http://www.latino-review.com/news/star-trek-exclusive-trek-is-going-to-return-to-tv

 

So, GREAT news, Trekkers, CBS is looking to bring Star Trek back to TV.

 

The last we heard of a Star Trek TV series, was around 2006 before the Abrams movie planted its flag and destroyed most of what we knew (except Spock and - presumably  the plot of Star Trek: Enterprise)  there were two competing versions: Bryce Zabel (writer, Dark Skies) and J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, but I like crediting him as the good writer on The Real Ghostbusters) pitched a version called “Star Trek: Reboot the Universe” that actually made it online in PDF form.

 

The second was developed closer to the JJ reboot and was written by producer Geoffrey Thorne, novelist and writer on things like Leverage and Criminal Intent and was called Star Trek: Federation and was conceptualized with producer Robert Burnett, Bryan Singer (the X-Men director and producer of TV’s House among others) and Christopher (director of Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation). This other series wouldn’t reboot the Star Trek universe, but would vault it forward past the DS9 and Voyager series timelines into a far flung future where the Utopia Federation that we knew from other TV series had become boring and complacent.

 

Federation would have seen the titular group reduced to a mere peacekeeping force as the old ways broke apart. Vulcans withdraw from the United Federation of Planets and reunify with the Romulans, the Bajorans of Deep Space Nine would have also withdrawn and become a planet full of religious monks, like a “Tibet in space.” The Klingons wouldn’t be as warrior-obsessed anymore, but would instead be warrior mystics. The Ferengi would have a female Nagus. The Cardassians would have abandoned war and become an artist/philosopher race.

In essence, Federation would have advanced the timeline of the Star Trek Universe far enough in the future to re-define some of the characters that had been the same since the original series’ inception.

 

We don’t have too many details about the new Star Trek series CBS is going to get working on, but I spent some time filling you in on Federation, because it seems like the same people who made that pitch could be involved. Bryan Singer's name has been mentioned for the new CBS Trek as a possible Executive Producer through his Bad Hat Harry productions. While "Star Trek: Reboot the Universe" was invalidated by 2008's movie Trek, Star Trek: Federation still has a trio of enthusiastic producers, a script and a writer ready to go should CBS decide to give Singer the ahead to develop this new series. 

 

Robert Burnett is rumored to be working on a non-Trek project with Skydance Productions (Skydance worked with Paramount, McQuarrie and Bad Robot on M:I 5) and simultaneously keeping one foot in the Trek world. He's currently producing (one of the producers) a project independent of all previously mentioned parties,  Star Trek: Axanar, a 90-minute fan-made feature film about "The Four Years War," as mentioned in the TOS episode "Whom Gods Destroy." The film has scraped up and impressive cast and released “Prelude to Axanar” last year to show how this great venture can be pulled off on a fan-donated budget:

 

That’s the sort of Star Trek product Brunett can use as an example of how producing a reasonably-budgeted TV series set in the Star Trek Universe this day and age should be a piece of cake.

 

Back to our Federation three:

 

CBS is interested in Bryan Singer developing (and Singer reportedly loves Prelude to Axanar) and Federation co-conspirator Chris McQuarrie was still game for the project as of last December, if Twitter is to be believed.

 

As far as when to expect some sort of official announcement about who snagged the NEW Trek production job, that’s a bit tougher to predict.

 

Star Trek 3 seems to be the Trek Paramount would like us to focus on (Elba for Mogh of the House of Martok, right Simon Pegg?), Singer is only tweeting about making the new X-Men movie and McQuarrie is wrapping up the edit on Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation for later this year. The Star Trek: Federation story document still exists, though, and I’m told Geoffrey Thorne might have taken that treatment all the way to a pilot script before the project cooled, which would allow this show to get off the ground much faster.

 

For the sharp-eye’d Trek fan, all eyes are on Star Trek: Axanar (official site here) to show off what Trek on a budget can look like. If that can work and CBS can see it work, then we might get a riff on Star Trek: Federation. Either way, CBS is convinced it's a good idea to probe the idea of a Star Trek TV show, so TV Trek’s likely on the way.

 

I’ve been saying it since summer of 2005…

 

...no, I’ve been saying it since summer of 1990: There should ALWAYS be Star Trek on TV

 

Edited November 23, 20196 yr by The Unknown Poster

1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

I think Anson's popularity will get him a spin off. He was a crazy good captain. top five star trek captain for sure.

There is a petition to that. And Kurtzman said he’s heard the fans on it.  Mount said they’d have to be creative if they want him back and mentioned the long shooting time. 

Peck sort of laughed and have a no comment so it would sound as if there have been discussions at least. 

I’d rather have Pike then Sec 31.  And since they claim moving disco 950 years into the future is to free them from canon, it sort of doesn’t make sense that they’re developing a sec 31 show in the old disco era 

1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Less tilly more detmer... yes please.

And i thought i was the only one with a h-on for Detmer.

1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

I think Anson's popularity will get him a spin off. He was a crazy good captain. top five star trek captain for sure.

Can always Picard-type series this crew a show.

25 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

It’s actually 950 years into the future the disco is going. 

Okay, read 300. 950! So connection to the start of ENT season 4 maybe.

5 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Less tilly more detmer... yes please.

Tilly just became annoying this season. 

3 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

And i thought i was the only one with a h-on for Detmer.

Can always Picard-type series this crew a show.

Okay, read 300. 950! So connection to the start of ENT season 4 maybe.

No connection to anything. They are far enough in the future that they aren't bound by Star Trek Canon anymore.  They can make their own. Kind of an easy way out for the writers,  if you ask me. 

53 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No connection to anything. They are far enough in the future that they aren't bound by Star Trek Canon anymore.  They can make their own. Kind of an easy way out for the writers,  if you ask me. 

What year was the temporal Cold War future guy from?

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

What year was the temporal Cold War future guy from?

I think 34th. But I think the Discovery writers forgot about the Temporal Cold War. 

21 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I think 34th. But I think the Discovery writers forgot about the Temporal Cold War. 

Memory Alpha says Daniels was from 31st. MA also says DISCO in 32nd, 50 years after last ENT reference.

 

20 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Memory Alpha says Daniels was from 31st. MA also says DISCO in 32nd, 50 years after last ENT reference.

 

Well there ya go. Maybe Daniels is still alive when Discovery arrives. (Temporal Cold War Future Guy).

okay to be fair Viacom had been trying to buy CBS so this can still count here

https://tvline.com/2019/04/24/star-trek-animated-series-nickelodeon-plot-character-details/

Not a bad ending; however, I hated that they inoculated everything at the end by making everything Discovery classified. A cheap way of explaining why we never heard of it in future ST series'. 

 

I mean, it was well known that Michael "started" the Klingon war and that she was the First Officer on Discovery. It just seems a reach to make the entire ship classified. Spore drive, sure, it was already classified. 

Anson Mount is in Calgary this weekend for the Calgary Comic Con.

Merger talks between cbs and Viacom are ramping up again.  

In terms of Trek news it would bring the TV and Film sides back together.  Most likely Alex Kurtzman would end up producing new films if that happened. 

The bigger picture is helping CBS in the so called “streaming wars” by making them a bigger player.   

A combined entity would also make a better acquisition for the bigger dogs. 

Hoping Anson Mount gets a Pike series. That would generate huge excitement if it came to pass. If any actor was meant to sit in the Captain's Chair on Enterprise right up there with William Shatner &  Patrick Stewart, it's Mount. 

If this was Winnipeg I’d have strongly considered it 

 

3 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

If this was Winnipeg I’d have strongly considered it 

 

That is awesome.

 

I think it's one of those props they hung in the Odeon theatres 

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Oh, good, Picard wandering around a vineyard all day having conversations with his cat, Number One. 

15 hours ago, JCon said:

Oh, good, Picard wandering around a vineyard all day having conversations with his cat, Number One. 

I'd watch it.

I FINALLY finished the season.  Man that was good.  The only thing I didn't like was all the small shuttles.  Like...where did they all come from?  Their space dock isn't that big.

 

But yeah, I NEED MORE PIKE AND SPOCK!  I want a series on this Enterprise with Pike at the helm.  That's the series I want the most.  Anson was so awesome as Pike.

3 hours ago, Logan007 said:

I FINALLY finished the season.  Man that was good.  The only thing I didn't like was all the small shuttles.  Like...where did they all come from?  Their space dock isn't that big.

 

But yeah, I NEED MORE PIKE AND SPOCK!  I want a series on this Enterprise with Pike at the helm.  That's the series I want the most.  Anson was so awesome as Pike.

Agreed- it was an Epic season. And Anson Mount KILLED it as Pike. 

4 hours ago, Logan007 said:

The only thing I didn't like was all the small shuttles.  Like...where did they all come from?

All those people who complained about the number of shuttles in Trek 09 owe JJ Abrams an apology.

22 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

All those people who complained about the number of shuttles in Trek 09 owe JJ Abrams an apology.

Why?  The Kelvin timeline is garbage.  The third movie was ok, but the other 2 were just bleh.

 

I don't even recall the scene with all the shuttles.

29 minutes ago, Logan007 said:

Why?  The Kelvin timeline is garbage.  The third movie was ok, but the other 2 were just bleh.

 

I don't even recall the scene with all the shuttles.

Gotta be 20 parking stalls.

Edited May 24, 20196 yr by FrostyWinnipeg