Overview

• The 2025 merger of Paramount and Skydance consolidated control of the Star Trek franchise under CEO David Ellison.
• Ellison announced plans to boost Paramount’s annual film output, identifying Star Trek as “a high priority” during an August earnings call.
• A century-prequel origins film is underway with Toby Haynes directing, Seth Graeme-Smith writing, and J. J. Abrams and Simon Kinberg producing.
• A Kelvin-timeline sequel has been greenlit under Abrams’s production with a script by Steve Yockey, aiming to reunite Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew.
• Streaming series have been pared back—Prodigy was canceled and sold to Netflix, Discovery and Lower Decks concluded—and spin-offs like an early Kirk follow-up remain on hold.