Andor director Toby Haynes is making a new Star Trek movie

Andor director Toby Haynes is going from Star Wars to Star Trek.

The British filmmaker has signed on to direct a new Star Trek movie for Paramount, EW has confirmed. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies writer Seth Grahame-Smith is penning the script, which is being described as an "origin story" set decades before the events of J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek movie. Abrams' company Bad Robot is also on board to produce.

The most recent Star Trek film to hit theaters was 2016's Star Trek Beyond, directed by Justin Lin and starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Since then, a number of planned projects have failed to get off the ground: At one point, Quentin Tarantino was developing a Star Trek pitch that never materialized, and another from Noah Hawley also failed to launch.

Haynes' movie is separate from the planned Star Trek 4, which is still in development and envisioned as a more straightforward sequel to Abrams' Star Trek trilogy, serving the final chapter in that film series. Abrams announced Star Trek 4 back in 2022, with plans to start shooting at the end of the year. WandaVision''s Matt Shakman was attached to direct, but he's since left to tackle Marvel's Fantastic Four reboot. A new director for Star Trek 4 has yet to be announced.

Haynes, of course, is no stranger to Star Trek-like stories: Not only is he best known for directing episodes of Andor, Sherlock, and Doctor Who, but he also helmed the beloved Black Mirror episode "USS Callister." Jesse Plemons and Cristin Miloti starred in the standout 2017 episode, which was set in a Trek-inspired universe. Fingers crossed for a Plemons or Miloti cameo!

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