Star Trek terug op TV?
Geplaatst: 28 mar 2015, 00:46
STAR TREK: Exclusive! 'Trek' is Going To Return to TV
- CBS heeft interesse in een Star Trek-serie;
- Namen die genoemd worden waren eerder al verbonden aan Star Trek: Federation;
- Dat zou een serie worden die qua timeline ver na DS9/VOY lag zodat ze veel nieuwe mogelijkheden hadden;
- CBS is geen FOX, dus niet per definitie een cancel na S1;
- Misschien is dit allemaal één grote hoax;
- Misschien ook niet;
- Woei!
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 (...) 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from the United Federation of Planets and reunify with the Romulans, the Bajorans of Deep Space Nine would have also withdrawn and become a planet full of religious monks, like a “Tibet in space.”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.
TL;DR: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.
- CBS heeft interesse in een Star Trek-serie;
- Namen die genoemd worden waren eerder al verbonden aan Star Trek: Federation;
- Dat zou een serie worden die qua timeline ver na DS9/VOY lag zodat ze veel nieuwe mogelijkheden hadden;
- CBS is geen FOX, dus niet per definitie een cancel na S1;
- Misschien is dit allemaal één grote hoax;
- Misschien ook niet;
- Woei!