Zachary Quinto is “not really attached to” Star Trek anymore, but would be “thrilled” to reprise Spock role

Karl Urban, Chris Pine, Deep Roy, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin in Star Trek Beyond

The upcoming Noah Hawley-helmed Star Trek film, which may or may not be Star Trek 4, has been non-committal at best in confirming whether the Kelvin Timeline crew will be part of the production. Now Zachary Quinto, the Kelvin Timeline’s Spock, has made it clear that he is not currently involved in any more Star Trek films, although he did leave the door open for the possibility.

Quinto was speaking to ComicBook.com about the latest season of his show NOS4A2, which premiered yesterday on AMC. They asked him what he thought about Simon Pegg’s recent remarks, in which Pegg said that the Star Trek film franchise has been handled poorly, and that Trek is better suited for the small screen. Quinto complimented the TV side of Trek. “It’s already thriving,” he said. “I can’t even keep track of how many new Star Trek stories are being told since our last film in 2016.”

But when it came to the film side of the franchise, there wasn’t much Quinto could say. “All I know is that we, all of us, had an incredible experience making those films. If there is an appetite for more of those stories with us in them, I’m sure that we would all be thrilled to come back and do one more or whatever, but I’m not really attached to it anymore.” Quinto continued, explaining that he’s moved on, mentally, from the project. “I stepped away from any expectation or any real certainty that it’s ever going to happen again,” he said. “If it happens, that’d be great, but I’m not going to sit around waiting for it to happen.”

Quinto was also optimistic about the longevity of the franchise, with or without the Kelvin Timeline crew. “As far as [Star Trek] stories go,” he said, “they’ve been around for decades and generations, and I think that will continue, whether or not we continue on with them.”

Once again, Quinto’s latest project, the second season of NOS4A2, started yesterday on AMC. Quinto also recently helped launch the Kindness Initiative at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, which you can find out more about at PittsburghKids.org.