Dream Job Abandoned: Did Marvel Poach Star Trek 4 Director?

There’s this meme that a Stock Photo shows on which a man is looking for a passing woman turns. And that despite the fact that he is obviously out and about with his partner, who is more than outraged shows above. The Distracted Boyfriend theme has been used across the internet since 2017 to represent any form of implied infidelity, jealousy and desire for something else humorous to accentuate. In the case of Star Trek 4 one must inevitably think of this meme when considering the explanation of Director Matt Shakman listen to why he chose the project for Marvel has left.

When is Star Trek 4 in cinemas?

Although the Star Trek brand has recently experienced an upswing thanks to successful series such as Picard, Strange New Worlds or Discovery on Paramount Plus, it is unfortunately still in the stars when a new movie with Star Trek 4 will be realized. The planned sequel to Star Trek Beyond, starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg and Zachary Quinto, will also be produced by JJ Abrams again.

For the director’s post one committed Matt Shakman. In recent years, the American filmmaker has primarily worked as a director of TV Shows aware of oneself. Among other things, he worked for Dr. House (2007 – 2012), Game of Thrones (2017) or The Boys (2019). However, the filmmaker has since thrown in the towel because he appears to be Lure call from Marvel couldn’t resist.

Star Trek 4 loses director to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the start of Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Industry insiders firmly believe that the MCU’s 31st film will prove to be a huge box-office hit. Even directing a major Marvel blockbuster once, that allure could Matt Shakman despite his commitment to Star Trek 4 apparently not resist.

And so he decided to join the planned reboot of Die Fantastischen Vier. His statement on the change, away from Star Trek and towards Disney, reads very diplomatically: “Working together with JJ Abrams on Star Trek lasted a little over a year and was great. I love this franchise and I love this cast that JJ has pulled together and it would have been an incredible pleasure to do the fourth feature film with them.”