The Star Trek universe has been a busy place of late, with announcements of new TV series and multiple potential new film projects on the horizon.
However, over the weekend one of those film projects, the follow-up to Star Trek Beyond, seemed to come to a crashing halt as both Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth, who were expected to star in the film, walked away from negotiations after the studio reportedly asked both stars to take a pay cut.
While that would seemingly kill any chance this new movie had of getting off the ground (my colleague, Adam Holmes, says Pine’s departure should be a dealbreaker), the fact is that the next Star Trek movie doesn’t actually need Captain Kirk.