It’s been a tumultuous few weeks for Star Trek 3 — after Bob Orci was replaced with Fast & Furious director Justin Lin in December, fans began to question if co-writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay would remain on board the Enterprise for the upcoming 2016 film.

News has broken tonight that actor Simon Pegg — who has taken over the role of Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott in the new films — will be taking a stab at the Trek 3 script, alongside Bad Robot-contracted writer Doug Jung, who also created the TNT cable series Dark Blue.

Pegg has written or co-written several big-budget films, including The World’s End, Paul, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, and several episodes of the critically-acclaimed British television series Spaced.

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We reached out to writers Payne and McKay earlier this week, after rumors began swirling around Pegg’s script involvement, but they declined to comment.

Source: Deadline Hollywood