Everything Going Right on TV Couldn’t Save Poor Star Trek 4
In a year where Star Trek shone piercingly brightly on TV, its cinematic self took a bit of an extended drubbing again, further rocking the series’ already-rocky history on the big screen. Somehow 2022 saw the official confirmation that Matt Shakman’s mystery Trek movie was indeed Star Trek 4, bringing back the rebooted crew of J.J. Abrams’ Kelvin-timeline Enterprise crew for a new adventure set to start filming this year. Then it was just as quickly revealed that Paramount hadn’t actually told those stars about the announcement. And then things went very quiet when no one really had an idea what was going on.
The only time things got louder was when Marvel announced that it had swiped Shakman back into its fold after his spin on WandaVision to helm the new Fantastic Four reboot, leading to the director beaming away from what was left of Trek 4. It’s the last week of 2022 and no, filming has definitely not started. Will it ever? Remains to be seen.
