It’s been more than a year since the last time we heard anything about acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino’s proposed Star Trek film, but according to the man himself, there’s still life to the project despite the long silence.

With hopes for Star Trek 4 nearly dissipated after the rather public crash-and-burn salary negotiations with series star Chris Pine broke down last summer, and expected director SJ Clarkson moving on from her planned association with the Trek film, it seemed that things were fading fast over at Paramount Pictures, which manages all Star Trek film development.

Back in late 2017, we learned that screenwriter Mark L. Smith was tapped to lead a story group set to develop a script based on Tarantino’s still-unknown concept for a Star Trek film, but it’s been radio silence since then — until yesterday, when a new Slashfilm interview with the director revived the discussion surrounding his Trek project, noting that a script has been written since that 2017 report.

It’s a very big possibility. I haven’t been dealing with those guys for a while cause I’ve been making my movie. But we’ve talked about a story and a script.

The script has been written and when I emerge my head like Punxsutawney Phil, post-Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we’ll pick up talking about it again.

Tarantino has been hip-deep in filming — and now post-production — of his forthcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set to debut in late July, which will keep him tied up through at least early autumn as he participates in the global press tour that follows a film like that.

The A-List director has publicly declared that he plans to retire from filmmaking after his tenth production, and with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Tarantino Film #9, his proposed Star Trek project could be Tarantino’s swan song — should it eventually come to fruition with him behind the camera.

If things move forward with ‘Tarantino Trek,’ hopefully there will be more information available later in the year — and if we learn more, you’ll see it here at TrekCore.