Posted on 11/02/2015 9:48:55 AM PST by Red Badger
Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Star Trek is returning to the small screen.
Prolific producer Alex Kurtzman is developing a new take on the beloved sci-fi classic for TV, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The new Star Trek has been picked up straight to series at CBS, with the premiere slated for the network in January 2017. Subsequent episodes will air on its digital and VOD platform, CBS All Access. The premiere and all subsequent episodes will then be available in the U.S. on CBS All Access, the network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service. Star Trek marks the first original series developed specifically for CBS All Access. The new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966.
The cross-platform streaming service, which hosts thousands of episodes from CBS' roster (both past and present) is available for $5.99 per month. Included in the fee is the ability to stream the local network live. All previous Star Trek series are currently available on CBS All Access. CBS Studios International will distribute the series for TV and multiple platforms around the world.
The drama is set up at CBS Television Studios and Kurtzman's Secret Hideout banner. Kurtzman and development head Heather Kadin will exec produce. A search is under way for a writer to take on the cult hit. The franchise is poised to celebrate its 50th anniversary as the original series debuted Sept. 8, 1966.
The new Star Trek TV series continues Kurtzman's relationship with the beloved franchise. He produced the Star Trek feature film series, co-writing 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness and 2009's franchise revival. The fourth in the franchise set for 2019, though Kurtzman is not attached.
CBS TV Studios distributed the original series, which was produced by Paramount Television and Desilu Productions. Created by Gene Roddenberry and starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, the series ran for three seasons and 79 episodes from 1966-67 on NBC and became a monster hit via syndication. It spawned an animated series (1973-74), a series of feature films — starting in 1979 — and four TV follow-ups including The Next Generation (1987-1994), Deep Space Nine (1993-99), Voyager (1995-2001) and Enterprise (2001-05).
News of a new Star Trek TV series comes as the franchise has been mired in rights issues between CBS and Paramount after Viacom merged with CBS in 2000. CBS Corp. absorbed Paramount for television, while Paramount Studios — the company that distributed the films — went to Viacom.
The Star Trek revival comes as reboots and follow-ups continue to be in high demand on broadcast (and cable/streaming). Kurtzman — and frequent partner Roberto Orci, who is not attached to CBSTVS' Star Trek — is behind CBS' follow-up to Bradley Cooper's Limitless and also exec produces the network's veteran Hawaii Five-0 reboot. The K/O banner currently has four shows on the air — Hawaii, Limitless and sophomore drama Scorpion as well as Fox's Sleepy Hollow. K/O is repped by CAA and Gendler Kelly. "This new series will premiere to the national CBS audience, then boldly go where no first-run Star Trek series has gone before — directly to its millions of fans through CBS All Access,†said Marc DeBevoise, executive vp and GM at CBS Digital Media. “We’ve experienced terrific growth for CBS All Access, expanding the service across affiliates and devices in a very short time. We now have an incredible opportunity to accelerate this growth with the iconic Star Trek, and its devoted and passionate fan base, as our first original series.â€
Will Riker did have a relationship with a “person” who was from an androgynous race on The Next Generation.
Are they? Are they really?
I’ve always wanted to see a series with Worf as the commander of a starship.
Jeez, how full of Feminist and Progressive BS is this gonna be?
It is impossible to parody a liberal.
Will it be about Global Warming in the Galaxy ?
DS9 was the best!!
Never saw it - but I’m checking out plots and stuff now.
LOL!
HBO, CBS, Showtime ...
They are finding ways to circumvent cable/satellite and open their vast archives direct to viewers — for a fee, of course.
If they find success, more networks may try direct offerings, thus bypassing cable/satellite providers.
[I have not heard whether CBS offerings are commercial-free. Hulu just started offering their programs almost-commercial-free for an increased subscription fee.]
Paramount just opened a large number of their movies via Youtube. Not sure whether they are free or have inserted commercials.
I was so tired of limp wrist Picard that DS9 had me with this scene!
Sisko punches Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_NQnac8Abk
The androgynous alien was clearly female looking. They wouldn't have dared make it clearly male looking. They were trying to push the tran-gender trans-sexual motif with that episode, but they clearly knew if they exceeded a certain limit, the fan backlash would have been massive.
As it was, a few minutes into that episode I was disgusted and turned it off. I still don't know how it turned out.
I think that episode is one of the worst examples of political propaganda pushed by the series and disguised as "entertainment."
That showed me just how lefty that show would be and it wasn't for me, not ever.
They’re -gay-, Jim.
LOL!........................<8^)
Because........................
They should let this bunch take up where they left off in 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KChYhXhj7vY&list=PLbih0D_qW1Vfb2bD9akltxzU6lo_iHLVd
1. When Data died, Picard had a funeral. When Spock died, Kirk reconstituted the body, forced it’s soul back in, and even got him laid along the way.
2. When Picard senses that Wesley is having emotional problems he sits down and talks with him about it. When Kirk sensed that Charlie X was having emotional problems he took him to the gym and threw him around on the mats until he got over it.
3. When Picard went back in time he brought back Data’s head. When Kirk went back in time he brought back a blonde.
4. Picard’s Enterprise was destroyed by a couple of Klingon chicks while he was stranded on a desert planet. Kirk’s Enterprise was destroyed when he blew up a crew of Klingons, stole their ship, and resurrected Spock from the dead.
5. Kirk has caused computers to self-destruct by out-thinking them on three separate occasions.
6. When Picard was in the Academy he got stabbed in the heart. When Kirk was in the Academy he beat the unbeatable Kobyoshi Maru scenario and bagged Carol Marcus in his spare time.
7. When Sisko met Picard he told him he hated him. When Sisko met Kirk he got his autograph.
8. Kirk does not play the flute.
9. Picard is from France.
10. When Picard has a problem he talks to Guinan about it. When Kirk has a problem he shoots it.
More here: http://home.earthlink.net/~markstewart/kirk.index.html
I don’t know if a human (or other) crew would accept a Klingon as a captain. Who would want a captain that says, “This looks like a good day to die!” while drinking prune juice?..........................
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