‘Star Trek’ Reboot Will Feature All-New Characters, ‘Training Day’ and ‘Crimson Tide’ Influences

Now, a “Star Trek 4” was supposed to happen — it was, in fact, greenlit right before the release of Justin Lin’s “Star Trek Beyond” in 2016, but those plans were scrapped. J.J. Abrams’ take on the franchise delivered two well-reviewed instalments: “Star Trek” (2009) and “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013). The main issue, much like his stint with the Star Wars reboot, is that Abrams exited as director, and the whole thing collapsed after “Beyond.”

Now, since we won’t be getting Quentin Tarantino’s “batsh*t crazy” R-rated “Star Trek” movie, we’re going to have to make do with a brand-new Paramount-approved reboot. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (“Game Night,” “Dungeons & Dragons”) have been tasked with steering the ship forward as writers and directors, and they’re now saying that the script is a total reboot, without any of the popular names, requiring far less Trekkie knowledge than the previous ones.

Speaking to Inverse, Daley and Goldstein confirmed one major aspect of their reboot that will no doubt spark Trekkie fury: this movie will feature “all-new Star Trek characters.”

“Two movies we cite as comps for what we’re hoping to do are “Training Day” and “Crimson Tide,” Goldstein tells Inverse.

“It takes place almost in real time, and it just is a whole other look at what a Star Trek movie could be without betraying the fundamentals of what it should be,” Daley adds.

The aim is to bring in a whole new audience of fans who may or may not already care about “Star Trek.”

“I mean, look, we don’t want to rely on fandom,” Goldstein says. “We don’t want to just hope that there’s enough fans of the original [TOS] or “The Next Generation” or whatever who will turn out for this. We want to just make a great movie that lives in the world that people are familiar with — some people are familiar with — and that others will discover. And then, with good fortune, we launch a new franchise into existence.”

You heard that? It’s the sound of Trekkies shrieking in anger over Goldstein’s comments. Get ready for some uproar.