Star Trek 3 Stars in Raises as Kirk and Spock Sign for Fourth Movie ExclusiveThe third installment of the rebooted Star Trek franchise boldly heads into production this week in Vancouver, and its cast is getting a big pay raise. At the same time, the studio behind Star Trek Beyond quietly has locked up two key players for a potential fourth installment. The third installment of the rebooted Star Trek franchise boldly heads into production this week in Vancouver, and its cast is getting a big pay raise. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Paramount and producer financier Skydance Entertainment recently completed last minute renegotiations with the Star Trek stars, a move that has added as much as 1. The projects slow development process may have been partly to blame, as well as the rising star power of the actors, especially Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana.  When the original cast Pine, Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin and John Cho signed on for the movie that re launched the franchise in 2. Despite the fact that studios often will give stars big new deals in case of success, no re negotiations took place for 2. Star Trek Into Darkness. Instead, the Trek cast is said to have received only the nominal raises built into their original contracts. According to sources, Paramount argued that the J. J. Abrams directed 2. Paramounts billion dollar Transformers series or even its Mission Impossible movies. After Into Darkness grossed 4. Paramount was ready to jump back in for a third movie. Throughout the years, Star Trek has always been known as the television series that brings in a much older and maturer viewership. While that is true, there were. But Star Trek 3 ran into delays in the development process Roberto Orci spent the better part of 2. In January, Pegg and Dark Blue co creator Doug Jung were brought in to write a new script. With Fast Furious franchise director Justin Lin seen as a get on board to direct, things were looking like they were back on track.  Thats when the actors deals became an issue. Paramount was again only looking to give nominal raises based on the original contracts, but some of the stars and their representatives argued that seven years had passed since the deals were struck back in 2. Under California law, a personal services contract cannot bind someone for more than seven years. That meant the old deals arguably were invalid as of 2. Paramount disputed that assessment, and neither side was quite ready to go to court over the laws interpretation. Complicating matters, some of the actors had raised their star power considerably since the original film. Pine has gone to headline movies, including Paramounts own Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit, while Saldana is now part of Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Sources say Paramount ultimately made some concessions to the actors, who got a combination of hefty raises and better performance bonuses. The studio declined to comment. The biggest winner in the dealStar Trek Score ComposerPine, apparently. The actor, who portrays Captain Kirk, earned only 6. Pine was paid 1. Into Darkness and was to have been paid 3 million for a third film, according to court documents filed during a 2. So hes doubled his money.  But Paramount also is walking away a winner. Sources say that a condition of the raises for Pine and Quinto was that the studio was granted options for a fourth movie in order to keep one of Hollywoods most iconic pairings, Kirk and Spock, intact.