Steve Yockey, co-creator of the Max sequence “The Flight Attendant,” is becoming a member of Starfleet as the brand new screenwriter for “Star Trek 4.”

Story particulars stay beneath a strong cloaking machine, however Paramount Footage and Dangerous Robotic nonetheless intend the challenge to be the ultimate chapter for the solid that rebooted the franchise in film theaters with 2009’s “Star Trek,” together with Chris Pine (as Capt. James T. Kirk), Zachary Quinto (as Cmdr. Spock), Zoe Saldaña (as Lt. Nyota Uhura), Karl City (as Dr. Leonard McCoy), John Cho (as Lt. Hikaru Sulu) and Simon Pegg (as chief engineer Montgomery Scott). (Selection first reported the information in its cowl story on the way forward for the “Star Trek” franchise.)

Bringing the solid again following 2016’s “Star Trek Past” has confirmed trickier for the studio than discovering an altruistic Ferengi. At the very least three earlier makes an attempt fell aside for varied causes, most just lately with director Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”) and screenwriters Lindsey Beer (“Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (“Captain Marvel”) that the studio had slated to open in late 2023. When Shakman left the movie in 2022 to direct “The Implausible 4” for Marvel Studios, nonetheless, Paramount pulled it from its slate and despatched it again to spacedock.

Yockey’s involvement is essentially the most promising signal of ahead momentum the challenge has had since. The playwright began his TV writing profession on the MTV sequence “Awkward” and “Scream,” earlier than becoming a member of the writing workers of “Supernatural” for 4 seasons. His newest sequence, the Sandman universe adaptation “Lifeless Boy Detectives,” will premiere on Netflix in April.

Paramount can also be growing a separate “Star Trek” challenge, with author Seth Grahame-Smith (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”) and director by Toby Haynes (“Black Mirror: USS Callister”), that may function a brand new solid in a narrative meant as a sort of origin story for the franchise. A challenge with screenwriter Kalinda Vazquez (“Worry the Strolling Lifeless”) first introduced in 2021 additionally stays in growth.