Chris Pine Believes ‘Star Trek 4’ Is Cursed: ‘It’s Frustrating’

Just over a year ago we heard the news that ‘Star Trek’ will be adding a fourth film to its sequels, but twelve months later the project is paralyzed and adriftsomething that frustrates at least one of its protagonists, Chris Pine (Captain Kirk), who in an interview for his Esquire cover claims to be at least shocked by the situation the saga is going through.

Pine talks about the project and the delays due to absolute disinformation: “I do not know anything”he says before he finds out how blown away the cast is when it comes to knowing the details of possible announcements or the film itself: “In the world of ‘Star Trek’ actors are often the last to know, there are costume designers who have read the scripts before me”. The actor claims that even when JJ Abrams announced the new film, cast members like Zoe Saldaña (“Avatar: The Water Sense”) or Zachary Quinto (“The Boys in the Band”) had no idea this project was in the works. development phase: “It’s frustrating […] The sense of camaraderie isn’t really favored, it’s always been that way. I love my character, I love the team, I love the franchise, but trying to change the system… I can’t do it, I don’t have the energy to do it.”Pine expresses his disappointment with the film which, according to him, “looks cursed”.

‘Star Trek 4’ is in a difficult moment, since the departure of Matt Shakman (‘Cut Bank’) to direct ‘The Fantastic 4’ of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leaves the new film without a director, although according to Various other proposals like Quentin Tarantino or Noah Hawley are coming to Paramountall without success, for a film that accumulates more and more questions under the title.

‘Star Trek: Beyond’ a box office disappointment

2016 was the last we heard of the crew and their adventures. On its way through the box office, ‘Star Trek: Beyond’ managed to raise almost 350 million dollars, according to data from Box Office Mojo, one hundred million less than its predecessor, ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’. Pine also talks about this decline in collection and requests to reach certain figures to exclude disappointments, deficits and comparisons with other sci-fi universes: “I’m not sure ‘Star Trek’ was made for that level of business. […] I’ve always wondered why we don’t satisfy that group of angry fans by making the film for a good price and going our own way instead of competing with the Marvel Universe.”Pine is proposed as an alternative to the difficult circumstance that the saga is going through.