While the GFFA gets ready for the next phase of Star Wars big screen activity, including the possibility of a Simon Kinberg written and produced trilogy, Trek Movie are reporting that Kinberg – in much the same way as J.J. Abrams over a decade ago – will be juggling two mega galactic franchises as he is set to produce a Star Trek origin movie first, possibly as soon as next year.
the next Star Trek movie Paramount is planning is the “Untitled Star Trek Origin Movie,” which they announced as part of the 2026 slate earlier this year. Toby Haynes is directing, with Seth Grahame-Smith as screenwriter. Kinberg is attached to produce along with J.J. Abrams, but apparently the Star Wars news isn’t going to be a factor. According to the reliable Puck newsletter, Kinberg’s Star Wars obligations would “need to wait” for the Star Trek project.
Puck reported on the status of the Star Trek Origin movie:
According to two sources, the new Trek script, by Seth Grahame-Smith, is done and on its way toward a green light, possibly by the end of the year, for a shoot in the first half of 2025. Toby Haynes (Andor) is directing the origin story, set well before the U.S.S. Enterprise era.
Of course we have been down this road before, with several starts and stops to bring Trek back to the big screen for almost a decade now. But Paramount did put the origin movie project on their upcoming lineup and if production can start in early 2025, they could get a movie into theaters by 2026, just in time for the 60th anniversary. It has previously been reported the origin movie will have a new cast for “a prequel focusing on humanity’s early contact with aliens and the formation of the Federation,” and it will be set mostly on Earth. In May Variety reported, “the film is intended as an origin story for the main timeline of the ‘Star Trek’ franchise (rather than the alternate Kelvin timeline, started with 2009’s “Star Trek”).”
What’s going to happen here? Will Kinberg jump to warp speed before he jumps to lightspeed? We’ll be sure to discuss on Making Tracks, the latest episode of which landed this evening.
