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Sofia Boutella

Sofia Boutella ( born 3 April 1982 ; age 42) is an Algerian actress and dancer who played Jaylah in Star Trek Beyond .

Her breakthrough acting role was as Valentine's henchwoman Gazelle in the 2014 action adventure Kingsman: The Secret Service .

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Boutella was born in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers, Algeria. She is the daughter of jazz musician Safy Boutella and an architect mother. At the age of 5, she started training in classical dance. In 1992, her family moved to France and Boutella started training rhythmic gymnastics and even joined the French national team. Boutella later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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As a member of the dance group Vagabond Crew, Boutella won the Dance Battle of the Year in 2006. She also performed in the show group Chienne de Vie and Aphrodites during her time in France.

As a dancer, Boutella appeared in several music videos including Cesária Évora 's "Nutridinha" in 2001, Jamiroquai 's "Little L" in 2001, Bodyrockers ' "I Like The Way (You Move)" in 2005, and Axwell 's "Feel The Vibe ('Til The Morning Comes)" in 2005.

In 2005 she was cast as principal dancer for singer Madonna , and appeared in her music videos "Hung Up" (2005), "Sorry" (2006), and "Celebration" (2009). She also toured with Madonna on her world tours "Confessions Tour" in 2006 and "Sticky & Sweet Tour" between 2008 and 2009. Other appearances with Madonna include the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2005, the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in 2006, the 2007 Live Earth concert in London, and the 2012 Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show.

Boutella and Lin on set

Other music videos she appeared in include Rihanna 's "SOS (Nike Version)" (2006), Chris Brown 's "Wall to Wall" (2007), Matt Pokora 's "Dangerous" (2008), Usher 's "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" (2009), Ne-Yo 's "Beautiful Monster" (2010) and "Champagne Life" (2010), Michael Jackson 's "Hollywood Tonight" (2011), and Take That 's "Get Ready For It" (2015).

Boutella was cast in 2005 as a spokeswoman for Nike, and appeared between 2005 and 2014 as the lead model in the Nike Women campaigns. She has served as a judge for several dance competitions, and was also interviewed and photographed for magazines such as Elle , Cosmopolitan , InStyle UK , Vogue Italy , and Marie Claire .

Early in her career, Boutella was featured in the French music film Dance Challenge (2002), an episode of Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (2004), the television movie Permis d'aimer (2005), and lent her voice to the animated feature Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006).

In 2012, she played the lead character Eva in the dance drama StreetDance 2 , followed by a supporting role in the science fiction thriller Monsters: Dark Continent (2014). Following her breakthrough role in Kingsman: The Secret Service , Boutella appeared in the thriller Jet Trash and on the drama Tiger Raid (both 2016). In 2017, she starred in the titular role of The Mummy , written, producer and directed by Alex Kurtzman , and also featuring Annabelle Wallis and Javier Botet . In the same year, she appeared in the spy thriller Atomic Blonde .

In 2018, she co-starred in the HBO television adaptation of Ray Bradbury 's novel Fahrenheit 451 (with Saad Siddiqui , Grace Lynn Kung , and Alex Spencer ), the sci-fi thriller Hotel Artemis , and the French arthouse horror Climax . In 2019, she appeared in two episodes of the Amazon series Modern Love . In 2021, Boutella co-starred in the American-Japanese fantasy thriller Prisoners of the Ghostland and the sci-fi film Settlers .

Most recently, in 2022, Boutella co-starred in the BBC war series SAS Rogue Heroes and guest-starred in an episode of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities , alongside Peter Weller and Saad Siddiqui. In 2023 and 2024, she starred in the Netflix space opera films Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver , the first of which featured Dominic Burgess and Douglas Tait in the cast. Also in 2024, she had a supporting role in the spy comedy film Argylle .

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This Is What The Actress Who Plays Jaylah In Star Trek Looks Like In Real Life

" Star Trek Beyond " wasn't quite the success that everyone involved in it likely hoped it would be. While the film received mostly positive reviews (it holds an 86% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes ), it failed to be a box office hit. "Beyond" only managed to gross a little over $343 million at the worldwide box office — falling short of the box office totals of the two previous "Star Trek" films . As a result, Paramount Pictures has yet to make a sequel to "Star Trek Beyond," though, a number of new "Star Trek" TV shows have premiered in the five years since its release.

However, despite the film's disappointing financial returns, there are actually a number of things that "Star Trek Beyond" does right. That includes the introduction and creation of some memorable new characters, like Idris Elba's villainous Krall and Sofia Boutella's likable alien scavenger, Jaylah . An escaped survivor of the camp run by Krall, "Beyond" shows Jaylah become a quick and helpful new ally for the Enterprise crew.

Boutella made an instant impression with her performance as the character, despite being covered in heavy makeup and facial prosthetics throughout the entirety of the film. Indeed, the actress is totally unrecognizable in the role, so much so that viewers may be surprised to learn not only what Boutella looks like in real life, but also that "Star Trek Beyond" is far from the only notable project that Boutella has starred in.

Jaylah is played by dancer-turned-actress Sofia Boutella

Sofia Boutella has been steadily carving out an impressive film and television career for herself over the past several years. Boutella got her start as a professional dancer, and many of her earliest credits are for music videos from notable musical artists like Madonna and Michael Jackson. Her first major film role came in 2012 when she appeared as Eva in " StreetDance 2 ," but she achieved breakthrough success with her performance as the deadly Gazelle in 2014's "Kingsman: The Secret Service." Two years later, she appeared as Jaylah in "Star Trek Beyond" and followed up that sci-fi blockbuster with her memorable turn as Delphine — the seductive-but-well-intentioned love interest of Charlize Theron's Lorraine — in 2017's "Atomic Blonde."

That same year, Boutella starred alongside Tom Cruise in a live-action reboot of " The Mummy ," where she played the film's titular character. Meanwhile, in 2018 she appeared as Clarisse McClellan in the Michael B. Jordan-led HBO film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," and earned major acclaim for her performance as Selva in the trippy, dance-driven indie film, " Climax ."

On the smaller screen, Boutella has also appeared as Yasmine in two episodes of the Amazon anthology series, "Modern Love," and is currently set to star alongside Alfie Allen and Jack O'Connell in the upcoming historical miniseries, " SAS: Rogue Heroes ." In other words, not only has Boutella already amassed some truly impressive credits for herself, but she's also shown no signs of slowing down any time soon, either.

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Everything You'll Want to Know About the Actress Who Plays Jaylah in Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond , the latest installment in the classic franchise, features its all-stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto back in action as Captain Kirk and Spock in another adventure that's the level of fun you'd expect from the series. The usual gang is back together in the third movie, including Simon Pegg, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, and the late Anton Yelchin, this time facing off with Krall, an intergalactic villain played by Idris Elba. As much as a delight as it is to see Elba on screen, it's another newcomer to the Star Trek universe who really steals the movie.

Sofia Boutella plays Jaylah, a badass alien stranded on Krall's planet. Not only does she have the coolest look in the movie, but she's also the film's most dynamic character, who shows extremes of emotional range and tons of charm with what seems like it was supposed to be a sub-supporting role. But beyond her performance, no doubt you'll be asking more about the actress who plays Jaylah so deftly.

Above is what Boutella looks like in her Star Trek Beyond prosthetics, and this is what she looks like as a normal human on a red carpet:

Who Is She?

Originally from Algeria, Boutella is a former professional dancer who danced backup on tours for Madonna and Rihanna — she even danced at the Super Bowl . She switched gears at age 29 to pursue acting and landed her first major role as Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret Service . It's one of the most memorable roles, as Gazelle has razor blades for legs and can do this:

Where You'll See Her Next

Boutella appears to have totally switched gears to acting, and she has a lot lined up. After her huge but mildly unrecognizable part in Star Trek Beyond , Boutella will costar next with Tom Cruise in the Mummy reboot after the indie Jet Trash , out later this year.

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Sofia Boutella is in the captain's seat with 'Trek'

Sofia Boutella is sitting in a prime position after her breakout performance as the alien Jaylah in Star Trek Beyond,  which topped the weekend box office .

But Boutella's instantly famous Beyond moment, in which Jaylah casually reclines in the captain's chair, was a happy accident.

In full Jaylah costume at an early morning rehearsal, the Algerian-born actress needed a sitting break on the bridge set with Chris Pine (as Captain Kirk) and Simon Pegg (Scotty). The image just worked.

“I was sitting there and it was like, 'Maybe I will just stay like this for one scene,' " says Boutella, 34. “We were all giggling and laughing. And it just escalated to us having fun with the idea."

'Star Trek Beyond' becomes tragic tribute for two

The chair occupation perfectly displays Jaylah's fierce independence, and raises the profile of Boutella, who'll be seen alongside Tom Cruise in the title role of  The Mummy  (in theaters June 9).

With filming well underway, Boutella's schedule is so packed that a phone interview spans two continents in 24 hours, starting as she's being made up for the Beyond  premiere at Comic-Con in San Diego and continuing as she steps off the plane in London, en route to The Mummy set in Namibia.

The breakneck schedule is fine for Boutella, who put aside her professional dance career (highlighted by 10 years of touring with Madonna) to pursue full-time acting six years ago. The road to this seemingly sudden success wasn't easy.

'Star Trek Beyond's' Jaylah is based on Jennifer Lawrence in 'Winter's Bone'

“I auditioned a lot during those years, with a lot of rejection,” says Boutella. “But I knew I wanted to commit to acting. Maybe I was being a bit crazy. But I was just passionate.”

Director Matthew Vaughn caught on early, casting Boutella as the lethal assassin Gazelle in 2014's  Kingsman: The Secret Service . Boutella supplemented her arsenal of dance training and discipline with three months of Taekwondo for the killer role.

“I'm a dancer, not a fighter," says Boutella. "I had to learn all of that.”

The acquired butt-kicking continued on the Beyond set. “As soon as she started doing her thing, we knew she was perfect," co-screenwriter Pegg says. "She's able to take command of the physical stuff. Sofia is the real deal."

Boutella added bo staff weapon training and other fighting techniques to play Jaylah, performed in prosthetic makeup requiring four hours of application each morning. ("Sleep is your best friend during that," she says.)

Boutella will be behind makeup once again in The Mummy . But she's mum on specifics about the role.

"This is where the conversation gets boring, (because) I can't say much,"  she says. "But you’ll be able to recognize me more here, and I can say it will scare you."

Even though she hasn't been back to her home in Los Angeles in a year, Boutella is raring to return to Jaylah, should the character appear in the fourth, just-announced Star Trek reboot   movie.

“I’d be excited to be a part of it again,” says Boutella, who says that possibility hasn't been discussed. “I'm ready to jump on the next plane, no problem.”

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Check out a special featurette on Jaylah below.

Directed by Justin Lin, written by Simon Pegg, Doug Jung, Roberto Orci, John D. Payne and Patrick McCay, Star Trek Beyond stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella and Lydia Wilson. The film will hit theaters on July 22 after premiering during San Diego Comic-Con on July 20 .

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Star Trek Beyond and its original female character Jaylah was a creative success in the wake of Star Trek Into Darkness ' mishandling of classic character Carol Marcus. Director J.J. Abrams rebooted the franchise in 2009 with the simply named film Star Trek . Featuring a star making turn from new James T. Kirk actor Chris Pine, a surprisingly heartfelt story, and rousing action sequences, Star Trek was a bona fide hit, reviving the franchise for a new generation. The movie was also praised for its decision to make Uhura more of a central character than she was in Star Trek: The Original Series , adding some much-needed gender equality to the Enterprise.

But the sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness , was a misstep in several ways, notably in how it treated the new version of Carol Marcus. Originally introduced in the Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan movie , the original Carol Marcus was a brilliant, respected scientist who was also the mother of Kirk's son, David. But Into Darkness turned her into yet another of Kirk's interchangeable romantic conquests, complete with an infamous scene of Kirk staring at her in her underwear. Director Justin Lin would take the reins for the third entry, Star Trek Beyond , which featured the original character Jaylah, who succeeded in all the ways Carol Marcus had failed.

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Jaylah Overcame All Of Abrams’ Problems With Female Star Trek Characters

Star Trek Beyond was a creative triumph in many ways, none more so than the introduction of Jaylah. After the USS Enterprise is destroyed by the villainous Krall, the surviving crew crash-land on the planet Altamid, where they encounter Jaylah, a young alien woman who was stranded on the planet several years earlier. A formidable warrior, she assists the USS Enterprise survivors in taking on Krall and eventually departs Altamid with Kirk and friends aboard the USS Franklin.

Jaylah is a fully formed character in a way that no other female character - aside from Uhura - can claim in the Abrams-produced reboot films. She's an integral part of Beyond' s impressive story, serving as both its emotional core and comic relief. She's also not pointlessly sexualized, never reduced to an attractive woman for Kirk and his compatriots to ogle and flirt with. She's treated with respect and empathy by the crew of the Enterprise, which eventually leads to her embracing the tenets of Starfleet.

Will Jaylah Return In Star Trek 4?

There's still much to be determined about a fourth entry in Star Trek reboot film franchise, known as the Kelvin timeline . Star Trek Beyond underperformed at the box office, and the intervening six years have seen a parade of writers and directors join and leave the potential project. At the moment, no one is attached to direct Star Trek 4 , and Paramount has removed the project from its upcoming release schedule.

If Star Trek 4 ever happens, it would make perfect sense for Jaylah to be a part of it. Star Trek Beyond ended with her declaring her intent to join Starfleet, and with the tragic death of Pavel Chekov actor Anton Yelchin - who producers have promised will not be recast - there would be an open seat on the bridge of the newly constructed Enterprise-A. Even if Star Trek Beyond really is the end of the line for the Kelvin timeline, it at least gifted the franchise a great original character in Jaylah.

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Let's face it: the Star Trek franchise, while awesome, is a little testosterone heavy. Now, I love Captain Kirk and Spock's bromance as much as the next person, but that doesn't mean I have to be happy about the fact that Uhura is the only woman allowed to speak on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Most of Star Trek Beyond does not take place on the Starship Enterprise, so there isn't really the opportunity for a new female character to earn speaking rights onboard, but the movie does manage to introduce a brand new, three-dimensional, kick ass female character in Jaylah. Jaylah is the most important character in Star Trek Beyond , and she's also the most groundbreaking, making her essentially the best thing about the movie.

After Star Trek came out in 2009, the reboot film franchise tried to introduce a new female character into the fold to make the male-dominated crew a little more welcoming to women. Star Trek Into Darkness debuted Carol Marcus as both a new crew member and a potential love interest for Kirk; however, she failed to survive the transition from Into Darkness into Beyond . (Carol also failed to bring in a huge wave of feminist support after a scene in which she strips down to her bra and panties caused a bit of a stir.) So I was thrilled to see that, after that failed attempt, the filmmakers behind the franchise finally managed to introduce a complicated, strong female character that will undoubtedly stick: Jaylah.

In Star Trek Beyond , Jaylah ( spoiler alert ) becomes an honorary member of the Enterprise crew when she comes across Scotty after he crash-lands on Altamid, a strange planet unknown to the Federation. In her first scene , Jaylah proves herself to be independent and good with a weapon by taking out two alien foes by herself, showing off her hologram technology, and making a deal with Scotty that will help them both survive. Believe it or not, she only gets better from there. Not only does she have two of the best fight scenes in the movie (not surprising considering actor Sofia Boutella broke out as a scene-stealing villain in Kingsman ), she's also a budding engineer, and smart — like, Scotty-level-smart.

What makes Jaylah truly a spectacular character, though, is not just her badass nature and awesome look, but that she's a very proactive character. Scotty doesn't happen upon her and recruit her to the cause. Instead, she specifically finds him and inserts herself into his life, and the lives of the other Enterprise crew members. She needs help, sure, but she's not a damsel, passively waiting to be rescued. The active nature of Jaylah's character can be attributed to the fact that she isn't just used as a plot device by co-writers Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. In Star Trek Beyond , Jaylah is given something even Uhura has yet to receive: a backstory. Her emotional baggage — her parents were captured and killed by Krall and his men years ago, and she watched her father die so she could escape — drives her motives and immediately helps her form a connection with Kirk. She's a natural fit with the Enterprise crew because she is a fully-formed character.

Jaylah is also never overly-sexualized in the film. Does Chekov not-so-subtly check her out when they meet? Yes. Is it adorable and funny? Also yes. And, shockingly, that quick glance is about all the objectification you'll find in the film. Despite sharing scenes with most of the men in the Star Trek universe, Jaylah isn't introduced as a romantic interest. She shares a bond with Scotty, but it's never overtly romantic (though here's hoping it might be in the future). The lack of romance for Jaylah helps her eclipse the traditional female role in male-driven movies while also ensuring that her lasting impression on fans isn't as one half of a new ship.

Jaylah is unlike any other female character in the Star Trek franchise. Not only is she not anybody's romantic interest, as Carol and Uhura were/are, but she's also never shown taking off her shirt in the movie. Yes, you read that correctly. Jaylah is the first major female character in the Star Trek reboot franchise not shown in her bra (to be fair, both previous Star Trek movies featured equal opportunity shirtlessness, with Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch also showing some skin). Of course, both Carol and Uhura are great female characters — Uhura in particular — bra scenes or not, but it's still significant that Jaylah doesn't have to perform that same striptease in Beyond , no matter how empowering it might make one feel.

As plans for a fourth Star Trek movie begin to take shape, fans will undoubtedly be asking whether or not Jaylah will return to the franchise. I'm hoping that the filmmakers don't do to Jaylah what they did to Carol, and expand her role on the next Enterprise adventure instead of shortening it. The Star Trek universe needs more women, and Jaylah is a fantastic start.

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Sofia Boutella Wants To Return For ‘Star Trek 4,’ Hopes To See Jaylah “Evolve”

| January 3, 2023 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 74 comments so far

The world is still waiting for news on the next movie to follow 2016’s Star Trek Beyond , which introduced a new character played by Sofia Boutella. Now the actress is talking about her hopes to return.

Boutella on Star Trek 4

In Star Trek Beyond , Sofia Boutella played the new alien character Jaylah, who helped the crew of the USS Enterprise take down the bad bad guy, Krall. The film ended with Jaylah being accepted into Starfleet Academy. Paramount has been trying to get a follow-up “Star Trek 4” film going, but it isn’t known if it would include Boutella. Appearing at Steel City Comic Con in December, Boutella talked about the possibility of returning to the role (via Fandom Spotlite ):

I would love to see her evolve with all of the guys and with everybody. I would love to go back to her. I love her a lot. I enjoyed that experience so much. I would do it in a heartbeat.

Sofia Boutella as Jaylah with Zachary Quinto as Spock and Karl Urban as McCoy in Star Trek Beyond 

The latest official news from Paramount Pictures on the Star Trek 4 project was removing it from their 2023 release calendar after director Matt Shakman exited the project, with the studio still indicating it was “excited about the creative vision of this next chapter and look forward to bringing it to audiences all around world.”

Boutella gave an update on what she knows about a follow-up to Beyond :

I don’t know if they’re making a fourth one. I hear things all the time, but I don’t know what’s happening.

The actress did speak about working with Simon Pegg, who co-wrote Beyond, and said they remain close:

I owe this experience to Simon. He wrote the character. He wrote that script, obviously. But aside from being on the screen, we developed a real strong friendship. He’s been incredible during filming, and after, and he remains a really good friend. We were very, very close during that shoot.

Sofia as Jaylah with Simon Pegg as Scotty in Star Trek Beyond 

Since Beyond, Boutella has remained busy, appearing in a number of film and TV projects including The Mummy , Atomic Blonde , Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities , and SAS: Rogue Heroes . She just wrapped filming as the star of Zack Snyder’s upcoming sci-fi movie Rebel Moon . Over the summer, Snyder shared a makeup test with Boutella that showed she’s playing an alien again.

Forging ahead. Here’s a recent makeup test I shot on my iPhone. #RebelMoon #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/3DaIlzBpLv — Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) June 7, 2022

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I remember shortly after Beyond’s release some fans hoping that Jaylah would be the plucky young ensign in the next movie. But, she may be an admiral by the time they make this thing, if at all.

Her character seemed like the obvious Chekov replacement in a follow up movie, with Anton Yelchin dying and all. There’s no way they would kill the Chekov character in the story itself, but I would’ve been happy with a line about him serving on the Reliant.

Absolutely agreed. If they do make a 4th Kelvin film, stating that he is now on the Reliant would be a great way to honor him. There is no need to kill off the character in ST4. Well said!

Well, this is an alternate timeline, and although Paramount had strict guidelines in the past about what can and cannot be done with Trek characters (at least in the books if I remember correctly) I think you could still honor Anton and his take on Chekov if he died an honorable death or his death had meaning. That being said I think Jaylah would be a welcome addition to take his place as the new navigator alongside Sulu at the helm. In a way it would also be an homage of sorts to the Animated Series having an “alien” instead of Chekov. Either way, lets get Star Trek back in theaters…

It has been so long i bet Sulu is Captain of the Excelsior in the Kelvin Timeline. Kirk is probably an Admiral and Spock is Captain of the Enterprise. They completed their 5 year mission of the Enterprise A.

You see thats the Star Trek era I love the most and would want to see again, which is why a long delayed ST’4′ is kind of a positive imo(so long as they actually get around to doing it), it gives them the opportunity to really distance themselves from TOS era and the candy coloured uniforms and them all young starting out etc and brings them fully into the 80s movie era (after the various homage/foreshadowing to the original movies in the 3 kelvin films). older wiser, maroon uniforms (or at least a kelvin variant), mushroom spacedock, proper klingons/BoPs, reliant/excelsior, saavik, david etc.

Of course that is if they bother to resurrect the Kelvinverse . At the current time its as dead as Spock lying in his Mark VI..

Kelvin Maroon unis fascinating

She needs a job

She has one.

Trying to get one for a movie production that doesn’t exist is probably not the best way to obtain one then. 😂😂😂

Indeed, it’s all about $$$. She has no interest in here character at all, the same as the others who say the same BS. You put your name in the hat for future projects, not just ones that are immediate.

She’s starring in a Zach Snyder film, I think she’s doing ok.

I always thought the Jaylah character had potential, seems like a waste if they don’t make another Kelvin movie. Maybe introduce her on SNW?

She was the best new character.

my only Guts feeling about her (I watched this Movie in the Cinema), she could fit together with Seven of Nine. Well at last she could be the Tough New Fresh face of the Ranger’s Crew. But well, it would be nearly impossible to merge her with current Seven of Nine from Picard TV Series. She would be a fine ranger Chief Engineer if they would had an Flagship

Because She is from the Kelvin-Timeline and Picard is not. All that could connect is this famous Black Hole born out of Red Anti-Mater. Total different Universe, Time is not on her Site. TOS Reboot meets TNG Epilogue Timeline.. And not all should be fixed with an instable Time and Space Wormhole anomaly, it is wearing down on the Fans

Introduce her Character (and the Actor) into the TV Series, if you want. But left her old Jaylah behind. Perhaps the New Face is from their Species or Family Bloodline

New face: “I am not Jaylah, She was one of my Ancestors”. “i am one of her DNA- Clones, that she created and trow the Probe trough an Wormhole and here i am!”

No need of Time Jumps, but well. Good Luck explained how she ended up in Picard’s Universe

Surprise, surprise an actress would like the chance to earn another pay cheque.😉

Actors are asked these goofy questions all the time by fans and entertainment reporters, which amount to: Would you like to keep working? Well, what do you expect them to say? No, I’d rather not be in another big movie, with even more fame and wealth and all that.

Actors get paid for their work, too. Do you work for free?

When I look for a job, it doesn’t become headline news and it doesn’t get dressed up as “Id LoVe To SeE HoW ThE ChaRaCtEr GRoWs” lie

Dude, keep you day job, because the Improv is not calling you back.

We should all live so long!

I would love to see Jaylah in another movie (or even her prime universe counterpart on Strange New Worlds).

LOL, good luck with that!

I can’t believe anyone is thinking there’s a question to ask at this point.

“It’s dead Jim.”

I guess I get it. They did just announce another movie last year, but yeah like all the others, withered and died fast. In fact the one year anniversary when they announced the Kelvin cast was coming back and all systems was go in that now infamous shareholder event announcement is next month…you can’t make this stuff up lol. And she probably just hears about another movie happening in the media like the rest of us but don’t know anything beyond that.

We should have an anniversary party for the official ‘announcement’ of ST4 . complete with anniversary logo, pins, patches, official starlog anniversary magazine, documentary (hosted by William Shatner) etc

Maybe Paramount will do a repeat this year ;-)

I’m hoping that the investors meeting will feature big announcements for two new streaming shows and the Prodigy animated feature.

That might distract investors from the utter nonsense that was the premature Kelvin movie announcement. They are fortunate that the SEC hasn’t cited them for providing misleading information to shareholders and the markets.

Imagine they do it again lol, JJ coming out and saying Trek 4 is def happening with the cast filming this year for release summer 2024. plus Hemsworth is def returning as Kirks father! (despite him going to be filming Avengers soon)

I would someone literally throw tomatoes at Abrams if this guy gets anywhere near a podium and wastes everyone’s time yet again.

Would really like to see her and the whole crew back for a fourth movie in the JJ-verse. More importantly, my wife and daughters really liked her as well.

Paramount, make it so

I personally would love to see this. She was a fun character. And, seeing as (very sadly, without recasting) Chekov is no longer around, she’d be a great addition to the crew.

I would love to see Jaylah in another Star Trek movie.

Can they make a movie with a sense of wonder and exploration. A hopeful optimistic future. I don’t care if they have to do a stand alone or another reboot to give us that Roddenberry future again.

Have you seen the previous thirteen Trek movies? No, they can’t make a sense of wonder and exploration movie. Why start now?

Why the shows will always be superior to the movies IMO. Sure more CGI, bigger sets and cooler space battles, but the ‘wonder’ usually lie with the shows.

eh, TMP…..

A boring, seemingly endless drift through dark cloudy stuff only to find it was a rehash of the Nomad plot. Zero wonder for me or any of the group of young people we’d organized to see it.

I understand that the recent re-release is far superior in visual quality.

That doesn’t take away how disappointingly derivative the reveal was when we first saw the film in its initial run in the best quality cinema in the major city where I lived at the time.

Despite its many drawbacks in execution, TMP had the right idea for a Star Trek movie. It’s a mystery. What is this? We have to figure it out. Which has been the premise for many a good movie, in sci-fi and other genres. After all, what is a detective but an explorer, really?

See the recent Glass Onion for example. If someone could make a Trek movie with that sort of quick pacing, mysterious and dangerous sci-fi elements, and social commentary on top of that, then more power to them. I know Into Darkness tried to go somewhat in that direction, but again, it’s the execution.

They irony about TMP is the movie was such a bore and a disappointment, they moved Star Trek in the action realm which proved to be a huge hit. But unfortunately they now seem to think a Star Trek movie can be ONLY be successful as an action franchise. And that’s odd in itself since TVH proved (once again) you can actually do different things with the franchise that will get people to show up as long as its good and entertaining.

It would be nice to see them really try something different with the movies. Use an original cast of characters. Make a movie that is actually about exploration but don’t have to turn it into a marvel or Star Wars movie where something is blowing up every ten minutes. Create stakes where it’s not some uber-villain in the forefront, but a more internal conflict.

TMP was a really dull movie but it was definitely an ambitious one that tried to get people to think and give the story a little more weight beyond just firing at Klingons. Unfortunately they never tried that approach again.

Right, TVH is another example. It’s kind of a mystery but also at its heart it’s a heist movie. So, I don’t know why they keep going for these revenge seeking villains with big ship weapon things. That was already tiresome way back when with Nemesis.

I don’t think any of us really understand it. That seem to have become a mandate for some odd reason, at least for the last 4-5 movies. And I just became bored with the Kelvin movies because that’s what they did with every film and probably another reason why Beyond failed. It just felt like more of the same, just in a different package.

If they can make those dippy Short Trecks, they can make a Jaylah special on the Plus. Sofia Boutella is a great talent — note her fearless work in the daring film CLIMAX , one of this century’s most provocative and memorable cinematic achievements.

It would be great to see her in a Short Trek.

I don’t think the Shorts were at all dippy, and bringing back minor legacy characters for their own short moments is something many of us would like to see.

Would love to see her in the next movie — cool !

By this point the Star Trek movie announcement has basically become a drinking game. I don’t think she should keep her hopes up for Trek, but she is a very talented actress that I feel like will soon join either the MCU or Star Wars in some way.

Dont think she will join Star Wars becose she just wrapped Rebel Moon wich is a space opera movie by Zack Snyder .Two parts have been filmed back to back already and four more are coming wich will make it a New ip scifi Saga and will probably make Sofia Boutella sky rocketing the StarMeter of Hollywood.She is the lead character of Rebel Moon and did all her stunts, trained 15 months non stop for it.

No thanks. The movie was very forgettable as were basically all the JJ movies. They were made for the Transformers crowd, not Star Trek fans.

she was unforgettable. bring her back if nothing else

Just read a rumour from a usually accurate twitter source (ViewerAnon) saying JJ Abrams might be going to direct Trek 4 ..

LOL oh god. But I’m sure this is another crash and burn rumor regardless.

Could be, but might just make sense as ppl are saying he must’ve been let go by DC (apparently he was developing stuff but obviously James Gunn is now running the show) and he’s kind of been burned by the fallout of Star Wars TROS (after the major success with TFA), so it makes sense he might come back to Trek for some sci fi redemption with his crew (and Par did say they were going ahead with the next Trek film after Shakman left) but yeah its difficult to get hopes up after being burned SO many times lol

I think Abrams would be a horrible choice. We don’t need someone on a ‘redemption tour’, we need someone who actually cares and gets Star Trek and Abrams isn’t it. I thought the first film was OK, but STID prove this guy should stay far away from Star Trek IMO and he’s just become too divisive in the fanbase obviously. The guy is getting burned these days for a reason and I hope that would include Star Trek too.

Now all that said, sure it can be true because the people running Paramount seems about as clueless as him. But from every report out there, the last movie failure had nothing to do with having a director, but not agreeing on a story or getting enough investors to even fund the movie because they are probably looking for MI or Top Gun profits and not Kelvin movie profits and probably why these movies are continually stalled. It all sounds like a real mess as it’s been since 2016.

I think if Abrams were to return he’d at least be trying his best to make the best movie possible after ID and ROS were deemed to have caused upset in the Trek/Wars camps.(but both his Treks were vastly superior to Beyond imo, and brought something of a 80s feel back to the Trek movies but obviously bigger). Plus it would ensure a decent budget 150m at least. What im half hoping for (based on hearing this ‘news’) is he returns as director with Orcis abandoned ST3 script adapted to fit this 4th film (and in light of Treks resurrection on tv) and we get the ’80s movie version’ of the JJ cast (as the trilogy already given us the TOS version)

I was hoping for the same.

Another shot….

Yeah we’ll see I guess. Obviously I would rather have a movie versus none at all but you know my feelings about all of this at this point. I’m just not confident about any of it or one will happen any time soon. A few years ago I was on the other side and always yelling another film was coming and people are just being too cynical. That was four years ago now lol. But if anything happens, it’s a positive. I think I just stopped caring for the most part.

Pouring more shots….

I might be directing it, too. See, that’s how rumors work. Pouring myself a shot now, the previously mentioned drinking game sounds interesting.

A week ago, I was reading up on some old threads about the last movie announcement and I said in one of them I hate being that guy but I’m still a bit skeptical it will happen but more confident this one could at least. Someone responded to me saying ‘but you’re always that guy’.

Gee…I wonder why lol. That was said to me last March or April when it FINALLY looked like we were getting real progress for the first time in years but turned out to basically be a troll job by Paramount for the fans and actors. .I think EVERYONE should be that guy or girl now. And relying on rumors like this is just more of the same non-news.

Phil you better not screw this movie up. We waited way too long. Wait I just heard you left the project.

Well first what Red Line would they create? I mean until Now not so many TV Star Trek Shows are like the Kelvin Movies, right? Kelvin Movies is like StarFleet is on War. So show me a current TV Show that is on War with some other Species? Not even Discovery are currently on War. The Last time i am remembering of War is the DS9 War Arc. But i do not know if this is well received enough to bring it to the Cinemas or even “Netflix”.

So looking at the current popular TV Shows guide them as Compass:

Discovery: to save an Entire Galaxy (again)?

Strange New World: It is an well written pre-TOS TV Show. I do not think the Fans want to see an War Admiral Pike

Picard: This Show do not count, because it is surrounded Picard and his Crew Buddies around him, Perhaps the Children of Sung and the X-Borgs could get an Spinoff with the Ranger’s Power combined. But then it is moving away from Starfleet (ST:Renegades?). Do we really want to see some Marquie 2 Reloaded History?

Lower Decks, the Stars are the Crew on their Ship. But when they are out of old TV Shows and Movies references, that is their Main Engine so far, what will happen to them?

Prodigy is targeting for Kids and Parents that want to introduce them to their Star Trek old World values

So where do Kelvin’s Pew Pew, Peng Peng World could fit? Showing us the Cowboy Solutions of an alternate Kirk? Borgs? The evil Borgs is no more

So i really do not know what Star Trek 4 would do different or try to adept

Sry, for the Wall of text and for my spelling

Going forward, she definitely deserves to be a regular in any Kelvin movies. She’s just too good to leave behind!

I agree, she has some bits of:

• B’Elanna Torres

it would be a shame if She never appears because Kelvin Movies are iced. Perhaps the Writing Room should be Honest and Bold with the fans and do not try to hide it. But give an good plausible solution to be on the current TV Shows. Let her be an Future DNA Clone of her, send trough this Red Mater created Wormhole with the Mission to save Romulous. But well, they where a bit off and She came to late in the (Insert TV Show Timeline here and Universe) and She try to adept with a Fresh Start

Come on, in Lower Decks they found also an bold but honset Solution to revive someone, right? Just to not try to play Dumb with the fans, and the rest would fall into it’s Places

Of the three Kelvin movies, BEYOND (faults and flaws aside) was the ONLY one that my late wife and I truly enjoyed. If they end up making another Kelvin film (unlikely, I think), she needs to be in it, one way or another. That’s the only way they’d get me into a theater and to buy a Blu-ray for my library. Otherwise, I’m just looking forward to the third and final year of PICARD. Nothing else in the Trek franchise still has my attention. My primary interest is on non-genre low budget indie films and filmmakers.

Robert Meyer Burnett has come out and said that JJ is definitely going to direct the 4th Kelvin film, but still waiting on a script.

I’m no RMB fanboy, but where there’s smoke, there’s a fire when it comes to RMB. I mean, Terry Matalas screened the entire PIC s3 to the guy to promote the show.

It does kind of make sense when you consider it was JJ who full on announced ST4 going ahead a year ago like ‘yeh its def happening and it will have my cast in it’ but then it doesn’t happen? So everyone the fans, the cast, thinks he was just making it up? he won’t want that on him will he. (shades of announcing the Hemsworth ST4 back in 2016) a way to make it right is to come back and direct

and ‘the notorious’ RMB does seem quite reliable. I remember few years ago way before it was rumoured on internet etc he hinted all kinds of multiverse stuff bringing back previous actors was in the works at Marvel/DC that would blow peoples minds and he wasn’t wrong – (SM:NWH, Dr Strange Multiverse, Keaton back as Batman in The Flash, Avengers Secret Wars etc)

Ok hear me out l. How did star fleet handle Franklin captain in the prime universe? Like he was far from the timeline incursion and disappeared before the split. Like I would love ST. SNW handle this issue

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Veteran actor Christopher Lloyd recently opened up about his memorable role as the Klingon Commander Kruge in the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .

In an interview with Variety , Lloyd shared his enthusiasm for the character, recounting the transformative experience of donning the extensive makeup and costume that brought Kruge to life. " I loved it ," Lloyd stated, emphasizing the connection he aimed to create between his character and the audience, even as a villain.

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Reflecting on his approach to the role, Lloyd revealed that he sought to infuse Kruge with relatable qualities, despite the character's villainous nature. "I tried to find what is it about this guy that I could relate to an audience whereby they will feel something about themselves in this guy—even if it’s somebody you don’t want at your dinner table," he explained. Lloyd’s portrayal of Kruge added depth to the character, making him more than just a typical sci-fi antagonist. “It doesn’t change his undesirable traits, but I want the audience to feel they’re not engaged with somebody off a different planet . They’re engaged with somebody they can talk to.”

They’re engaged with somebody they can talk to.

Lloyd was initially approached by director Leonard Nimoy, who envisioned him as the menacing antagonist in the film. The role required Lloyd to undergo hours of makeup each morning, arriving at Paramount Studios as early as 4 a.m. to prepare for the day’s shoot. The elaborate prosthetics, which included a pronounced forehead, intense brows, and a distinctive goatee, played a crucial role in helping Lloyd fully embody the ruthless Klingon leader.

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Lloyd’s role in Star Trek III remains a significant highlight in his career, further solidifying his place in pop culture history. Lloyd is best known for his iconic role as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy , where his portrayal of the eccentric, time-traveling scientist became a cultural touchstone. Additionally, Lloyd made a lasting impression as the sinister Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit . He also starred as the quirky Uncle Fester i n The Addams Family films, further cementing his reputation for bringing eccentric and memorable characters to life.

The film’s enduring popularity among Star Trek fans is a testament to the impact of his portrayal, with Kruge continuing to be celebrated as one of the franchise's most memorable villains.

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