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Training Day and Crimson Tide: the new Star Trek movie’s inspirations have fans nervous – 3DVF (3Dvf)
Summary: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the writer-directors behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, are steering Star Trek’s return to theaters with an untitled film featuring an entirely new cast and a timeline pushed further into the future than any prior installment. Speaking to Inverse, they cited Training Day and Crimson Tide as tonal comps, describing a story unfolding almost in real time that examines Starfleet as an institution with bad apples. The project is the franchise’s first theatrical outing since Star Trek Beyond (2016), which grossed $343.5 million worldwide but fell short of expectations. Paramount has yet to announce a title, cast, or release date.
Why it matters: This is the first theatrical Star Trek film in a decade, and the filmmakers’ explicit rejection of fandom reliance and their darker, real-time tonal model represent a deliberate attempt to reset the franchise’s commercial trajectory after a string of abandoned projects since 2016.
Context: The film follows a graveyard of stalled attempts, including a Quentin Tarantino-produced pitch scripted by Mark L. Smith (2017), Noah Hawley’s film put in stasis by Paramount around 2020, and a Kalinda Vazquez script announced in 2021.
"“Two movies we cite as comps for what we’re hoping to do are Training Day and Crimson Tide,” Goldstein said, adding that the story unfolds almost in real time. Daley described the project as a look at the institution of Starfleet, acknowledging that there are some bad apples in every institution that can have a strong voice and can really make an impact." — 3DVF
Date: September 07, 2026 01:02 PM ET
URL: https://3dvf.com/en/training-day-and-crimson-tide-the-new-star-trek-movie-s-inspirations-have-fans-nervous
Generated Analysis Tone: Neutral (50%)
Source Registry Score: 10.0/10 — High
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