Star Trek Beyond

It has been rumoured for months but the third Star Trek film of the reboot is going to be called “Star Trek Beyond”. Justin Lin, who is now the director, confirmed it on Twitter along with a new picture. It’s not the most exciting picture, but filming doesn’t start until next week, so I guess they don’t have a lot to share.

The script is by Doug Jung and Simon Pegg and will apparently hark back to the sense of adventure found in the original Star Trek series. I hope so. I suspect it won’t be one of the ones where they visit a planet that has evolved to be exactly like Rome or 1930s Chicago though. Also, Spock’s brain will probably remain in his head. Hopefully it will be something original. Or somewhere in between, like a being that is much more powerful and hard to understand or even better – a fight with a Gorn.

Star Trek Beyond is produced J.J. Abrams and is scheduled for a July 8, 2016 release.