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While speaking to investors at the UBS Global Technology , Media , and Telecommunications Conference , ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said that two newStar Trekmovies are formally in development . This tidings may amount as a bit surprising toStar Trekfans , especially after the series ' history of lessen returns at the box place . sooner this year , it seemed as thoughStar Trek 4was still far away from production and had some big hurdle race to get the better of .
In 2009 , a full reboot of the original narrative was released under the direction of J.J. Abrams.2009’sStar Trekmoviewent on to enjoy wide decisive appeal and global box office succeeder . Although the motion picture ’s two sequels , Star Trek Into DarknessandStar Trek Beyond , were look up to in their own right , they simply did n’t cast as all-encompassing of a net at the box office . After the release ofBeyond , CBS put theStar Trekfilms on the back burner , instead choose to center on their upcoming boob tube showStar Trek : Discovery . For the last several yearsStar Trekhas been unable to move fore with a cinematic production because of three reason . The first is that CBS prioritizedStar TrekTV project over films , the second is due to complicated possession rights between CBS and Viacom , and the third is because of declaration stalemates between the studio and the films stars . However , many of these problems were lick whenCBS and Viacom mergedearlier this year , allowingStar Trekto have new productions with more money and less limitation .
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The CEO of the newly - merged ViacomCBS Bob Bakish had much to say to investors at the UBS Global Technology , Media , and Telecommunications Conference , first reported byThe Hollywood Reporter . In talking about the potential for corporate synergism across studio , Bakish says :
" Through the compounding of CBS ’ and Viacom ’s completing asset , capabilities and talented teams , ViacomCBS will create and deliver premium depicted object for its own platforms and for others , while provide innovative solutions for advertisers and distributors globally . "
One example of such premium content isStar Trek , now all owned by ViacomCBS . Bakish suggests that the amalgamation will allow ViacomCBS to broaden their horizons , so to speak , and build brand synergism across markets . rather of have two isolatedStar Trekproperties between telecasting and picture show , they can now coalesce . significantly , The Hollywood Reporteralso announced " Bakish said there are presently two new Star Trek flick in ontogeny , " leave many fans to wonder just on the dot hownewStar Trekmoviescould interact with currently - runningStar Trekshows .
It ’s only been three years since the going ofStar Trek Beyond , but they have been a long three years . There has been perpetual speculation as to what thefuture ofStar Trekon the grownup sieve will look like , but now it seems to finally be clear : ViacomCBS is developing two newStar Trekmovies and design to synergize them with their telecasting projects . How the party commence to do so is entirely unnamed , but it could be said they propose to boldly go where few mega - amalgamation studios have go before .
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reservoir : THR
