Paramount officially announced Tuesday that it will be removing its untitled Star Trek film from a December 22, 2023 release date in theaters.
The news came as no surprise. In late August, announced that director Adam Shakman had pulled out of the project due to scheduling issues with his jump to Marvel’s Fantastic Four.
“Matt Shakman is an incredibly talented filmmaker, and we regret that the timing was not right for him to direct our upcoming Star Trek film,” Paramount Pictures said in a statement at the time. “We are grateful for his many contributions, excited about the creative vision of this next chapter, and look forward to bringing it to audiences around the world.”
The latest version of the script is by Josh Friedman and Cameron Squires, working from a draft by Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.
The next Trek film has been long in development, and Paramount is hoping to reunite Chris Pine and the crew of the rebooted Enterprise, first introduced in JJ Abrams’ 2009 film Star Trek. Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña and John Cho are among the stars, with the crew last appearing in 2016’s Star Trek Beyond.