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Starbase Yorktown.
A rescue mission soon
becomes a fight for survival
against a powerful new enemy,
Krall (played by Idris Elba under
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dgar Wright, Rupert Wyatt
and Duncan Jones were
all contenders for the
gig, but it was Justin Lin – who
had successfully driven the Fast
and Furious franchise to new box
office heights – that ultimately
took the helm, bringing his high-
octane brand of filmmaking and
kinetic action set pieces to the
Trek universe. And if Lin seems
like an unlikely choice for a Star
Trek movie, Trekkers can breathe
easy – he’s one of them.
Lin first encountered the series
at the age of eight and has been
a fan ever since. With a new
Star Trek film as the ultimate
playground and working from a
cracking screenplay by Simon
Pegg and Doug Jung, Lin sticks
closely to Gene Roddenberry’s
original vision, and the director's
love of the classic TV series is
evident in the strong themes
of diversity and unity that run
through the film.
Moreover, there are numerous
references to the Original Series
in
Star Trek Beyond
, including
nods to the episodes
Who
Mourns for Adonais?
and
The
Trouble with Tribbles,
which will
please the diehard Trekkers.
Set three years into the
Enterprise’s five-year mission
to explore strange new worlds
and seek out new life and new
civilizations,
Star Trek Beyond
is
the first of the new Trek films
to take the action into deep
space and an alien world, with
a stopover at the Federation
Despite having departed the Star Trek universe for another galaxy, far, far away,
J.J. Abrams remains as a producer on
Star Trek Beyond
– the third film in the
franchise he was instrumental in rebooting back in 2009, and the thirteenth Star
Trek movie.With the director’s chair now vacant, a new filmmaker had to be
found to boldly steer the Enterprise crew where no one has gone before.
Words
Adam Colby
Chris Pine and director Justin Lin