Considering the darker tone and vision of the future seen in the last Star Trek film, it's clear that Pegg wants to redirect focus on a more positive angle of the franchise. (And who knows, we might gets some scenes off-Earth in the process...)
Star Trek 3 beams into US theatres on July 8, 2016, just in time for the franchise's 50th anniversary.
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