The production will start in Vancouver for the third installment of the rebooted Star Trek franchise, with a big pay raise for the cast. The two actors already locked in for by Star Trek Beyond production for the potential fourth installment are Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount and Skydance Entertainment added as much as $10 million to $15 million to the budget for the Star Trek stars in their last-minute re-negotiations.
The time when Pine, Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin and John Cho signed on for the film that re-launched the franchise in 2009, the original cast did so with options for two sequels. But no re-negotiations took place for 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness and the cast received only the nominal raises stated in their original contracts.
The J.J. Abrams directorial stint of the 2009 Star Trek was argued by Paramount Pictures as a well paid production but did not gain good results in the box office. The 2009 movie grossed only $385.7 million compared to Paramount's billion dollar Transformers series or even its Mission: Impossible movies.
Paramount granted Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto big raises and better performance bonuses, the raises were reportedly conditioned that the actors had to sign for a fourth franchise to keep the Captain Kirk-Spock pairing.
Considering the actor who portrays Captain Kirk was still untested, he earned only $600,000 for the 2009 movie - but he wants to increase his pay for the new movie.
Chris Pine was to have been paid $3 million for the third film, as the actor received $1.5 million for Into Darkness this according to court documents during a 2012 lawsuit filed by the actor and his talent agency. That has doubled Pine's income for the film.
After Chris Pine signed on for his fourth Trek Movie, the actor will now receive $6 million for the third Trek.
The fourth installation is rumored to be titled "Star Trek Beyond."
