On Monday, Paramount Studios announced the release date for its eagerly-anticipated Star Trek sequel, a follow-up to J.J. Abrams’s recent franchise reinvention. The second Star Trek feature — starring enterprise crew cast members Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Karl Urban, and Simon Pegg — will open in theaters on June 29, 2012.
Abrams is expected to return to the director’s chair working from a script by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof.
Production is expected to begin later this year.