Even though his hands are plenty busy working on the Munsters reboot titled Mockingbird Lane, and now that his plans for the Hannibal television series have revealed an ambitious seven-year storyline, one would think Bryan Fuller would have little time to ponder a new Star Trek television series.
Apparently, that’s not the case.
While speaking with Entertainment Weekly regarding the upcoming NBC series Hannibal, Fuller was asked about his thoughts on a new Star Trek television series and what he had discussed with filmmaker Bryan Singer prior to J.J. Abrams rebooting the franchise with his successful 2009 feature film release.
It seems that since Abrams and Paramount are the current gatekeepers to the Star Trek franchise, any such television series would likely have to be met with their approval, and coincide with the release schedule of any further installments beyond next year’s tentatively titled Star Trek 2.
In his statement, Fuller said:
“Bryan and I are big fans of Trek and have discussed a take on what we would do, and we would love to do it. I don’t think anything is going to happen in any official capacity until after the next movie comes out. And I’m sure it would be wisely under J.J. Abrams’ purview of what happens. He’s the guardian of Trek right now.”
While that may be somewhat disheartening news for fans eager to have Trek back on the small screen, despite Fuller’s hesitance, common sense suggests that Paramount and Abrams certainly see the potential in a new series – provided it’s done right, of course. Given Abrams’ penchant for producing hit television – especially within the sci-fi realm - and Fuller’s past credits on Star Trek: Voyager, along with Pushing Daisies and Heroes, the idea of a Fuller/Singer collaboration with the support of J.J. Abrams sounds like a sure-fire hit.
The question remains, however, whether this proposed Star Trek series would be based directly on the lore established in Abrams’ films, or if it will take its cue from Bryan Singer’s unproduced Star Trek: Federation series?
According to details that emerged last year, Star Trek: Federation would take place in the same continuity as the original shows and films, but in the year 3000. Additional aspects saw the series serve as something of a metaphor for the decline of the Roman Empire, with Starfleet having fallen from scientific prominence seemingly waiting for another Kirk to lead the charge in restoring Starfleet to former glory.
Director Bryan Singer in Star Trek: Nemesis
An excerpt from the proposal says it best:
“The Federation hasn’t had a flagship in over two hundred years. They haven’t done anything either scientifically or in terms of exploration that comes near the deeds done in the long ago Age of Expansion.
There is no sense of true unity in the Federation and unity will be required if these new aliens return in force. The people need a symbol to remind them who they are, what they mean to each other and that there are prices to be paid for living in paradise.
They need, in short, a sense of Enterprise…”
That proposal varies a great deal from Abrams’ new, alternate timeline, and seeing as how mainstream audiences and (many) Trek fans took a shine to the reboot, it would seem a trip back to the original timeline might be counterintuitive in terms of the audience’s preference, and certainly, cross-promotion.
Whatever the case, it seems any Star Trek series will be years away from production, so there will be plenty of time to get the storyline straight.
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Cusack Adrams didn’t destroy Trek, he added in his story line after Enterprise which was the reboot.
I have been watching Trek since I was a little kid, from the original to Enterprise and they reused themes too many times.
I have found, four different series that has stayed within the original universe but they aren’t under the same banner.
Adrams universe was meant to do one thing, to open up that universe to none Trek fans.Look at what he did, now the entire world knows about it and have doubled, tripled the fan base.
Much of what makes up the STAR TREK universe isn’t just space, but time, as in the space/time continuum. Events that take place at one point effects events in another, and not always from past to present. Multiple and alternate timelines, paradoxes, and temporal loops could set the story for events set in a possible future where the earth is destroyed, humanity on the brink of extinction from an unknown alien race that is hunting them, and the key is something…or someone…that is out of place in this timeline, a timeline that should have never come into existence, and the only way to undo the mistakes that created this timeline is through clues and artifacts that may help the remaining humans, or, it may just cause the destruction of everything.
J.J. Abrams shat on Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek. TOS, TNG, DS9, and VOY all unnecessarily erased from the time line. All the great memorable moments from Star Trek gone. Vulcans on the brink of extinction. Our only hope, however unlikely, is that the timeline will be repaired in a future movie. This is not Star Trek but something else.
The only way for a new series to have a chance of success would be to carry fans of the original series (plural not TOS). To do this it would have to take place in the original time line preferably around 50 years after Voyager. It would also have to have the same feel as the series that came before it. That means no going dark and no long episodes where they focus on character development instead of exploration (why SGU failed). Anything different would stick out like a sore thumb and would have no place in the Star Trek universe. Perhaps it could tie in the new movies by inadvertently repairing the timeline in the first few episodes.
Of course any new series would probably be canceled by the networks who are more concerned with cheap “reality” shows that don’t require the audience to have more than two brain cells to rub together.
P.S. Anyone else wonder where the temporal agents (VOY, ENT) were during all this?
You forgot Agents Dulmer and Lucsly (anagrams for The X-Files agents Mulder and Scully), from the Department of Temporal Investigations, who interrogated Captain Sisko of Deep Space Nine as to why he and his crew aboard the USS Defiant traveled to the year 2268, to Deep Space Station K-7, in the “Trials & Tribble-ations” episode of DS9
That’s different. The temporal agents were able to travel through time and their job was to maintain and restore the timeline. The investigators in DS9 were only able to investigate violations of time travel regulations and punish those responsible.
Good thought though, I don’t think I thought of that at the time.
Expecting comon sense and lore, like Time Agents, from J.J. Abrams would be asking too much. In the last movie a supernova “threatenes the galaxy” (facepalm). It explodes 500 light years from Romulus and destroys it (it would take 500 years for the explosion to reach Romulus, and probably destroy a few hundred other homeworlds in the process – Bajor is 50-60 light years from Earth). While Spock and the Federation were busy devising the red matter plan and building a new ship, the Romulans did nothing to evacuate their people (they had 500 years to evacuate). Spock’s plan fails and Nero blames Spock and the Federation for trying and failing, not the Romulan leaders for doing nothing (facepalm). Nero spends 20 years on a Klingon prison. After 20 years, the Klingons ask Nero to reveal the secrets of his ship, which they captured and could figure out in all that time (facepalm). To boldly fail where no Star Trek movie has failed before…
The creation of a new continuity does not erase the traditional time-line. Remember the mirror universe, where Spock has a beard and everyone murders each other? Gene Roddenberry would have told you that he didn’t care whether you liked it or not. One of his dreams was to do almost exactly what J.J. Abrams has done. There is no reason at all that a new series HAS to be set it this continuity. I don’t like the idea of the 31st century being more bleak than what we’ve seen. It contradicts the fundamental idea of Trek.
The movie didn’t take place in the mirror universe, it took place in the normal universe.
First developed in TOS, then picked up again in DS9 and ENT the mirror universe is a parallel universe that coexists with the normal universe on a different dimensional plane. The Terrans in the mirror universe were more aggressive throughout their history and killed the Vulcan ambassadors upon first contact, believing them to be a prelude to an invasion. Using Vulcan technology the Terran Empire then expanded and conquered most of the quadrant.
Completely different.
“many” fans enjoyed the abrams reboot…in which alternate universe is this? Abrams sucks and so did his reboot. Lost sucked. Fringe is horrid. Don’t know why he keeps getting work. He needs to leave Trek ALONE. Just my opinion…but I’m certain I’m not alone in it.
Off topic here, but explain to be how Fringe was horrid. It is one of the few Science Fiction show that didn’t get cut after a year or at most two like the many I can name in the last ten years. With all the other dribbling !@#$ the mainstream viewers supposedly say they watch. It was an awesome show to watch and refreshing for as long as it ran I suppose you would rather watch two and a half men or some other junk.
I’m one of those fans who enjoyed the reboot, but that’s under the assumption that when they make a tv series it takes place in the original timeline sometime after Voyager. I’m a huge TNG and Voyager fan so to continue along those lines with a big cast of eclectic characters exploring the unknown would really get me excited. There’s no reason to try to do a tv show in the Abrams timeline. It’d be more of a pain in the ass really to try not to interfere with that canon. Just continue as if that movie never happened and have the Abrams movies continue in their own timeline.
It happened 500 light years away, doesn’t mean it takes 500 light years for the super nova to reach Romulus….it means it take light 500 years to reach Romulus a super nova moves faster than light…that’s what is implied….
A supernova travels faster than light? Hahahahaha! Good one.
I guess we’ll have to call that one a super-duper novae… or something.
Oh well.
My god, why do you even watch Trek if you don’t have a basic understanding of science?
Well I like the concept of Federation…I always thought a version of Andromeda in the Trek universe would be interesting; where the galactic civilizations have fallen into dark ages and one comparatively advanced starship tries to rebuild.
Another interesting one would be for them to break the galactic boundary or whatever its called and go explore the Andromeda galaxy, similar to that discussed in Shatner’s novels. That would put them in an SGU type situation where they can’t depend on the Federation. Of course, they could also have cameos from Shatner and Nimoy since, lets face it, their movie careers are over.
I don’t see how they can claim cost as a serious issue when people are making movie level space battles on their desktops.
“That would put them in an SGU type situation where they can’t depend on the Federation.”
They did that already in VOY.
the new star trek is not star trek but some bastardised action flick. as entertaining as it is it isn’t star trek. its dark and violent and is not what star trek is about. we have enough dark movies these days
I really wish people would stop using the term “reboot” when talking about Star Trek XI and the upcoming XII (In to Darkness) It’s not accurate, and it’s slightly insulting. Those films are set in an alternate universe, which is directly tied to the Prime Universe. Trek has done this before with the Mirror Universe. There is a very large difference between a Hollywood “reboot” and on of the many alternate universes in Trek.
Well it’s not quite the same thing as the mirror universe. I mean I see where you get that logic since there are tenuous ties to the classic universe but we really don’t know what universe that Spock came from. The reboot concept comes from refilming the same plot with new actors and direction. It is not a reboot of the franchise, but of the series since it’s an all new cast reexploring many of the previous plots. Pretty much definition of a reboot. What would you call it? I’m not sure what the insulting part is.
Trek to me has always been enjoyable. Following basically the same timeline has been a big part of that. Now, we are starting to see an entirly new timeline. In some ways I say who cares, as possible countless time lines exist. The Fun of Trek was to see, and follow the time line we know. This reboot thing could go on forever. Hundreds of years from now, if we are still around, we can see reboots telling the same, but different story. I didn’t hate the new film, and look forward to the next, just because I love Trek. But whats the point really?
I’d love a new Trek series. The Federation series idea sounds like it would be awesome. As for choosing which timeline to follow, why not both? Star Trek 2009 established that time tends to correct itself (whether Temporal Agents are involved or not). I’m betting in the new movie continuity that there would still be a Picard commanding an Enterprise, a DS9, and a Voyager with some appropriate differences. 3000 AD is far enough removed from the events of both continuities that you could effectively say it’s the future for both of them. As an extreme example of how it’s safe, they could even mention Vulcan with the assumption that it’s New Vulcan in the alternate timeline and the original Vulcan in the prime timeline.
I think they should have the new series take place on Enterprise J. It supposedly has transwarp capabilities and a hologram manifestation of the entire ship cumpeter (sort of like the computer on Andromeda). Then again, it would be kind of nice to have it take place on a non-enterprise ship. So many of the series have taken place on so many enterprises that it makes it gets a bit tiresome. Perhaps a new ship which carries on the Voyager name but from the same era as Enterprise J and much of the same technology. Whatever they come up with, I’m sure I’ll like it. Unless they take it back to the Kirk era, which would suck. He had his time. Let’s move on.
I would like to see a story that covers the events between Cochran’s first contact and Archer’s first warp-5 ship. This would be a lot to cover….perhaps a 10-part mini series with each episode covering a single year and each episode separated by 10 years in the timeline.
Ok, here’s the high points of the history of the 25th century Trek ‘verse just prior to Spock and Nero’s time jump(courtesy STO which IS canon), so try and keep up:
1. Hobus goes supernova, what is not explained in the film, but is explained in STO is that the supernova propagated through subspace and wasn’t dissipating with distance. So instead of a half-millenium they only had weeks. You couldn’t evacuate New York City in a few weeks, nevermind a planet that is the industrial, commercial and political heart of an empire with a population in the billions. Besides, since the Hobus supernova was threatening the entire quadrant, there was no place to go, besides they did evacuate a LOT of people, you can’t travel in those sectors and not trip over dozens of colony worlds.
2.Time continued after Spock left. The “Prime” Universe continued with Data(B4) in command of the Enterprise-E until her decommissioning. There is a new Enterprise in the 25th century Federation, the Odyssey class Enterprise-F, she has an Andorian captain, Va’Kel Shon, in the tradition of Archer’s friend Shran and he got the posting for his lifetime of service in various posts including serving as captain of the Defiant class USS Belfast as he saves the female Founder(from DS9 fame) by holding back, almost single handedly, an entire Dominion strike force while the captain that had extracted her escapes back to DS9 in an effort to end the 2nd Dominion War as the 2800 ships the Prophets dealt with at the end of the first war reappeared.
3. Basically, if you are a Star Trek fan, you should play STO at least occasionally, it lacks in some areas, since the player is the captain in the story, there not much in the way of bridge crew interaction story wise, but much of the campaign is well done and very trekish. Especially the more recent stuff.
I really didn’t mean for this to turn into a STO advert, but everything that people are complaining about in this thread is explained and dealt with quite well in STO.
Please bring in a new Star Trek Series. I have watched every single episode and movie of ALL of them. I have been such a big fan for as long as I can remember. Movies are great but looking forward to an episode every week would be such a highlight. Compared to all that television has to offer these days it would be a much better treat to look forward to! Once again, Please bring a Star Trek series back to television. A new and of course exciting series as is all of the different Star Trek series throughout the years!
I remember when the final episode of TNG aired, I was 13 years old and I cried sitting in front of the TV knowing that this was the end, I pray for the day they revive the series with a crew and show that rival TNG
I’m not sure I like the J.J.Abrams twist either. Sure it was popular, but is it really in the spirit of Trek. I didn’t think so. Popularity doesn’t really define whats good anyway, but the popularity/ratings do define (unfortunately) which shows survive. It’s not that I don’t like J.J.Abrams work, but in the case of Star Trek it feels a bit like he is making a new painting by drawing it on top of an old classic without truly understanding the work you erase.
Like painting a portrait of Honey Boo Boo over the Mona Lisa.
A new series needs to be made that rivals TNG, I think it should take place in the 29th century where time travel have been mastered, it will open up opportunities for lots of interesting back in time episodes.
I remember growing up watching Voyager and DS9. I really hope that a new series comes out that sticks true to the original time line of the Star Trek universe. I personally don’t like that the reboot essentially spits on all of the years of character development and history that has been created so far between the five series.
This sounds great, they should strike will the iron is hot. They need young great writers and to take Star Trek in a new direct. Good story line, actors and most of direction. I would watch.
I liked the ‘reboot’ do to the effects and possibilities it opens. What i feel needs to be done is that j.j. makes a couple more wounderful movies with kirks nemeses then make a final movie. they time warp with a group of vulcan survivers, led by old spock, back to stop the impact nero had on the universe because the federation falls to another race like romulans or borg due to the lack of vulcans and their science acadamy. Think about it. Vulcans are the technological back bone of the federation. Without them starfleet will be technologically challenged so to speek. Once the timeline is fixed the enterprise returns home the crew protected by some kinda tempral wake and kirk meets his father, spock his mother, wounderful tearful ending. THEN they make a new T.V. series that takes place 15 Years after voyager. Starfleet is now outfitted with next gen tech that voyager brought back with them. Now the borg are not such a threat. A new ship is made. Not a flag ship. No no this ship will be the MUSCLE of the federation. The protector against some new enemy that threatens EVERYONE in the alpha Quadrant. Something so scarry that species and technology unite to stop it, and the greedy borg from assimilating it. Lol. C. G. IS advanced enough to have more space battles and all in 1080p.
the best part would be that if its only 10 or 15 years from when voyager returned then they can have cast members from ds9, voy, and tng make suprise appearances which would make ALOT of true fans happy. enterprise did alot of exploring now its time for some action. Dont you think? Think about it, thats why the reboot got so many more new fans, the graphics and action scenes. Put some of that in a weekly tv show and you got some good ratings with LOTS of fans, old and new.
Be careful what you wish for. I’m not convinced that Paramount has the will to create a star trek series that follows the “star trek” that we know and love. Star Trek is a 20th century construct with 20th century designs and thematic elements. Even in its darkest moments (the Dominion War for example), Star Trek still had the utopian ideal. Do you think Paramount (or any other studio for that matter) would produce a show like this today? Consider what is on television. SGU was a soap opera with dysfunctional people set in a sci fi universe. Television shows today must have long arcs during which character development and interpersonal strife is key while story line is minor. Look at Walking Dead. Yes, there are zombies but its all about the characters. Character development is important to SciFi but it is not the main point of the show. The mind numbing masses today have no attention span for a show that does not show bad behavior, cheating, prejudice, sexual exploits and unprovoked violence. Any new Star Trek show will have these items and as such won’t be Star Trek at all. It’ll just have its name… like the Abrams movie (which is really nothing but an action movie with a thin plot line and characters taken from the Star Trek universe).
In my own opinion the reboot was a good hit for the star trek franchise. I believe that many ppl enjoyed it I know i did. Ppl are talking bout its not a trek movie but jus a action flick bc of all the darkness. Well in my opinion therevhave been dark moments in the franchise already. The borg, kazon, an the unknown species in vog that the borg couldnt even defeat. Thats pretty dark if u ask me. Whos to say that the next series has to be based off abrams universe. However I do think it wud b a exciting experience to watch a star trek series from abrams universe. However the federation series also interestes me as well. There has never really been a series lije that b4. It was toyed with in a tng episode where riker was comnanding the enterprise bc picard was takin captive by tge borg an the federation was losing the bog war. An than theres rikers sugesting his series which takes place after the movie nemises. Where he commands his own ship. I liked riker I think it wud b a good series as well. After all he does have experience in the acting part an also directing part of the industry. Well I hope all the trek fans will b seeing a new series in near future.
I am a true star trek fan.
Abrams has produced a film, not a universe. One cannot call him a “creator” or “gatekeeper”, or refer to his film as a “universe”. Basically, Abrams rode a good concept to the ground, making money in the process. Forget time and space. Star trek is about humanity. And for us (Star Trek fans) it is escapism from our harsh real world. If Abrams’ films shows suffering, sex, violence we don’t need his films – we can watch the news.
I’ve been watching TOS as a small child. In time, I have watched all films and series made by Rick Berman and Gene Roddenberry. They had vision of a better World. Of the human condition. I will not go to the new movie.
JJAbrams is the world expert at adopting the work of others, then purposely destroying it. No doubt he is a competent movie maker in the technical sense, but he simply cannot resist destroying the work of those who gave him the chance to carry on a treasured cannon of work.
While the new films certainly contain plenty of eye candy, they do not contain Star Trek, at least, not what made… and makes… Star Trek extraordinary.
If you want to watch a 1 hour movie that exhibits the true nature of Star Trek, and is as pure Star Trek as you will ever find, watch the “fan film” called “World Enough and Time”. Make absolutely certain you download the DVD version of the film, which is 4.7GB in size, because the other versions are horrible resolution.
I think this 1 hour Star Trek episode (World Enough and Time) is absolutely what Star Trek is about. If this film doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, your are an alien being without eyes. And best of all, it delivers the pure heart, and best of humanity, that defines Star Trek.
Here is one webpage where you can download the torrent to download the file. This is a free film, and 100% legal to download. It was made by a bunch of Star Trek fans for about $30,000 plus their contributed time. And guess who plays the aged Sulu? That’s right… Sulu himself, in his best-ever Star Trek performance. Enjoy!
http://www.startrekphase2.de/en/4x03_world_enough_and_time.html
Too bad JJA has ruined StarTrek. Let’s home these fans carry on the real Star Trek, and let’s also hope JJA doesn’t totally destroy StarWars next. Hopefully Lucas finds a way to get a firm grip on JJAs ears.
I think I would like to see a series based in or around starfleet academy. I would love to see different species pushing to be captain of a star ship and the training that goes with it. It shouldn’t be just set at the school but also training missions and so forth. Show us what trails truly train you to command a capital ship.
First of all, I think you guys are way too harsh and unappreciative of Abrams Trek. I just saw Into Darkness. Sure there are many technical absurdities, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable movie, and that is way more important than getting physics or canon right. I liked it better than the 2009 movie.
Abram’s versions of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are awesome fun to watch. I would love seeing more of them. They undersold their own talent a little by throwing in so much action, not that I minded. The movie still would have been great if they dialed it down a notch and put a little more mystery and thoughtfulness into it, which is the direction I hope they go in the future.
Also, to me, Trek really is rightfully a bit of a soap opera in space, so I do not understand that objection. The relationships and tensions between characters is a big part of what makes the best Star Trek great. And this reboot has the advantage of having some great characters.
I also don’t see Abrams Trek as so dark as people are saying. It was a total feel good movie with plenty of levity, which imo, is another component of Trek at it’s best.
If we’re going to create a new trek with entirely new characters, perhaps we should figure out the characters and their defining tensions and personal struggles first, and then talk about the setting, because i think the former is way more important than the latter.
Or it is at least equally important. And, on that note, I think I prefer the setting of a space ship exploring, that seems to offer a lot of possibilities.