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Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk Almost Returned in Star Trek: Prodigy

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“At one point, I think we had discussed the possibility of what other universes can we explore?” co-executive producer Aaron J. Waltke explained to Screen Rant. “And I think at one point, we talked about trying to bring in even the Kelvin universe, but we just simply didn’t have time in the ‘Cracked Mirror’ episode, where they’re going into all the different universes. And we were like, ‘Oh, what if we brought in that Captain Kirk, and he had to help them for a couple of episodes?’”

“It was a cool idea, but it was just a little bit too many sauces in the stew kind of a thing,” he continued. “I think it would have been fun. But I think it would have diverted from the story we were telling. It would have been the Captain Kirk show for a couple of episodes. Maybe that’s season three, we’ll find out.” 

Will Chris Pine Play Captain Kirk Again?

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Chris Pine as Captain Kirk

There have been many rumors that a fourth installment to the Kelvin Timeline would be coming, but there have been no positive updates in recent years. Pine spoke with ComicBook ahead of the release of Wish last year, and he revealed he hadn’t seen any new scripts or heard anything new in a while. 

“Not that I know [of],” Pine told ComicBook.com when asked about plans for a fourth film. When we asked if he had seen any scripts, he said, “Of course not.”

Pine played Captain James T. Kirk in a trilogy of films between 2009 and 2016. In Star TrekStar Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond, Pine was joined by a crew that included Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, and Karl Urban. The movies represented the first time Star Trek had been rebooted since its original TV series in 1966, and even seemingly tied off the old continuity by bringing back Leonard Nimoy to bring a close to his version of Spock.

Stay tuned for more updates about Star Trek. Currently, you can stream the first two seasons of Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix.