Justin Lin Talks Star Trek Beyond Teases New Villains Confirms It S An Original Story

Justin Lin Talks ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ Teases New Villains, Confirms It’s An Original Story

By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2015 12:00 pm EST

Lin did an in-depth interview with Deadline on the occasion of having his hands immortalized outside the TCL Chinese Theater. Here are a few of the Trek-centric interview highlights, but head to the link to read about Better Luck Tomorrow, Fast & Furious and more.

First, Lin talked about his personal experience with Star Trek:

Then he talked about how Beyond would differentiate itself from Abrams’ films:

My dad worked 364 days a year, only took Thanksgiving off, and from age 8 to 18, the only time I could hang out with my parents was by staying late. And every night, it was Star Trek on Channel 13 in L.A. That was my childhood. All my friends were Star Wars kids but I didn’t go to the movies, so I was the Star Trek kid. Thinking about this, it became a very personal and very emotional decision.

Finally, he talked in very vague terms, about the story and villains of the film:

So does that mean the Klingons and Romulans won’t be in the movie? Not necessarily but it certainly sounds like they’re trying to create a new “species” right? Could that species be the bad guys? Maybe we’ll hear in the next few weeks as production starts at the end of June leading to a July 2016 release.

It’s all new and fresh. The Klingons, Romulans and other species are great, but it’s time to go further. It has been fun to focus on creating whole new worlds and species.