Paramount Expands ‘Star Trek’ Universe With New Film that takes place decades before the 2009 Star Trek film

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Paramount Expands ‘Star Trek’ Universe With New Film, ‘Andor’s Toby Haynes Tapped To Direct With Seth Grahame-Smith Writing

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EXCLUSIVE: Even as it continues to develop the final chapter in its main Star Trek series, Paramount is looking to further explore the IP. The studio has tapped Toby Haynes to direct a new film that expands on the Star Trek universe, with Seth Grahame-Smith penning the script. J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is producing.

Sources tell Deadline that while plot details are being kept under wraps, the project is an origin story that takes place decades before the 2009 Star Trek film that rebooted the franchise. Insiders add that the final chapter in that main series, Star Trek 4, remains in active development.

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Is that decades before the main part of the 2009 movie or decades before the initial scene. The former could fit within the Kelvin timeline. However, if they back back further than that their in SNW territory.