You may have already pieced together that this might be a bit of a challenge for Quentin Tarantino to potentially pull off with Star Trek 4, given the big screen franchise is using original series characters, and he’s proposing a Star Trek: The Next Generation plot.
However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that there is nothing to glean from his response.
Not only is it possible that Tarantino could present a modified version of this specific story that fits with Captain Kirk and his crew (perhaps linking the Kelvin Timeline back with the normal timeline?), but there are many other clues to latch on to in his response as well — namely that he is open to the idea of directly adapting a classic episode, and also that he is clearly interested in telling a story involving time travel.