Paramount Setting Noah Hawley To Write & Direct ‘Star Trek’ Film

Simon Pegg Doesn't Think His Cast Is Part of Noah Hawley's Movie
https://comicbook.com/startrek/2019/12/28/star-trek-4-noah-hawley-simon-pegg-new-cast/

Most assumed this is the new direction for Star Trek 4, which continue the adventures of the Kelvin timeline Enterprise crew. One member of that crew, actor Simon Pegg, isn't so sure. He spoke to GoldDerby about the future of the franchise and says that, while he's excited about Hawley's Star Trek, he isn't sure it involves his crew or that it is even Star Trek 4. "I don't know anything about it," Pegg says. "I think Noah Hawley's been hired to write something for Star Trek, which is very exciting. He's a brilliant writer and always creates interesting stuff. Whether or not we're involved with that, I don't know. I don't think so and I don't think Noah's thing is necessarily going to be Star Trek 4."

That Hawley's Star Trek may not include the Kelvin Timeline crew from Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond conflicts with initial reports of the project. Those reports suggested that Paramount had managed to get star Chris Pine, who plays Captain James T. Kirk, back aboard the project. Pine had exited the project when it was being directed by SJ Clarkson, reportedly due to contract disputes with Paramount.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/noah-hawley-star-trek-movie-include-new-cast-1268499

"To call it Star Trek IV is kind of a misnomer. I have my own take on the franchise as a life-long fan," Hawley told The Hollywood Reporter podcast TV’s Top 5, in an interview set to bow in April.

Asked if the film would involve a new cast, he responded, "Yeah, I think so. Yeah."

Pressed if anyone from the cast last seen in 2016's Star Trek Beyond would return, Hawley added, "It's early days. I don't know. But new characters often involve new cast."