{"id":52353,"date":"2020-03-02T12:17:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=52353"},"modified":"2020-03-02T12:17:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:17:45","slug":"pegg-why-trek-movies-arent-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2020\/03\/pegg-why-trek-movies-arent-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Pegg: Why Trek Movies Aren&#8217;t Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Simon Pegg<\/strong> spoke to <em>Dark Horizons<\/em> recently about the state of <em>Star Trek<\/em> movies and why they seem to be in a holding pattern.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact is,<em> Star Trek<\/em> movies don&#8217;t make Marvel money,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They make maybe $500 million at the most, and to make one now, on the scale they&#8217;ve set themselves, is $200 million. You have to make three times that to make a profit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to not making enough money, those making them aren&#8217;t taking advantage of opportunities to promote the movies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t feel like the last one&#8230;They didn&#8217;t really take advantage of the 50th anniversary,&#8221; said Pegg. &#8220;The regimen at the time dropped the ball on the promo of the film. And we&#8217;ve lost momentum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the death of fellow actor <strong>Anton Yelchin<\/strong> has affected actor morale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think losing Anton was a huge blow to our little family,&#8221; said Pegg; &#8220;and our enthusiasm to do another one might have been affected by that. 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