The next Star Trek film will be a fresh start, set further in the future with no legacy characters, abandoning the Kelvin timeline introduced by J.J. Abrams in 2009.
01Summary
- 01The Kelvin timeline began with J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek reboot, which grossed $385 million globally.
- 02The three Kelvin timeline films ended with 2016's Star Trek Beyond, which underperformed at the box office relative to its budget.
- 03Filmmakers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley confirmed to Empire that the next Star Trek movie will feature no legacy characters and is set further in the future.
- 04The Alex Kurtzman era of Star Trek TV shows appears to be ending, with no new series greenlit for the first time in 11 years.
- 05The new Star Trek film will not be part of the Kelvin timeline or the original timeline.
02Why it matters
This matters because Star Trek is pivoting away from nostalgia-driven reboots and prequels, aiming for original stories to revive the franchise's appeal in a shifting entertainment landscape.
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