17 Years Later, Star Trek Officially Abandons Its J.J. Abrams Movie Timeline

The Star Trek franchise bought a much-needed jolt of life in 2009 when J.J. Abrams rebooted it for the silver display. The “Kelvin-verse,” named after a starship that encountered a time-traveling group of Romulans bent on vengeance, was a serious success in some ways. It helped result in the rebirth of Star Trek on TV, due to co-writer and producer Alex Kurtzman. It propelled its forged, together with Chris Pine and Zoe Saldaña, to superstardom. Now, a decade after Star Trek Past hit theaters, the Kelvin-verse is formally coming to an finish.

Just lately, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) have been tapped to develop a brand new Star Trek film. Particulars about that film have been scarce till Goldstein and Daley expanded on their vision for Trek throughout an interview with Empire. In that interview, they mentioned that the film would draw inspiration from Crimson Tide and Coaching Day and that it is telling a wholly new story:

“No legacy characters, no one that you just’ve met earlier than. A unique time, not a distinct timeline per se, but it surely’s a bit additional sooner or later . . . It’s not the J.J. [Abrams] timeline.”

The Kelvin-verse helped revitalize Star Trek

Whereas it is smart for Goldstein and Daley to take their very own method with their Star Trek film, it nonetheless stings that the Kelvin-verse is successfully being put out to pasture. This sequence of flicks reignited interest in Star Trek and sparked a multimedia push that introduced the franchise again to life. The most important push got here from IDW Publishing, which launched a series of Star Trek comics that expanded on the Kelvin-verse. These comics’ success led to extra Trek comics exploring each nook of the ultimate frontier.

A fourth Kelvin-verse film was additionally within the works for years, with one plot even that includes Chris Pine’s Kirk reuniting together with his late father, George (performed by Chris Hemsworth), by the magic of time journey. But it surely by no means got here to move, and Paramount tried to launch a brand new Trek film, biking by a number of administrators earlier than touchdown on Goldstein and Daley. Although the Kelvin-verse could also be at an finish, its affect lingers in present exhibits like Star Trek: Discovery and Strange New Worlds, particularly as these sequence’ visuals hew pretty near the sleeker look J.J. Abrams dropped at the Enterprise.

A Star Trek comedian gave the Kelvin-verse a correct sendoff

Whereas the Kelvin-verse won’t get a brand new film, it did get a sendoff in IDW’s Star Trek sequence written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly. Lanzing and Kelly, alongside a gifted group of artists, created the ultimate Star Trek book, that includes Star Trek: Deep Area 9‘s Ben Sisko and Starfleet’s most interesting as they take the united statesS. Theseus on a quest to study who’s murdering godlike beings. Their quest ultimately leads them to the villainous android Lore, who triggers a tool that tears actuality aside. Because the Theseus races to flee the destruction, it will definitely finds itself within the Kelvin-verse.

This was a shock Trek followers did not see coming, but it is a welcome one. From each crews admiring theirships to the Kelvin-verse crew placing their brains collectively to assist the Theseus crew, Lanzing, Kelly, and artist Angel Hernandez ship a comic book that is a reminder of how influential these films have been. Hopefully, Goldstein and Daley could make the identical impression with their Trek film.