Breaking News You Should Have Already Figured Out – Star Trek 2 Not Hitting June 2012

At the rate things were going with proposed start-dates (of which we got a few) coming and going with nothing happening mixed together with no firm commitment on J.J. Abrams' return to the director's chair and frequent, non-committal "We're still working on the story" updates from Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and Roberto Orci, Star Trek 2 wasn't going to make its June 29, 2012 release date.

So if you're surprised to hear Paramount is slotting its G.I. Joe sequel (now titled G.I. Joe: Retaliation instead of the deliciously-cheesy Cobra Strikes as first reported by Movie Hole) there instead, you really shouldn't be. Nevertheless, "TOLDJA" says the options on the U.S.S. Enterprise have been exercised, which is a fancier way of saying Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest are coming back. Not that that was ever in doubt.

Meanwhile, Abrams himself is "moving toward a commitment to direct" and a new start-date (Here we go again...) aiming around January with a new release date either towards Christmas 2012 or summer 2013. Most likely outcome will be the latter and Paramount beaming it into theaters around the July 4^th weekend.

Loved Star Trek, can't wait for its sequel, yadda, yadda, yadda. We've all heard this before. Can we finally get things going on Star Trek 2 for real now?