Hemsworth appeared briefly in the 2009 film as James Kirk’s father, George Kirk, before being killed off. Interestingly, Star Trek 4 will see James and George “cross paths” in some manner. Well that’s just typical!
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With positive notes from audience and critics alike, producers are ready to roll out the new installment for the new “Star Trek” series.
As it turns out, angst and particularly restlessness is slowly creeping up on the crew of the Starship Enterprise who’re now three years into their five-year mission exploring deep space.
In “Beyond”, the Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Star Trek: Beyond arrives with less hype than studio bosses who signed off an estimated $185m production budget might have hoped.
“Fast and Furious” vet Justin Lin takes over for Abrams in the director’s chair and, working with a snappy script co-written by Simon Pegg (“Scotty”), has the film feeling like a fun “Trek TV” episode beamed up to the multiplex.
Here’s eight ups and only two downs from Star Trek Beyond.
“I don’t know how he would come back unless we went into this other reality and we did a timeline and reality jump”, Abrams said, although jumping to other realities and time lines is nothing new in this series.
Chris Pine, left, kisses John Cho as they arrive at the world premiere of “Star Trek Beyond” at the Embarcadero Marina Park South on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in San Diego.
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Anton Yelchin, Sofia Boutella and Chris Pine in “Star Trek Beyond”. I think the original ‘Star Trek, ‘ aside from having a vein of social commentary and seriousness to it – which is an important part of it – also did embrace its humor, and people sometimes forget that. They are all still mourning the death of fellow actor and friend Anton Yelchin, who died during a vehicle-related incident earlier this summer. Many consider this the best of the films starring the “Next Generation” crew, but it’s the Big Bad Borg on the big screen that makes this one stand out for me – not to mention Borg Queen Alice Krige, the scariest “Star Trek” villainness ever. “Beyond” suffers from plotting that feels globally impersonal (Elba’s villain proves particularly generic and unworthy of the thespian beneath the layers of rubber), and the attempt to fix the problem via reshoots (identifiable as the scenes with late-addition cast member Shohreh Aghdashloo) pushes Kirk out of character and into emotional dimwittedness.
