

#Star trek beyond imdb series#
Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots with a new television series ( Phase II ). A series of writers attempted to craft a suitably epic screenplay, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, so the studio scrapped the project in 1977. The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on a feature film in 1975. When the original television series was cancelled, he lobbied to continue the franchise through a film. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first suggested the idea of a Star Trek feature in 1969.

The eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth films take place in an alternate timeline, officially known as the Kelvin timeline, with a new cast playing younger versions of the original series characters and Leonard Nimoy portraying an elderly Spock.Ī new Star Trek film is under development as of December 2022. The first six films continue the adventures of the cast of the original series the seventh film, Generations was designed as a transition from that cast to the cast of the Next Generation series the next three films, 8 to 10, focused completely on the cast of the Next Generation series. Paramount Pictures has produced thirteen Star Trek feature films, the most recent being released in July 2016. The Star Trek canon includes the original series, seven spin-off television series, three animated series, and thirteen films. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as The Original Series, debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.
