After conquering TV, Paramount decides The Next Generation is ready for the big screen again but to pass the torch, Stewart and Shatner share top billing. Can the two Enterprise captains coexist? Or will the experiment end with Ktarian egg on the filmmakers' faces?
Star Trek: Generations earns at the box office and Paramount eager to cash in, goes warp speed into production on the next Trek installment, First Contact. The first Star Trek film without William Shatner, some whisper concerns about its prospects with audiences. Another first - Jonathan Frakes' makes his feature film debut as director. Can "Number One" make a hit without the franchise's iconic star? And Borg royalty makes their big screen debut.
First Contact is a smash, proving the Generations crew really are movie stars and Trek can survive without Shatner. Paramount's eager to rush out another film, but will the aggressive release schedule, a parade of voices behind the scenes, and an elusive script compromise Insurrection? Then, Nemesis pits Picard against Tom Hardy in Trek's most unexpected showdown yet.
Nemesis is a box office disappointment and poor tv ratings for Enterprise lead to the end of the Rick Berman era. With some fearing the end of Trek, a new hope emerges when J.J. Abrams takes over. But can the director who is admittedly not a Star Trek fan rejuvenate the franchise with a fresh cast, including a young Kirk, a young Spock, and an older Leonard Nimoy? Enter the Kelvin timeline and all of it's on set flair-ups, flair for the dramatic, and well, lens flairs.
Non-fan JJ Abrams' Trek reboot is an overwhelming success, critically and at the box office. But with expectations high for the sequel, a distraction from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away threatens to affect the quality of the film. Was Star Trek just JJ's audition for Star Wars? And Fast and Furious director Justin Lin takes the helm for the Kelvin Timeline's final voyage so far.