The latest Star Trek movie is the latest casualty of the fallout from the Writers’ Guild of America strike which officially ended yesterday.

The movie will not be released now until 2009, reports Variety.

Originally the film, to be directed by “Lost” co-creator J.J. Abrams, was to be released late this year. Instead, Paramount has decided to push the release date back to May of next year.

Variety reports the reason the studio gave for moving the film ahead is due to “gaps” that now occur in the movie release schedule because of projects being postponed or canceled due to the strike.

Studio insiders also told the trade magazine that the latest saga in the Star Trek series would have gained more money with a summer release than a fall one.






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