Although "Star Trek: Enterprise" will go dark on May 13, there will still be more Star Trek on the horizon, including the next feature film.

Rick Berman, the torch-carrier of Star Trek for the last two decades, recently talked about the planned feature film with Star Trek Communicator magazine. He said that just because Brad Grey was coming in to take over the motion picture aspect of Paramount Pictures, fans should not automatically expect that Star Trek will not be back on the silver screen any time soon.

"There has been no discussion at all about this project being put on a backburner or being decelerated that I am aware of," Berman told the magazine. "If there has been any discussion about it, then I am not aware of it. The project is moving along as planned; we are in early story and scripting stages, and absolutely nothing has changed. I also read somewhere that the concept was being thrown out and they (Paramount) were asking for something different. None of that is true."

Some have said that with the cancellation of "Enterprise," getting a movie together that will bring fans back to the theater is the utmost importance. Berman said he's not taking that route with the film.

"I don't think anybody is looking at it that way," he said. "I don't think people are saying, 'Now it's our turn to carry the torch.' There is a Star Trek film in development and based on how the story works out and how the script works out, it will be looked upon and decided upon like any other film project."

In the past, only two to three years have passed between films. If Paramount had continued that route, a new Star Trek film would've been released this year after 2003's "Star Trek: Nemesis." However, with the new film still in the scripting stage with scribe Erik Jendresen, it could be at least 2007 or even 2008 before a Star Trek film makes its way back to the big screen.

"This film is not evolving the way the other films have evolved," Berman said. "It's going through a development process, and whether the film is going to be made depends on the quality of the script and a number of other factors. It is now just a question of developing it and seeing what the powers-that-be think about it."

Jendresen told Airlock Alpha earlier this year that the movie will take place some 80 years before Capt. James T. Kirk, but after "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Berman has received both praise and scorn from Star Trek fans over the way he has handled the franchise. Many people have asked him to step down and hand the reins to someone else. But Berman remained mum on how involved he will be with Star Trek in the future.

"I need some time to think about that," he said. "I'm not really ready to comment on that, nor do I think I am even ready to make any personal decisions about that. After 18 years, I need a little more time to determine my future. I am certainly going to be involving myself in other projects as well as Brannon (Braga) and Manny (Coto) over the next year or so. But I am not sure exactly what the future of Star Trek is, or what my future connection to it might be."