After a series of delays, Star Trek 3 – rumored to be titled Star Trek Beyond – heads into production this week in Vancouver, and as Justin Lin prepares to lens the Paramount/Skydance threequel, the film’s cast has finished re-negotiations to earn a big pay bump. Simultaneously, stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, the highest-paid out in the cast, have closed deals to appear in a fourth Star Trek installment for the studio.

The unusually lengthy development process for this third film, which included producer Roberto Orci taking the reins at one point but getting ousted once he passed in a first draft of his script, was one factor in the contract renegotiations, which The Hollywood Reporter says added $10 to $15 million to the budget.

After star Simon Pegg and Dark Blue‘s Doug Jung delivered an approved script, and Lin had been set for the director’s chair, the only...