Chris Pine Says the ‘Star Trek’ Franchise Feels “Cursed”

Trekkies, now we have some unhealthy information to report: Captain Kirk himself doesn’t know when (or if) the following Star Trek film is coming.

In a brand new interview with Esquire, Chris Pine, who performs James T. Kirk within the franchise, revealed that he hasn’t heard any information concerning the long-gestating fourth movie. “I don’t know something,” Pine stated. “In Star Trek land, the actors are often the final individuals to seek out out something. I do know costume designers which have learn scripts earlier than actors.”

In 2009, Pine starred within the Star Trek reboot. The movie was directed by J.J Abrams and garnered an enormous fanbase. In 2013, Star Trek: Into the Darkness was launched to comparable fanfare, adopted by 2016’s Star Trek: Past. Although the third film acquired nice evaluations, it did not carry out as effectively on the field workplace as its predecessors. On the time, Marvel movies have been pulling in record-breaking numbers, which made the Star Trek collection appear much less widespread.

Whereas talking with Esquire, Pine mirrored on Star Trek being in comparison with different franchises. “I’m undecided Star Trek was ever constructed to try this form of enterprise,” he stated. “Why aren’t we simply interesting to this actually rabid fan group and making the film for a great value and happening our merry means, as an alternative of making an attempt to compete with the Marvels of the world?”

It’s been eight years since Star Trek: Past was launched in theaters, and in line with Pine, the franchise is beginning to really feel a bit doomed. “After the final one got here out and didn’t do the $1 billion that everybody wished it to do, after which Anton—Yelchin, who performed Chekov—handed away, I don’t know,” Pine stated. “It simply appeared… feels prefer it’s cursed.”

There in all probability isn’t some hex interfering with Star Trek, however to Pine’s level, the franchise would not appear to be shifting at warp pace. Esquire contacted Abrams to see if he may reveal any plans for the fourth movie, and naturally, he couldn’t reveal any key particulars, but it surely does sound like one thing is within the works. “It’s the primary time [since the original reboot] that now we have a narrative that feels as compelling as the primary one,” he stated. May that story have something to do with the Star Trek 4 script written by the Rings of Energy creators? Talking with Esquire final October, J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay described their take as “Indiana Jones and the Final Campaign in area”—however sadly, the movie by no means achieved lift-off.

On the finish of the day, Pine is simply as clueless as we’re. “I’d say it’s irritating,” he stated. “It doesn’t actually foster the best sense of partnership, but it surely’s the way it’s at all times been. I like the character. I like the individuals. I like the franchise. However to attempt to change the system wherein issues are created—I simply can’t do it. I don’t have the vitality.”