S.J. Clarkson Tapped as STAR TREK 4 Director

The Trek news keeps coming this week, as Variety is now reporting that the next film in the franchise has found its director.

S.J. Clarkson has been named as the director for the forthcoming fourth film in the Kelvin Timeline Star Trek series, reports Variety, which still looks to follow the storyline first announced in the summer of 2016 featuring the return of Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk (originally killed in the 2009 Trek film).

Hemsworth as George Kirk in “Star Trek” (2009).

Clarkson is the first female director to take on a Star Trek movie – only one of a few female directors to work the franchise to date – and has been recently working on Netflix’s Jessica Jones series.

The trade also reports that the still-in-development Quentin Tarantino story would be a follow-up film to be released sometime after Trek 4.

Of note, The Hollywood Reporter details that none of the Kelvin Timeline cast are still under contract with Paramount Pictures, a potential hurdle to overcome:

The studio does not have acting deals with the cast members, which also include Simon Pegg, John Cho, Zoe Saldana and Karl Urban. Fresh contracts would have to be drawn up, making the project pricey, but Trek is a crown jewel for the studio.

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