Chris Pine was promoting his upcoming movie Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 when Deadline asked him what was happening with a fourth Star Trek movie starring him as Captain Kirk.

“I don’t know,” he replied. “I haven’t heard anything about it other than the news.” Pressed about whether he’d even be interested in a fourth voyage aboard the Enterprise, Pine added, “Yeah, of course, I am. If it happens, I think all of us would come back.”

The “news” that Pine was referring to, of course, was the surprise announcement by Paramount back in February 2022 that Star Trek 4 (just the working title), set in the Kelvin timeline with that cast, was indeed on the launchpad, with December 2023 targeted for its release.

The news was a surprise especially to the cast of the previous three films, including Pine, Zachary Quinto (Spock), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy), Simon Pegg (Scotty), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), and John Cho (Sulu), who apparently had not been informed of this development nor been made offers to appear at the time.

If Pine claims he has not heard anything further about this project, it’s going to be mighty difficult for production to begin by the end of the year as Paramount promised. It’s also unclear whether the studio will still be able to meet Pine’s reported $13 million quote for the picture (in addition to the other cast members), a sticking point that has derailed at least one version of Star Trek 4 in the past.

FULL ARTICLE: https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/why-star-trek-4-has-not-happened/

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