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The latest Star Trek 4<\/a><\/strong> update at Paramount<\/a> will disappoint many fans who hoped the franchise could return for a fourth outing.<\/p>\n According to Variety<\/a>, the new Paramount regime, led by David Ellison, hopes to make a new Star Trek movie. The movie will be a new Star Trek<\/a> adventure, not a continuation of the J.J. Abrams<\/a> movies with Chris Pine<\/a>, Zoe Salda\u00f1a<\/a>, and the rest of the reboot cast.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hope is to have a fresh Star Trek movie, though the studio has moved on from the idea of bringing back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and the rest of the ensemble from the J.J. Abrams reboot,\u201d the Variety report reads.<\/p>\n Star Trek 4 has been in development for nearly a decade. Following the release of 2016\u2019s Star Trek Beyond, plans for a fourth Star Trek film began, with J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay penning the script. For the next few years, multiple directors, including S.J. Clarkson and Noah Hawley, joined and left the project. Quentin Tarantino<\/a> even pitched and wrote a script for another Star Trek movie, but nothing ever came to fruition.<\/p>\n In 2021, Matt Shakman<\/a> signed on to direct Star Trek 4 for a planned 2023 release. In 2022, Paramount announced that Pine, Salda\u00f1a, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Karl Urban would return for Star Trek 4. Shakman eventually left the Star Trek project to direct The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a>. Star Trek 4 has been in limbo ever since Shakman\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n The latest Star Trek 4 update came from Pegg, who expressed optimism that Ellison would resurrect the film.<\/p>\nWhat is the latest Star Trek 4 update?<\/h2>\n