No release date for the fourth Star Trek film has been announced. Any news of a new Star Trek film is good news as far as we’re concerned, especially if it involves an exciting new director coming to the franchise. The original cast is believed to be returning though, so fans of Chris Pine’s Kirk or Zoe Saldana’s Uhura need not worry. Right now we don’t know for sure what the film will be about, or if the prior plan to bring in Hemsworth will remain in place. Given the late-sixties origins of The Original Series, seeing latter-day Kirk, Spock and the gang explore the more abstract side of Trek seems like a pretty enticing prospect.
It’s doubtful he’ll have the capacity to go full Legion with this one, but expect some astounding sci-fi visuals and a challenging narrative. (The less said about that Kirk-Spock switcheroo at the end of Into Darkness, the better.) What Hawley will bring to the table in his Trek film is likely going to be a breath of fresh air. While the new Trek films have all been pretty watchable, few of them have taken any real risks. His stories are, for lack of a more eloquent way to put it, trippy as hell. Hawley’s work tends to invoke narrative and visual abstraction as well as nonlinear storytelling. Still, the director has a massively compelling vision, as is evident in his work on television.
The movie followed the story of an astronaut who falls into a downward spiral after returning home. Let’s address the elephant in the room first and foremost: Hawley’s first film, titled Lucy In the Sky, came out this year and bombed pretty hard both critically and commercially.
That all changed today when news broke that not only will there be a fourth Trek film, but that it will be helmed by visionary TV director Noah Hawley, who’s responsible for both Legion and Fargo on FX. After box office for the reboot’s third installment, Star Trek: Beyond, fell short of expectations, it seemed the new Trek universe was dead, despite being a box office juggernaut just a few years prior.
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Does the franchise’s full descent into action, with only the barest lip service paid to big ideas, cause Gene Roddenberry’s ashes to spin in their space capsule? Probably, but in the barren desert of summer 2016 blockbusters, this is a lovely oasis. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.Īfter the pleasant fluff of its kick-off installment and the frog march of unpleasantness that was Into Darkness, the rebooted Star Trek film series finally hits a fun median between big-budget bombast and classic Trek bigheartedness with Star Trek Beyond. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week.