ST4 coming to Paramount+?


https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/exclusive-star-trek-4.html

Star Trek 4 is back in the works with Chris Pine and the rest of the Kelvinverse crew. Paramount is looking for a new director to helm the project. Our source says that they will still be going with the story idea that sees Kirk reunited with his father, played by Chris Hemsworth, so some kind of time travel shenanigans would be involved. Our source also says that Paramount would not be planning to make Star Trek 4 a theatrical release. Instead, it will be a Paramount+ exclusive in an effort to get more consumers interested in the streaming service.

But, that is not all that we are being told. In addition to getting Chris Hemsworth for Star Trek 4, our source says that Paramount is trying to get William Shatner to appear in the movie in some capacity. If that’s the case, it sounds like the movie is going to try and connect to the original timeline of the series once again. Would we see a digitally de-aged William Shatner as his version of Captain Kirk? We have to imagine that would be an enticing offer for the actor. Getting to step back into the shoes of his younger self seems like the kind of opportunity Shatner would actually be interested in.

However, it is not all good news for Star Trek 4. Our source has also informed us that Paramount wants this entry to be the darkest entry in the series yet and that sounds a bit distressing. We have had our fill of dark Star Trek after one too many particular projects. Thankfully, the info we have received also says that there are other Star Trek movies in development for Paramount+. Hopefully, that means we could see other movies that aren’t quite as dour.

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they should try to do a limited tv series. a season or 3. and then make movies again when they get older.

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They are almost at the movie age now (well in TMP the original cast were playing about a decade younger than they were)

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Shatner himself has debunked this a fanciful rumour
https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1360640801403858944

Click bait story. I wouldn’t bother putting any trust into articles that deal in rumors.

https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1360649001771491330
More clickbait. They don’t want me. Why believe tripe? They want it on the cheap and the 2 Chris’ don’t come cheap.

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William Shatner on Twitter: "I’ve already addressed this. It’s ridiculous clickbait. I was never part of this movie. They took the rumors from Tarantino supposedly wanting me to come back & combined it with the Abrams (or whomever is doing this now) movie. It’s like Star Wars: pure science fantasy!"

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