Given that it took four years for Star Trek Into Darkness to be made after Star Trek, and three years for Star Trek Beyond to be made after Star Trek Into Darkness, the safe bet is that we will see the next chapter in 2019 or 2020.
The official press release doesn’t mention who will be taking the helm of Star Trek 4 (meaning we don’t know what the future holds for Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin in the franchise), but we do know who will be taking care of the script.
This is because Payne and McKay were previously hired to write the script for Star Trek Beyond back when it was simply known as Star Trek 3, and were ultimately replaced by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung (who started completely from scratch).
Hit the comments section below with your thoughts, stay tuned for more updates about the project, and check out Star Trek Beyond in theaters this Friday.