Following the file on Friday morning that WandaVision director Matt Shakman is within the working to helm Surprise’s upcoming Fantastic Four film, it’s now being reported that he’ll be leaving the fourth Big name Trek reboot movie in consequence. Prior to now, Shakman was once introduced as the film’s director in summer time 2021 after he jumped to everybody’s consideration by way of directing all of WandaVision.
In keeping with the Hollywood Reporter, Shakman needed to drop out of Big name Trek 4 as a result of the scheduling battle. A observation from Paramount reads, “Matt is a surprisingly gifted filmmaker, and we remorseful about the timing didn’t align for him to direct our upcoming Big name Trek movie. We’re thankful for his many contributions, are fascinated by the ingenious imaginative and prescient of this subsequent bankruptcy and look ahead to bringing it to audiences throughout global.” A seek has now begun for a brand new director, nevertheless it’s now not transparent if the movie will probably be driven again from its unique Christmas 2023 unlock.
Paramount’s been looking to get a Big name Trek 4 off the bottom for a while now, even going as far as to have manufacturer JJ Abrams outright claim it was once going down prior to actually signing on the actors of the reboot franchise. Ahead of Shakman had signed on, the movie was once firstly supposed to be directed by way of Jessica Jones’ SJ Clarkson prior to the ones plans fell via because of alleged problems with contract negotiations. Chris Pine has said before that he’d be down to return again, nevertheless it looks as if the celebs have not begun to align to make it so.
However given all of the effort being made to do a brand new Trek movie, is it price it at this level? The franchise has had significantly better good fortune with tv, the place it’s thriving in each live action and animation. Perhaps it’s time for Paramount to just accept that and let napping starships lie.
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