Trekkies rejoice as 'Star Trek 3' to begin shooting in a month

Actor-filmmaker Simon Pegg says his Star Trek 3 script is almost ready, but shooting will begin in a month.

The 45-year-old actor and writer revealed a few weeks ago he had been asked to make the film "less Star Trek-y", and that the studio was looking for a more Avengers-style story, reported Digital Spy.

Pegg has now said that work started afresh on a new script six months ago, but he and co-writer and Doug Jung are facing a tight deadline to completely finish it in time.

"We started again six months before we were due to start shooting, which is insane! In fact we start shooting in Vancouver in four weeks – and we're only handing in our first draft today," Pegg said.

Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto are all back for the sequel, which arrives in cinemas on July 8, 2016.