The Unknown Poster

Lot of speculation but no one knows. The only thing stated is that it would be "new characters, new civilizations" not connected to the films or original TV show. Many fans think it will be the Prime (or original) universe but past the last Next Generation film. I hate that idea. Its not practical. Enters into science fantasy when you go that far in the future. Others think it has to be the JJ Abrams new film universe since Alex Kurtzman (writer on the films) is producing this show. But there are legal issues surrounding that (CBS owns the original characters and licenses them to Paramount to make movies, so for TV it would be CBS licensing to paramount who then licenses to CBS...not a good set up). Kurtzman is a new universe guy. Fuller wrote for Deep Space 9 and Voyager and talked of the adventure that came with the original series. Hard to tell.... I think they should fill in the history. Original Enterprise, Captain April (he was the first captain of the Enterprise before Christopher Pike).

Well I sure hope they do, for your sake, given your username and all.

Did Gary Lawless fall into a black hole?

Deadline is reporting that Bryan Fuller has been hired as the showrunner for the 2017 CBS series. For those unfamiliar with the man's body of work, his career started on STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, and continued into STAR TREK: VOYAGER in the early 2000s. However, Fuller has gone on to create the amazing--yet short-lived--series PUSHING DAISIES, as well as the highly-acclaimed--and also short-lived--series HANNIBAL. Fuller had the following to say about his being brought on to helm the series: Alex Kurtzman, executive producer, as well as writer of the previous two STAR TREK films had the following to say: