Star Trek 4 & Kelvin Timeline Cast Return Get Profoundly Optimistic Update From Zachary Quinto
Summary
Quentin Tarantino shuts down hopes he will direct his rumoredStar Trekmovie. Tarantino was one of several filmmakers who developed a version ofStar Trek 4. ThePulp Fictiondirector worked on hisStar Trekmovie idea with screenwriter Mark L. Smith in 2018 and 2019 while Tarantino was filmingOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood.However, in January 2020,Tarantino decided not to pursue hisStar Trekmovie idea, although anR-ratedStar Trekby Quentin Tarantino has been the subject of speculation ever since.
Appearing onClub Random with Bill Maher, Quentin Tarantino definitively answered whether he would ever direct aStar Trekmovie. Tarantino then described how his absence from social media means he didn’t refute the"misinformation"that has spread over his rumoredStar Trekmovieover the years. Read Quentin’s quote and watch the Club Random with Bill Maher video below:
It’s never going to happen. There’s been so much misinformation about what it was going to be. I mean, nothing but misinformation…
Star Trek Beyond Ending & Why No Sequel 8 Years Later Explained
Star Trek Beyond set up a sequel for Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and the Kelvin Timeline crew, but it’s 8 years later and we’ve yet to see Star Trek 4.
What Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek Movie Would Have Been About
Star Trek 4 is still reportedly in development
Although Quentin Tarantino dismisses what has spread about hisStar Trekmovie as"misinformation,“the heralded director’s idea was reportedlya gangster movie based on theStar Trek: The Original Seriesepisode “A Piece of the Action.“Tarantino’sStar Trekfilmwould have been R-rated like his other features, and it would have been set in J.J. Abrams' alternate Kelvin timeline but would likely have acted as a standalone adventure for Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise.
Star Trek 4 is reportedly still in development with screenwriter Steve Yockey penning"the final chapter"of Chris Pine’s Starship Enterprise.
It’s possible Paramount Pictures got cold feet about Quentin Tarantino’s R-rated vision forStar Trek, but it’s just as feasible thatQuentin decided he didn’t want his 10th and final film as a director to beStar Trek. Tarantino even changed his mind aboutThe Movie Criticbeing his final film in April 2024, instead going back to the drawing board with a new idea. Quentin Tarantino’sStar Trekmovie would certainly have been a spectacle and an event, but straight from the director’s mouth, it’s never going to happen.
