The duo wrote J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" '09 together and "Star Trek Into Darkness" with Damon Lindelof. Lindelof will not be returning for the third film.
Since Abrams is doing "Star Wars: Episode VII", he isn't back as director but he has started negotiations to produce the film.
Shortly after that came a rumor that "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" director Jon M. Chu was the top candidate to take over from Abrams as director on the film. The Huffington Post got in touch with Chu's reps who denied the report.
Shortly after Cinematallica posted a report claiming that Rupert Wyatt ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes") is "virtually a lock at this stage in the game".
Finally Karl Urban (Dr.McCoy) talked to IGN about his hopes for the third film that suggest the had some concerns with 'Into Darkness':
"What I really believe we should do now is strive for originality. Because in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' we took one of the most revered and loved adversaries of the Enterprise and put him in there, and did a story that had all of these wonderful nods to films from the past, and episodes from the past. I really think that what we should do from here, in my personal opinion, is strive to be original. Strive to be something different and new. You know, let’s not forget that Star Trek as envisioned was about space exploration. And it would be really wonderful to harness the spirit of that and apply it to the next film, so that we do something different than a revenge-based picture."
I had my doubts about STID and they ended up pulling off a great film. I agree with Urban here though--I say Nod to the past for the sake of the anniversary--But the reverence should be embedded within an original story
Paramount targeting a 2016 release for the film to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the "Star Trek" franchise.
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