Transformers: Rise of the Beasts & new Star Trek movie release pushed back

We’ll have to wait a little bit longer for the next installments of the Transformers and Star Trek franchises as Paramount Pictures revealed today that they have pushed the release dates back.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts was previously slated to hit theaters on June 24, 2022, but will now land on June 9, 2023. Production on the Transformers sequel recently wrapped, and the delay now gives the creative team plenty of time to fine-tune all the giant robot action. As for the next Star Trek movie, it was previously tapped to debut on June 9, 2023, but with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts now occupying that spot, we’ll be heading to the final frontier on December 22, 2023 instead.

Directed by Steven Caple Jr., Transformers: Rise of the Beasts takes place in 1994 as a pair of archaeologists from Brooklyn come into an ancient conflict through a globe-trotting adventure that ties in with three factions of Transformers: the Maximals, the Predacons, and the Terrorcons. The film stars Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Vélez, Tobe Nwigwe, and Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime. Ron Perlman will also star as the voice of Optimus Primal.

As for the new Star Trek movie, not much is known about that project just yet other than it will be directed by WandaVision‘s Matt Shakman. The film has been scripted by Lindsey Beer (The Magic Order) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel), but we don’t know if the Kelvin Universe crew consisting of Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, Zachary Levi as Spock, Karl Urban as McCoy, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, and John Cho as Sulu will be involved. Paramount has been attempting to get a new Star Trek movie off the ground since the release of Star Trek Beyond, but with little luck; here’s hoping Matt Shakman has more success.