<P> Paramount originally began work on a Star Trek feature film in 1975 after lobbying by the creator of the franchise, Gene Roddenberry . The studio scrapped the project two years later in favor of creating a television series, Star Trek: Phase II, with the original cast . However, following the huge success of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, Paramount changed its mind again, halting production on the television series and adapting its pilot episode into a Star Trek feature film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Five more Star Trek feature films featuring the entire original cast followed . The cast of the 1987--1994 Star Trek spin - off series Star Trek: The Next Generation starred in a further four films . After the release of Star Trek: Nemesis on December 13, 2002, there was a hiatus that lasted almost seven years until a new film was released on May 8, 2009, simply titled Star Trek, serving as a reboot to the franchise with a new cast portraying younger versions of the original series' characters . A sequel to Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness, was released in theaters on May 16, 2013 . A second sequel, Star Trek Beyond, was released on July 22, 2016, on the franchise's 50th anniversary . </P> <P> The Star Trek films have received 15 Academy Award nominations . Star Trek (2009) won for Best Makeup in 2010, and four of the previous films were nominated mainly in the areas of makeup, music, set design and sound design . </P> <P> The early Star Trek films, the first to tenth film, were originally released on VHS; competitive pricing of The Wrath of Khan's videocassette helped bolster the adoption of VHS players in households . Later films were also released on LaserDisc as well . For those films that did not receive an initial DVD release, Paramount released simple one - disc versions with no special features . Later, the first ten films were released in two - disc collector's versions, with The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan branded as "director's cuts", followed by later box set releases . All of the films are now available on Blu - ray, digital download, streaming media and video on demand . </P> <P> Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first suggested the idea of a Star Trek feature in 1969 . When the original television series was cancelled, he lobbied to continue the franchise through a film . The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on a feature film in 1975 . A series of writers attempted to craft a suitably epic script, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, so the studio scrapped the project in 1977 . Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots with a new television series, Star Trek: Phase II . The massive worldwide box office success of Star Wars in mid-1977 sent Hollywood studios to their vaults in search of similar sci - fi properties that could be adapted or re-launched to the big screen . When Columbia's Close Encounters of the Third Kind had a huge opening in late December 1977, Paramount was convinced that science fiction films other than Star Wars could do well at the box office, and production of Phase II was cancelled in favor of making a Star Trek film . </P>

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