Personally I am all for this change as Star Trek has a better chance of finding an audience with a Christmas holiday release date rather than a jam packed tentpole fest that is the usual summer release calendar. Especially since it is likely to be made with a smaller budget that will not allow it to compete dollar for dollar with those tentpole releases. It is also a return to tradition as all of the previous non-Abrams Star Trek films were released during the holiday season.
The movie will remain under the control of J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company (likely contractually mandated). Matt Shakman (WandaVision) is currently set to direct. The script was co-written by Shakman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel). However, this plan was put together under the previous Paramount Pictures president..
On September 13 Brian Robbins, whose entire background is only television, took over the company with a mandate to be laser focused on smaller movie budgets and creating a movie pipeline to Paramount+ streaming service. There is an excellent chance he may scrap current plans to focus on a movie that fits with the Star Trek Paramount+ universe (Prime) rather then the JJ Abrams-verse (Kelvin) and doesn't allow the previous president to take credit for any success. With 2 years to go there is plenty of time to start over as long as can start production by late 2022.
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