Jessica Jones director S.J. Clarkson is in talks to become the franchise's first female director.
Karl Urban have recently expressed their desire to return, but had little in the way of solid information.
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It looks like that's about to change in a major way. Per Anton Yelchin, who ed away in 2016; he played Pavel Chekov.
Clarkson is a prolific television director, having worked on Jessica Jones and The Defenders for Marvel, as well as a plethora of high profile prestige TV series like Dexter, Orange Is The New Black, and Vinyl. Star Trek would be her first big screen directorial gig, but her TV resume suggests she's more than up to the task.
This has become a banner year for female directors finally being enlisted to tackle big budget franchise films. A Wrinkle In Time's Black Widow solo film.
Star Trek has always been a story about progressive ideals and equality. And while the myriad TV series have enlisted female directors such as Gabrielle Beaumont, Roxann Dawson, and Kim Friedman, it's well past time that a woman got to helm the Enterprise on the big screen. With Star Trek's waning box office returns and general cultural decline, Clarkson will have a daunting task ahead of her, but her resume suggests the Federation is in good hands.
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Source: Variety
