J. J. Abrams har uttryckligen angett att delen inte kommer att omarbetas.
“I would say there’s no replacing him. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly imagine that, and I think Anton deserves better,” Abrams said.
Hur karaktärens frånvaro kommer att hanteras är dock oklart vid detta stadium.
Is the character of Chekov himself going to be killed off? “I have thought about it, we’re working on it, and it’s too early to talk about it,” he [Abrams] said.