‘The Flight Attendant’ creator has taken control of the wayward film, which most recently lost director Matt Shakman as well as screenwriters Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.
Is Sulu finally going to take us out of orbit? Steve Yockey, creator of the Max series The Flight Attendant, is set to pen Star Trek 4, according to Variety. The fourth franchise installment, which will serve as the final chapter of the film series, has been in development limbo with Paramount and Bad Robot for years. Star Trek Beyond, the most recent film in the series, came out back in 2016.
The project was most recently slated for a late 2023 release before losing director Matt Shakman (WandaVision) and screenwriters Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel).
While plot details for the film are still steeped in mystery, the original cast is expected to return, including Chris Pine (as Capt. James T. Kirk), Zachary Quinto (as Cmdr. Spock), Zoe Saldaña (as Lt. Nyota Uhura), Karl Urban (as Dr. Leonard McCoy), John Cho (as Lt. Hikaru Sulu), and Simon Pegg (as chief engineer Montgomery Scott).
On the other side of the universe, a Star Trek prequel film is also in development with J.J. Abrams producing and Toby Haynes (Andor) set to direct from a script by Seth Grahame-Smith (The Lego Batman Movie, It).
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