An Explosive New Star Trek Beyond Trailer Featuring Rihanna’s Song ‘Sledgehammer’

Paramount Pictures has released an explosive third trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the rebooted Star Trek film franchise, directed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious). The trailer features Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his crew embarking on a new deep space adventure Rihanna's new single "Sledgehammer." Star Trek Beyond is currently scheduled to release on July 22nd, 2016.

"Star Trek Beyond," the highly anticipated next installment in the globally popular Star Trek franchise, created by Gene Roddenberry and reintroduced by J.J. Abrams in 2009, returns with director Justin Lin ("The Fast and the Furious" franchise) at the helm of this epic voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her intrepid crew. In "Beyond," the Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

Here are a few of the new characters posters for Star Trek Beyond.

images via Star Trek

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