Rihanna Announces New Star Trek Beyond Song, Dropping Monday

Two days ago, iTunes teased 'Sledgehammer,' a new single from Rihanna that will be used in the [...]

By Jay Jayson

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Two days ago, iTunes teased "Sledgehammer," a new single from Rihanna that will be used in the Star Trek Beyond soundtrack, and today, the sexy songstress announced that "Sledgehammer" will be officially released on Monday morning.

A video accompanied the announcement and begins with shots of the the Enterprise and its crew being attacked, and then the video zooms out and we see the word "SLEDGEHAMMER" forming. It concludes with an image of Rihanna appearing and she has alien markings painted on her face.

After stopping off at Starbase Earhart, a remote outpost on the fringes of Federation space, the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, is destroyed by a powerful, unstoppable wave of unknown aliens. With the crew stranded on a unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, they find themselves in conflict with a new ruthless enemy who has a well-earned hatred of the Federation and what it stands for.

Star Trek Beyond, the highly anticipated next installment in the globally popular Star Trek franchise, created by Gene Roddenberry and reintroduced by J.J. Abrams in 2009, returns with director Justin Lin ("The Fast and the Furious" franchise) at the helm of this epic voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her intrepid crew.

From Paramount Pictures and Skydance, Star Trek Beyond is a Bad Robot, Sneaky Shark, Perfect Storm Entertainment production. The film stars John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin and Idris Elba. Directed by Justin Lin, the third film in the franchise series is produced by J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Lindsey Weber, and Justin Lin; and executive produced by Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Tommy Harper. Based upon Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, the screenplay is written by Simon Pegg & Doug Jung.

Star Trek Beyond opens in theaters and IMAX beginning July 22.

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