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With a fourth film in the rebooted series on the horizon, the USS Enterprise’s big-screen adventures may just be beginningGreat news for Star Trek fans, though perhaps not hardcore “Trekkers”. The long-running sci-fi saga is returning to the big screen with a fourth episode featuring Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto’s Spock, along with the duo’s various Starship Enterprise crewmates. Simon Pegg’s Scotty, Zoe Saldana’s Uhura, Karl Urban’s Bones and John Cho’s Sulu are all tipped to return for a movie to be directed by WandaVision’s Matt Shakman, provided deals can be done with agents. According to Variety, Paramount hopes the project could be shooting by the end of this year.The only question is why the studio didn’t get this one zooming past the moon a lot earlier. Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond (the third film in the rebooted series) may have struggled at the box office in 2016, certainly for such an expensive, high-profile effort. And let’s not forget how much some fans hated 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness. But generally, the series and its cast have been well-received by critics and audiences. Continue reading...