Originally Posted by
bat39
If they want to appeal to a mass audience and Trek nostalgia, then the TOS or TNG eras makes the most sense I suppose.
I'd love to see a Kelvin timeline TNG movie, if they want to keep that universe going.
If they manage to get Pine, Quintom, Saldana and the rest of the gang on board, maybe we will get a new take on Star Trek 4? One that wraps up the Kelvin Enterprise crews story.
By the time this movie comes out, it'll likely have been around 15 years since Star Trek '09 (God, typing that makes me feel old!) If we're following a real-time progression, due to actors ageing and stuff, the movie could be set in the early 2270's i.e. the era of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, when Kirk is an Admiral getting past his prime.
Maybe we could see a version of the events leading up to that. A last mission for the Enterprise crew that ends with this Kirk giving up command to Spock and becoming Admiral?