The latest trailer for Star Trek Beyond features new footage and debuts Rihanna’s song for the film, “Sledgehammer.” Listen here!
A new trailer and a new song from Rihanna? Is it the holiday season already? The third trailer for Star Trek Beyond includes some new scenes as well as the first track from the soundtrack and Rihanna’s new single, “Sledgehammer.”
The song kicks in just as Captain Kirk, played by Chris Pine, sends his last transmission as the Captain of the USS Enterprise. Watch the full-trailer here.
Star Trek Beyond will pick up halfway through the five-year mission of the USS Enterprise. Finally returning to the premise of the original series, the film will explore “strange new worlds” and build an entirely new story rather than rely on the source material of the original series. With J.J. Abrams taking a backseat after reviving the Khan story in Into Darkness, it is up to Justin Lin to “boldly go” where Abrams decided not to in the previous two movies.
You can listen to Rihanna’s “Sledgehammer” in its entirety here!
Director Justin Lin noted on Twitter that he is “honored” Star Trek Beyond inspired Rihanna.
Honored #StarTrekBeyond inspired #sledgehammer. So we wanted to showcase it in a new trailer. Here you go @rihanna! pic.twitter.com/oDHsV497yO
— Justin Lin (@trailingjohnson) June 27, 2016
The feelings the trailer evokes, especially the burden of great loss, are something that the cast and crew of Star Trek Beyond are carrying with them as they head into months of press and publicity for the film. Less than a month ago, Anton Yelchin passed away after being pinned by his own car at the end of his driveway.
Star Trek Beyond hits theaters July 22.
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