Star Trek 3 Coming Even Sooner

Get ready to beam up to The Enterprise, because “Star Trek 3” could be coming sooner than you think if Zachary Quinto’s assumptions pan out.

The actor, who’s played Mr. Spock in the two J.J. Abrams’ helmed reboots, gave a speculative status update about the third film in the newly rebooted series while doing a guest appearance on the Today show. THR has the full details, but you can listen to him below.

Quinto was on the show to promote his upcoming documentary series, “The Chair,” but talk eventually worked its way to the Star Trek universe.

When asked if there was any news on the project, here’s what the actor had to say: “I think it’s on the horizon. Things are rumbling, so I have a feeling that we will be in production sometime in the next six months.”

With director J.J. Abrams having traded in his phaser for a Lightsaber, few expected a new entry in the series to be in front of cameras quite so soon.

If shooting is indeed six months off, this would lead even more credence to the rumor that screenwriter Roberto Orci will be the man tasked with overseeing the crew’s latest adventure. Orci served as a co-screenwriter on all three Star Trek entries to date, and has previous credits on blockbuster titles like “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” and “Transformers.”

Orci reported that the first draft of the new script is completed. While he wasn’t ready to divulge all the plot details Trekkies are dying to know, he did mention that the new script will bring the film’s characters ever closer to their original TV inspirations.