They saved the best for last, obviously! After last week brought tons of newStar Trek Beyondimages and footage, the fun continues into this week with the final two character posters. Paramount Pictures has been celebrating the franchise’s 75th Anniversary. Right before the Memorial Day weekend, the studio debuted thesecond trailerfor their highly-anticipated sci-fi sequel, which hits theaters nationwide July 22. They then proceeded to slowly release various character posters, includingSofia Boutella’s Jaylah,Karl Urban’s Bones,Zachary Quinto’s Mr. Spock,Anton Yelchin’s Chekov,Simon Pegg’s Scotty,John Cho’s Sulu andZoe Saldanaas Uhura. Today, we get the last two main characters, withChris Pineonce again taking the Captain’s Chair as James T. Kirk andIdris Elbaas the main villain Krull.
Star Trek Beyond, the highly anticipated next installment inParamount’s globally popularStar Trek series, created byGene Roddenberryand reintroduced byJ.J. Abramsin 2009, returns with directorJustin Lin(The Fast and the Furiousfranchise) at the helm of this epic voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her intrepid crew. InStar Trek 3, 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. The movie comes as the franchise celebrates the50th Anniversaryof the originalStar Trekseries, which debuted in the fall of 1966.
It has been confirmed thatStar Trek Beyondwill be set during theU.S.S. Enterprise’s five-year mission to explore new worlds. 2009’sStar Trektook in $257.7 million at the domestic box office and $385.6 million worldwide, with the 2013 follow-upStar Trek Into Darknesstaking in $228.7 million domestically and $467.3 million worldwide. We’ll have to wait and see ifStar Trek Beyondcan out-gross its predecessors this summer. It certainly won’t be an easy task, though since this sci-fi thriller will have plenty of competition in mid-July.
Star Trek Beyondwill be going up against Warner Bros.' thrillerLights Outand 20th Century Fox’s animated sequelIce Age: Collision Coursein theaters on July 22. It will also be sandwiched between two more highly-anticipated movies, Sony’sGhostbusterson July 15 and Universal’sJason Bourneon July 29. It’s too early to tell how well these movies will fare at the box office, but the anticipation forStar Trek Beyondonly seems to be getting bigger and bigger, after the release of the new trailer last week.
Paramount Pictures and Skydance’sStar Trek Beyondis a Bad Robot, Sneaky Shark, Perfect Storm Entertainment production. The film starsChris PineasCaptain Kirk,Zachary Quintoas Spock,Zoë Saldanaas Uhura,Karl Urbanas Bones,John Choas Sulu,Simon Peggas Scotty,Anton Yelchinas Chekov andIdris Elbaas the new villain Krall. Directed byJustin Lin, the third film in the franchise series is produced byJ.J. Abrams,Roberto Orci,Lindsey WeberandLin; and executive produced byJeffrey Chernov,David Ellison,Dana Goldberg, andTommy Harper. Based upon theStar TrekTV series created byGene Roddenberry, the screenplay is written byPegg&Doug Jung. Take a look at the final main character posters, and prepare for some big surprises in the weeks ahead leading up to the release ofStar Trek Beyondin theaters.
