Star Trek Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

From director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci ("Transformers," "MI: III") comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, "Star Trek," featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. Star Trek explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin). A Romulan, Nero (Eric Bana), and a much older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are influences, as well as Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood), the first captain of the USS Enterprise.

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi Prequel

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Star Trek.

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  Zachary Quinto

  Hitman: Agent 47, Snowden

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  Leonard Nimoy

  Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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  Anton Yelchin

  The Smurfs, The Beaver

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  Zoe Saldana

  Elio, Avatar: Fire and Ash

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  Karl Urban

  Mortal Kombat 2, Thor: Ragnarok

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  Chris Pine

  Rise of the Guardians, Into the Woods

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  John Cho

  Afraid, They Listen

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  Simon Pegg

  Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

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  Eric Bana

  King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Memoir of a Snail

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  Chris Hemsworth

  Transformers One, Vacation

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  Clifton Collins Jr.

  Sunshine Cleaning, Parker

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  Winona Ryder

  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Haunted Mansion

Crew Behind the Film

The Star Trek behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director J.J. Abrams last directed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The film's writer J.J. Abrams last wrote Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Director

J.J. Abrams

Screenwriters

J.J. Abrams
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci

Producers

J.J. Abrams
Bryan Burk
Damon Lindelof

Production Details

What we know about the Star Trek movie production.

Key Facts

• One of the most popular film and television franchises of all time, "Star Trek" has encompassed 726 total episodes for television in six different series, beginning with the original 1966-1969 series created by Gene Roddenberry. The 10 "Star Trek" films have grossed in excess of $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The original characters have been named among the 50 greatest TV characters of all time and the Enterprise has lent its name to two proposed spacecrafts.

Production Updates for Star Trek

May 2009

Completed

Changed Star Trek movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Dec 2008

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Oct 2008

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

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