It’s been almost a decade because the launch of Star Trek Past, i.e. the final cinematic outing of Zoe Saldaña’s Nyota Uhura and the remainder of the USS Enterprise crew from the Kelvin timeline. Since then, the sci-fi franchise has skilled a resurgence on TV because of the varied reveals which might be accessible to stream with a Paramount+ subscription (plus Prodigy transferring to Netflix), and Celia Rose Gooding is enjoying a youthful model of the principle timeline’s Uhurua in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds. Nonetheless, makes an attempt to get Star Trek 4 off the bottom preserve being met with issues, and Saldaña shared her sincere ideas in regards to the undertaking’s lengthy growth.
Because the actress, who additionally has main franchise cred from enjoying Gamora within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Neytiri within the Avatar films, stated whereas being interviewed by Deadline, she believes Star Trek 4 must get underway fairly quickly earlier than she and the opposite actors get too outdated to reprise their roles. As she particularly put it:
I want we have been in a position to do it sooner quite than later. I really feel like loads of us have a full head of grey hair, so we have to do that rapidly, if this is identical solid that’s going to reprise it once more.
Star Trek 4 was formally introduced forward of Past’s launch, with the unique plan being for Christ Pine’s James T. Kirk to satisfy his father, George, reprised by Chris Hemsworth. The undertaking has since morphed into varied different iterations, with administrators like S.J. Clarkson, Noah Hawley and Matt Shakman all coming and going from it. And but, as we’re about to enter 2025, it doesn’t seem Star Trek 4 is any nearer to lastly occurring, and Zoe Saldaña appears like there’s a time restrict on when the Kelvin gang can get again collectively. Her reply amusingly contrasts with Spock actor Zachary Quinto’s, as he believes there’s “no cutoff” for Star Trek 4 provided that the solid of Star Trek: The Unique Sequence did films “effectively into their 50s, 60s.”
Talking of Spock, Saldaña additionally talked about that she’s particularly hopeful Star Trek 4 will probably be made as a result of she desires to proceed exploring the connection between Uhura and her Vulcan crewmate. These two have been romantically concerned within the first two Star Trek reboot films, however had damaged up previous to Past. In her phrases:
It’s been a minute since I reconnected with Star Trek and all of the characters’ journeys, however Uhura and Spock have been at all times kind of drawn to one another, it simply is smart to see what’s the subsequent step of their relationship and their work relationship as effectively.
To be clear, Star Trek followers received’t be missing in cinematic leisure within the close to future. The Paramount+-exclusive film Part 31 will premiere on the finish of January, and there’s additionally a Star Trek “origins” film that’s speculated to be launched someday on the 2025 films schedule. However there’s nothing to point that Star Trek 4 has made any vital progress these days, although I actually share in Zoe Saldaña need for the undertaking to occur sooner quite than later contemplating how lengthy we’ve already been ready.
As for what the remainder of the Star Trek panorama appears like, together with the aforementioned Part 31 coming quickly, Unusual New Worlds Season 3 is subsequent up on the upcoming Star Trek TV reveals slate, Starfleet Academy is presently capturing, although it stays to be seen if it can additionally premiere on the 2025 TV schedule or be saved for 2026.