The untitled “Star Trek 3” finally has a name!
News of the 3rd instalment of the “Star Trek” franchise have been cropping up regularly, from announcing that a new director is on board to helm to introducing a new villain and mysterious role. And now, director Justin Lin himself has finally revealed the title of the new “Star Trek”.
Justin Lin (who is best known for directing 4 of the “Fast & Furious” films) sure knows how to make good use of the social media as he revealed the official title for the new “Star Trek” film via his Twitter.
In case you missed it:
Let the next Starfleet voyage begin! #StarTrekBeyond #LLAP pic.twitter.com/VZh9YvJgqA
— Justin Lin (@trailingjohnson) June 29, 2015
So it’s confirmed – “Star Trek Beyond”!
Also, in less than 140 characters, director Lin managed to share the franchise’s familiar Starfleet uniform, as seen in his Twitter post above. Lin then ended the tweet with a hashtag, #LLAP (Live long and prosper), just like how the late Leonard Nimoy always does.
Written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, “Star Trek Beyond” stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin and John Cho. Idris Elba will be joining the threequel for the first time as a villain while Sofia Boutella has signed on for a mysterious role. J.J. Abrams, the former director of the last 2 films will be overseeing the production.
The film is currently in production and is slated for a release on 8th July 2016.
So, what do you think of its new title, “Star Trek Beyond”? Think you could’ve come up with something better? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments box below 🙂
Source: ComingSoon.net
