Star Trek 4
Chris Pine is hopeful to refund toStar Trek 4 . The actor has been a part of theStar Trekuniverse since the reboot ’s first installment in 2009 , playing Captain Kirk . The films in the recentStar Trekseries -Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness , andStar Trek Beyond- have amassed a aggregate $ 1 billion globally , but the holding ’s popularity has wane over metre . Star Trek Beyondunderwhelmed at the boxwood berth back in 2016 , and there has n’t been a new installment in the serial since .
Prior toStar Trek Beyond’spremiere , Star Trek 4was in development . The architectural plan originally call for Pine to co - star alongside Chris Hemsworth ’s George Kirk ( who died in the first film ) in a time - journey story . unluckily , progress onStar Trek 4stalled a couple of years ago after contract negotiations with the two actors vanish apart . Despite that reversal , Paramount remains committed to making a newStar Trekmovie , and Pine is hopeful he will return .
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Appearing on the podcastThings Are Going Great For Me , Pine expressed his pursuit in coming back to the enfranchisement . He allow in he does n’t know much about howStar Trek 4is coming along , but would be up for reprising Kirk :
" I ’m like the last person to determine anything out … I know that Paramount is coming out of having restructured a bit and kind of a major incorporated restructuring . So hopefully when all that debris settee , something concrete will come out of it and we ’ll get to work . I ’d bonk to do it . "
Pine ’s want to return toStar Trek 4comes as a shock considering the nature of his initial departure , but it ’s a welcome surprise . While the modernStar Trekmovies were polarizing amongst the franchise ’s longtime sports fan , the cast earned widespread acclaim for making iconic roles their own . Many viewer would probably enjoy insure Pine reprise Captain Kirk again , and it ’ll be interesting to see if he get that chance . It ’s possiblethe nextStar Trekmovie will not boast the Kelvin Timeline plaster cast , mean Pine would n’t be back . Whether or not Pine return depends on what Paramount wants to do , but it ’s encourage he ’s open to come back .
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