As Paramount prepares to reboot the Star Trek movie franchise, the studio has now discovered the duo who will write, direct and produce the upcoming function. After J.J. Abrams revived the Star Trek franchise for the large display from 2009 to 2016, there have been hopes that the solid would reunite for a fourth movie. Nonetheless, after being caught in growth purgatory for years, Paramount now plans to reboot the movie collection but once more.
Deadline experiences that Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the duo behind Dungeons & Dragons, are set to breathe new life into Star Trek as administrators, producers and writers of a brand-new movie. It is reported that the upcoming manufacturing is not going to function the identical actors from J.J. Abrams’ earlier films, wherein Chris Pine starred as Captain Kirk alongside Zachary Quinto’s Spock, Zoe Saldaña’s Uhura and extra.
The report additionally signifies that the brand new Star Trek film will function new characters, although it is unclear if which means they would be the lead roles or if they’re going to merely function alongside reimagined variations of basic Trek characters.
Goldstein and Daley have a historical past of engaged on current franchises collectively. They wrote the script for Spider-Man: Homecoming, which was the primary Spidey movie within the MCU and featured Tom Holland because the superhero after his introduction in Captain America: Civil Struggle.
Six years later, the duo wrote and directed Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves, which rebooted the large display variations of the favored role-playing recreation after the unique trilogy. The movie earned a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Earlier than Star Trek, their subsequent venture is Mayday, an motion movie with Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh and Maria Bakalova, which has reportedly acquired main reward from check screenings. A launch date on Apple TV hasn’t been revealed.
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