Post by MCDemuth on Aug 11, 2018 18:59:51 GMT
'Star Trek 4' Now Uncertain as Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth Drop Out: Report
August 11, 2018 11:29am ET
The fourth movie in the big-screen reboot of"Star Trek" was reportedly going to feature yet another time-travel plot with James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) somehow joining forces with his long-dead father George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth).
However, in what many fans might consider a mercy killing, it seems the project has already hit a major stumbling block.
According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), both Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth have walked away from negotiations to star in the blockbuster produced by J.J. Abrams over the studio allegedly trying to force them to take a cut in salary.
Both Pine and Hemsworth are considered among Hollywood's A-list when starring in DC or Marvel movies and are reportedly said to be asking the studios to stick to existing deals. According to THR, Paramount contends that Trek is not like a Marvel or a "Star Wars" movie and is trying to maintain a strict budget.
To further confound the situation, producers were apparently waiting to secure both Pine and Hemsworth before negotiating deals for other cast members Zachary Quinto (Spock), Zoe Saldana (Uhura) and Simon Pegg (Scotty), so the project sounds problematic at best.
www.space.com/41463-star-trek-4-future-uncertain-report.html
Well... This may just be my opinion... but...
If there is NO KIRK, I doubt that there will be any more TOS REBOOT movies... At least based of the current set of films...
And I don't think anyone will accept a recasting of the character with a different actor... Either.
How would that work, exactly?... A transporter accident? (Kind of like the Regeneration of The Doctor on Doctor Who?)... Off Screen Kirk beams up to the Enterprise and materializes as a new actor?
Nope... I don't think fans will like that, at all!
However, the article did go on to say...
Meanwhile...
Rumors continue to swirl about an R-rated "Star Trek" movie based on a concept from Quentin Tarantino that would not be set in Abrams' alternative timeline created in the 2009 movie "Star Trek" and referred to by fans as the Kelvin Timeline.
Screenwriter Mark L. Smith, best known for penning Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Revenant," is believed to be onboard, and Abrams is thought to once again take the role of producer, according a past THR report.
Tarantino is a long-time Trek fan – don't forget the opening screen for "Kill Bill" told of the old Klingon proverb that says revenge is a dish best served cold – and in an interview with Nerdist he said that he considers the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" one of the best “Star Trek” episodes ever written.
So, at least, we still...MIGHT... get Star Trek movies in some other form.
Let's Hope.
