{"id":439547,"date":"2026-01-28T22:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439547\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:23:07","slug":"chris-pine-offers-candid-update-on-his-star-trek-future-as-franchise-charts-a-new-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439547\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pine Offers Candid Update On His STAR TREK Future As Franchise Charts A New Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whatever direction Star Trek takes next, it appears Chris Pine is no longer part of the conversation. Speaking with Variety <\/a>at Sundance, the former franchise star was asked what Paramount\u2019s new leadership has planned for the future of the series. His answer suggested he\u2019s been kept firmly out of the loop.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou probably know more than I do,\u201d Pine replied, implying he hasn\u2019t been contacted about any upcoming Star Trek projects.<\/p>\n

Last year, reports indicated that Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley —\u00a0the creative team behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Spider-Man: Homecoming —\u00a0were attached to write, produce, and direct a new Star Trek film aimed at revitalizing the franchise. Despite Pine\u2019s existing relationship with the duo, having starred in Dungeons & Dragons, he does not appear to be involved. That\u2019s largely because the project is said to be a fresh take, rather than a continuation of J.J. Abrams\u2019 rebooted \u201cKelvin Timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pine famously portrayed James T. Kirk in three films:\u00a0Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016). His version of the iconic captain leaned younger, cockier, and more impulsive, a reinterpretation that resonated with both critics and longtime fans.<\/p>\n

The films themselves enjoyed solid box office success. Star Trek (2009) was praised for injecting new energy into the franchise and grossed approximately $385 million worldwide. Star Trek Into Darkness delivered a mixed critical response, particularly regarding its take on Khan,\u00a0but still earned $467.3 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise.<\/p>\n

Star Trek Beyond was widely seen as a return to the spirit of classic Star Trek, though it earned a comparatively lower $335.7 million globally. While still respectable, the declining box office returns across the trilogy likely prompted Paramount to reconsider its theatrical strategy for the franchise.<\/p>\n

With his time as Kirk seemingly in the past, Pine was asked if he had any advice for Paramount\u2019s leadership as they chart Star Trek\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvice? Have fun, good luck, live long and prosper,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, there are a handful of Star Trek projects underway or currently in development. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, a new series following a fresh class of Starfleet cadets in the 32nd century, just recently premiered on Paramount+ with weekly episodes continuing into the spring.\u00a0 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a Discovery spin-off centered on Captain Pike and the crew of the Enterprise, has just two more seasons left. There’s also an animated preschool web series, Star Trek: Scouts, but we don’t need to talk about this one. Beyond these three series, the only confirmed big-screen project is the aforementioned movie from Goldstein and Daley.<\/p>\n

How do you feel abou the current state of Star Trek? Would you like to see Pine return to the Captain’s chair for at least one more movie?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whatever direction Star Trek takes next, it appears Chris Pine is no longer part of the conversation. Speaking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,182197,75,9487],"class_list":["post-439547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-chris-pine","tag-entertainment","tag-star-trek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}