Two Kirks seem to be keeping the Enterprise dock for a bit . Both Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth have reportedly stopped declaration talks to come along in Star Trek 4 .

The Hollywood Reporterhad the easy lay . The report card put forward that the actors , who act James and George Kirk respectively , “ importune they have deals in blank space and that the studio are reneging on them , forcing them to take pay cuts as they prove to budget a film that is follow a mediocre performer . ” However , deals with other thespian like Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto are expected to close ; the film is still “ a precedence development ” and is n’t being put on cargo area .

So what does that all think ? Well , whena fourth Trek film was announced in 2016 , Pine , at least , had atentative deal in place . However , since then , Paramount changed some of its executive leadership . Those execs are now saying , in luminousness of the tepid carrying into action of Star Trek Beyond , they need to dial back the budget on this film and would wish to pay off the actor less than they were initially promised or normally get . That ’s a tough position to take , considering both Pine and Hemsworth have continued to build their considerable stardom since 2016 , with Pine releasing Wonder Woman and Hemsworth doing Thor : Ragnarok and Avengers : Infinity War .

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What happens if neither Captain Kirk , or his Fatherhood — who reportedly is a major player in this 4th movie — come back ? So far , there ’s no notification . “ The project could recast Kirk and his father . Or perhaps the two side could come back to the tabular array , ” the Hollywood Reporter said .

We tend to conceive it ’ll be the latter . Often , stopping contract negotiations and leaking info to the pressure about it is just a negotiation maneuver . It puts pressure sensation on the studio as buff go apeshit that two central actors may not return to the picture show . That ’s plausibly what ’s encounter here — but we ’ll have to wait and see .

Star Trek 4 is schedule to be directed by S.J. Clarkson from a script by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay . It does n’t have a handout day of the month .

William Duplessie

rectification : A previous version of this narrative stated that both Pine and Hemsworth may have had deals since 2016   but now it ’s only believed Pine did . We have edited as such .

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