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Paramount Taps Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley to Launch New Standalone Star Trek Film

Skydance’s new leadership is pivoting from the Chris Pine era to relaunch the franchise for theaters.

Overview

  • Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley will write, produce and are attached to direct the new feature, producing under their GoldDay banner.
  • Reports describe a completely new take unconnected to prior movies or TV series, with no return for the Kelvin timeline cast and likely a new set of characters.
  • The move tracks with CEO David Ellison’s recent comments that the next Trek film would not be a sequel but a different project with new actors.
  • Several long‑gestating film efforts, including a fourth Kelvin installment and a Toby Haynes origin concept, are now viewed as sidelined under the reset.
  • No plot, cast or release details have been announced, and executives say film and TV plans will be coordinated as Trek heads back to cinemas for the first time since 2016.