Of course the new Star Trek film is going to affect canon

Earlier in the year, it was announced that Star Trek was working on two movies simultaneously. One, Star Trek 4, which includes Chris Pine and the Kelvin Timeline team. Initially, we believed this film would be a prequel, detailing the first contact experience and its consequences in the Kelvin universe. Unfortunately, we later learned that instead, this new movie is actually a sequel/prequel within the primary Star Trek timeline.