Star Trek 4 Takes Another Step Toward Sending Off The Reboot’s Cast In Style
After years of development issues, Star Trek 4 has reportedly found a new screenwriter in The Flight Attendant co-creator Steve Yockey. Paramount Pictures supposedly still sees the project as a film finale for the cast–like Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldana–who rebooted the franchise with 2009’s Star Trek.
Variety reports Yockey will be tasked with sending off this crew in style with Star Trek 4, though Paramount is staying mum on the story. It’s apparently expected that Simon Pegg (chief engineer Montgomery Scott), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy), and John Cho (Sulu) will return as well.
Before The Flight Attendant, Yockey has written for TV shows like Supernatural and Scream. As for Star Trek 4, WandaVision’s Matt Shakman was the most recent director attached to the project before departing for Marvel’s The Fantastic Four. Since then, it’s been relatively quiet regarding the project.