10 Upcoming Movies That Are Definitely Going To Bomb
6. Star Trek 4
A fourth instalment in the J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek reboot series has been in the works for quite some time.
When the third entry - Star Trek Beyond - beamed into cinemas in 2016, Abrams revealed that a fourth was coming, which would see Chris Hemsworth reprise the role George Kirk, who appeared in the prologue of the 2009 franchise-starter.
Since then though, there have been countless stops and starts, and Star Trek 4 feels like one of those movies that's doomed to languish in development hell, before being cancelled outright. Assuming that it does happen though, it's currently slated for December 2023, with WandaVision director Matt Shakman in the captain's chair - and though he'll surely deliver a solid movie, its box-office prospects don't look good.
What's baffling about this particular iteration of Star Trek 4 (which was announced in February 2022) is that Paramount unveiled it without informing the cast. According to THR, almost all of the franchise's primary players - including Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldana - weren't told that an announcement was coming, and even more bizarrely, they weren't even told that they were going to be in the film.
By signalling that they need the cast to sign on the dotted line, Paramount relinquished its negotiating power, allowing the stars to ask for a bigger payday - Pine is reportedly commanding a hefty $13 million. A ballooning budget for a franchise whose box-office receipts have never been stellar (Beyond actually lost money) obviously isn't good, and with Pine never proving a box-office draw when he's leading a major tentpole (Jack Ryan and The Finest Hours underperformed and flopped, respectively), Star Trek 4 is primed for financial failure.