The directors behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will write, direct, and produce a new Star Trek film.
The Star Trek universe giveth, and the Star Trek universe taketh away. Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Kelvinverse timeline of feature films was finally
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have been tapped to write, produce, and direct a brand new Star Trek film for the studio. Per Deadline, who first broke the story, the forthcoming installment will offer a completely new take on the franchise universe, unburdened by any sort of connections to current television series, previous films, or other projects that may or may not have sputtered out at various points in the development pipeline. (Sorry to Noah Hawley and Quentin Tarantino, I guess.) Virtually nothing is known about its plot, but the report suggests the film will likely introduce new characters to the franchise, though we don’t technically know if that will be in primary or supporting roles.
Goldstein and Daley have already proven themselves capable writers who can put fresh spins on preexisting IPs. The pair wrote Spider-Man: Homecoming, and though they’ve only directed three films, those include
With the television universe busy slotting various series into gaps of existing canon (waiting on that Star Trek: Year One announcement any day now), it’s well past time to let the film side of things, well… boldly go. Tell different kinds of stories! Take some risks! It’s a big, bold, beautiful universe out there, and surely there’s got to be some pocket of it that doesn’t care
Plus, there’s really something to be said for simply letting the Star Trek franchise have fun again. Say what you want about the silliness of its plot, but
It’s possible to tell simple, enjoyable, relatively low-stakes stories in this universe that are a good time in their own right. And that’s
Deadline reports that Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the duo behind Dungeons & Dragons, are set to breathe new life into Star Trek as directors, producers, and writers of a brand-new film.
The upcoming production will not feature the same actors from J.J. Abrams’ previous movies, in which Chris Pine starred as Captain Kirk alongside Zachary Quinto’s Spock, Zoe Saldaña’s Uhura, and more. The report also indicates that the new
Goldstein and Daley have a history of working on existing franchises together. They wrote the script for
Six years later, the duo wrote and directed
The rebooted Star Trek film is still in the early stages of development, so plot and cast details are unknown. Nevertheless, the upcoming reboot may face some challenges if it undertakes a new direction and unfamiliar characters.
The franchise’s streaming era has introduced several new characters, like Discovery‘s Michael Burnham, but has also leaned into nostalgia with the return of Patrick Stewart in Picard. Strange New Worlds
has major connections to The Original Series and even cast Ethan Peck as the iconic half-Vulcan Spock.
Discovery and Lower Decks demonstrated that the Star Trek franchise can still create high-quality content for the small screen. However, the big screen is still untested in this regard since every single big-screen
However, what the upcoming Star Trek reboot has in its favor is the addition of Goldstein and Daley as directors, producers, and writers. Their pitch to Paramount must have been very impressive for the studio to bring them on board.
Their history together in multiple roles behind the camera has proven that they have what it takes to inject new energy into major properties, so even though their take on