Star Trek: Origins movie officially in pre-production

It's the movie that fans just aren't sure about. Star Trek: Origins will be set in the Prime Timeline, and according to past reports, it will be set pre-Enterprise, long before Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Enterprise, and cover Earth's first contact with the Vulcans, which was already done in Star Trek: First Contact. That's just one of the issues fans see coming from a mile away. That said, the movie is going forward regardless.

According to Screenrant, pre-production has already started on the film. Most likely, filming will begin in early 2025. The script will be written Seth Grahame-Smith, and the movie will be directed by Toby Haynes with Simon Kinberg serving as producer.

Though we've been disappointed with films in the franchise before, this one in particular has a chance to throw a wrench into the Prime Timeline or make an egregious error much like Star Trek: Discovery did with its retake on Klingons. On top of that, this movie will be for the big screen so it's going to have a big budget which will make everything bright and shiny and probably look nothing like a vintage movie should look.

Whether or not Star Trek: Origins is a first in a new series of sequels, we don't know, but one thing is crystal clear. If Paramount doesn't hit this one out of the park, there are going to be a lot of very vocal, very unhappy fans. And that could spell disaster for the future of Star Trek movies, even Star Trek 4 which may or may not actually ever happen.