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Paramount Pictures has to take a break from directing some other “Star Trek” movie, nine months after hiring the author of “Fargo” and “Legion” Noah Hawley to write and direct the next installment of the franchise.
The resolution comes five weeks after the studio appointed former 20th Century Fox film director Emma Watts as president of Paramount Motion Picture Group. Paramount did not comment. Sources said Watts has delayed Hawley’s assignment for more clarity on how to deal with the upcoming “Star Trek” film, but added that the assignment has not been abandoned.
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The studio had also developed the assignment of “Star Trek” with the generation of Quentin Tarantino and the writing of Mark L. Smith. Paramount also attempted to release the film “Star Trek” in 2018 with S.J. Clarkson directing and Chris Hemsworth joining the cast.
Hawley’s assignment to see Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban and Zoe Saldana return to the U.S.S. Crew. Company. J.j. Abrams’ Bad Robot would re-produce, and Hawley would also generate through its 26-key production banner.
Hawley, manufacturer of “Fargo” and “Legion,” made his feature film directorial debut on “Lucy in the Sky,” starring Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm.
The original television series presented in 1966 and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” were released in 1979 and have become the fourth most successful film of the year. Paramount restarted the franchise in 2009 with Abrams conducting “Star Trek”, followed by “Into Darkness” in 2013 and “Beyond” in 2016.
The next film will be the fourteenth film in the franchise. Deadline Hollywood has announced the one for the first time.
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