SOURCE: It’s still five weeks or so before the new “Star Trek” movie is in theaters — but that film won’t be the final frontier.
The film’s studio, Paramount Pictures, is so confident it’ll do well that it’s planning a sequel.
Variety said filmmaker J.J. Abrams, who directed and produced this “Star Trek,” will produce the sequel with others.
No decision has been made on whether he’ll direct it.
As for the sequel storyline, writer Alex Kurtzman tells Variety they’re “waiting to see how audiences respond” to the May 8 movie