That includes increasing the number of movies released annually, with Star Trek “a high priority.” Ellison, the trade points out, has been tied into Star Trek since 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness, which counted him among its executive producers.

To that end, Paramount is outright rejecting the streaming approach of some of its competition, instead opting to embrace the theatrical experience in a major way. That, surely, will be music to the ears of moviegoers – and Tom Cruise – who consider the cinema to be hallowed ground in uncertain times.