In all, Urban called his time on that first film, \u201ca wonderful experience to be a part of,\u201d especially getting the chance \u201cto work with Leonard Nimoy and see him don the pointy years, first time in 17 years, was a trip.\u201d Urban then seemed to just blow past reports that Paramount has moved on from making another Kelvin movie<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cI think the whole cast would love to the opportunity to do another movie. And, you know, we\u2019ll wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Karl Urban at the premiere of Star Trek Beyond in 2016 (Getty\/Paramount)<\/p>\n At CinemaCon last month, Paramount executives re-confirmed<\/a> there is a Star Trek feature film in development, but offered no details about it or when it might materialize. The prevailing assumption is that the film they were referring to was the one previously reported<\/a> to be in development from the Spider-Man: Homecoming\u00a0and\u00a0Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves\u00a0team of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, announced last November. Theirs is reportedly a \u201cnew take on the Star Trek universe and not connected to any previous or current television series, movie or prior movie development projects.\u201d There haven\u2019t been any updates since that November announcement.<\/p>\n Maybe Urban is just being hopeful, but a potential Star Trek 4 sequel to Star Trek Beyond has died before and been resurrected over the last decade, well before the latest announcement that the series is done.<\/p>\n Would have regretted not returning for Beyond<\/p>\n In a different video interview (this time with Esquire<\/a>), Urban answered questions from the internet, including one about a role he almost didn\u2019t take. He explained how he almost bowed out of Beyond:<\/p>\n \u201cSo there was a hot minute there where I had another project that was lining up to compete with Star Trek Beyond, and there was no script that we could read. And so I had to pick one or the other. And so it was really my conversation with Justin Lin when he described, what it was that he wanted to do with the character of Bones. And I just thought, you know what? I would be remiss, I would be kicking myself if I didn\u2019t get one more ride with those guys. I\u2019m so glad I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This picks up on comments Urban made at STLV 2017<\/a>, when he first confirmed he almost wasn\u2019t in Beyond. \u00a0He told the Las Vegas crowd he was \u201ca little disappointed with the lack of development with McCoy in [Star Trek Into Darkness].\u201d At that time, he gave some detail on how director Justin Lin sealed the deal:<\/p>\n \u201cHe told me the story and when he explained the situation of Bones and Spock being shot out of the turbolift into space and crash landing on a planet and being marooned together I was like \u2018In! I am in in a big way!\u2019 It was sort of me letting them know I expected a somewhat higher caliber of contribution for the character of McCoy. And it prompted them to develop it more and I certainly had a great ally in [co-star and Beyond co-screenwriter] Simon Pegg.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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