trek is doing well in television, but it's not doing well in film. There hasn't been a theatrical release since Star Trek Beyond, despite Paramount's best efforts to get another film off the ground. The living cast of Star Trek will return as their respective roles, with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and others likely to reprise their roles.
While speaking to Deadline about his two newest films, The Contractor and All the Old Knives, Pine briefly touched on the news that a fourth film featuring the crew from the Kelvin timeline was happening after Beyond was considered something of a dud. The lack of a script is tripping him up after the film's sudden confirmation. He said that he would be fine coming back to Star Trek.
Pine said that the biggest thing holding these films back was Paramount's desire to make them into massive, huge successes on the level of Spiderman or Mission: Impossible. He said that Star Trek should make films that appeal to its fans and use veterans to draw in newcomers.
Pine believes that these movies shouldn't be made with a lot of money. He talked about the success of the Purge series and the recent Invisible Man reboot in the interview. He thinks the action film industry could learn something from horror since it makes a lot of money.
Pine is correct when he talks about how trying to chase after the financial success of a company doesn't work out for many studios. Despite failing the first time, some of them are still trying. Star Trek hits a particular sweet spot that other big sci-fi franchises aren't interested in or unable to. You don't see Star Wars letting a version of its various insignias become crazy holograms, I'm just saying. If the franchise is to have any hope of succeeding as films again, it may be time to go back to basics and be about good looking people and being good at their jobs.
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