Paramount Pictures has released a slew of new photos for the latest Star Trek film. Star Trek Beyond, the highly anticipated next installment in the globally popular Star Trek franchise, created by Gene Roddenberry and reintroduced by J.J. Abrams in 2009, returns with director Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious franchise) at the helm of this epic voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her intrepid crew. In Beyond, the Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
In an interview with Postmedia Network, director J.J. Abrams revealed that the role of Ensign Pavel Chekov will not be recast after the tragic passing of Anton Yelchin. “I would say there’s no replacing him. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly imagine that, and I think Anton deserves better,” Abrams said. With plan already underway for a fourth Star Trek film it will be interesting to see what the creative team behind the films decides to do with the character.
Star Trek Beyond starring John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Sofia Boutella, and Idris Elba beams into theaters July 22nd, 2016.
