Don’t worry about when Game Night directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley will get to make their dream project… because they’re already making it. The duo has recently begun talking about the new Star Trek movie they’re working on, and how they’ll approach the long-lived franchise, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Collider’s Perri Nemiroff caught up with Goldstein and Daley at San Diego Comic Con, where they were promoting their new Apple TV movie, Mayday.
When asked about their dream project, they revealed that it’s already in the works: it’s their new Star Trek movie, which was first announced late last year. Daley made it clear that their new take on the franchise will not be a continuation of the “Kelvin Timeline” Star Trek movies that kicked off with J.J. Abrams‘ big-screen reboot of the franchise in 2009; a fourth film in that series was in the works for nearly a decade, and went through multiple directors and screenwriters before finally being scrapped. What Daley and Goldstein’s movie will be is a totally new take on Trek that won’t be a continuation of any of the franchise’s various TV series. They told Nemiroff:
“We’re very fortunate to already be in the process of this with the Star Trek movie that we’re developing. I think, if we get to make it, it would be very surprising for people because it is a version of Star Trek that no one’s ever seen before. We are subverting it in a way that I think would be very exciting and also set itself apart from the television versions of the IP, but also the J.J. movies. It’s just a matter of if we get to actually get it done.”
Goldstein clarifies that they aren’t looking to denigrate Star Trek; they’ll be treating it much as they did another long-established IP they worked on, in the form of the well-received Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. “I’d say ‘subvert with respect.’ It’s kind of like that old Reagan quote, ‘Trust but verify.’ That’s how we approached D&D,” he explained. “We want to do something that is different, that will surprise people, but also respects the DNA of what Star Trek is in this case.” Daley made it clear that while the film will respect its source material, it won’t be solely for the fans, and that the film will be focused on its characters, not the franchise at large: “You don’t have to be a Star Trek fan to like what we’re doing because it’s a very character-based film that we’re putting together.” The film is currently in development and does not yet have a release date.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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What Is ‘Mayday’?
In this homage to 1980s actioners, Ryan Reynolds stars as Troy “Assassin” Kelly, a Navy pilot whose SR-71 Blackbird gets shot down over the Soviet Union in 1987. He’s discovered and nursed back to health by Nikolai Ustinov (Kenneth Branagh), an ex-KGB agent and admirer of America’s freedoms (and action movies). Now, with the Red Army closing in, Ustinov teams with Kelly to escape from the country to friendly soil before he can cause an international incident. The movie will premiere on September 4, exclusively on Apple TV.
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley’s Star Trek movie is in development. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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