Who is the Star Trek: Picard Showrunner?

[Greg Cox]

Oh goody. Another ensemble group - which can end up being hit or miss... Speaking of, look up that movie from 1967 that had so many different writers and directors... I believe the title was... "Casino Royale". Among other things, usually ensemble teams can strengthen scripts, if the ensemble is really solid and running on all cylinders and not running around in a dozen different directions that can't agree on... like squirrels that just ate nuts spiked with crystal meth. In other words, that poor broth always gets spoiled by too many chefs...

Then again, the classic MGM production of The Wizard of Oz also went through multiple directors, cast changes, etc.

(Although, yeah, that 1960s version of CASINO ROYALE is a mess.)

 

[David Mack]

Kristin Beyer seems to be the lowest ranked member of the writing staff, but she is the one that supposedly came up with the basic concept for the series. It would be interesting to see if she gets a co-creator credit or not (probably not).

Kirsten is the series' official co-creator, with Alex Kurtzman.

 

[Matt4511]

Kirsten is the series' official co-creator, with Alex Kurtzman.

And this is why we can count on Picard being an awfully goddamn good show, folks. I'm a Beyer Partisan all the way. She's fantastic.

 

[NeoStar9]

I though Chabon was supposed to be running thing for picard. I thought I read that somewhere

Nah. Some people when we found out about him decided to ignore everyone else that was in that room and just assumed and decided he was the lead person for some reason. I remember being really annoyed when that was happening. People were outright ignoring Kristin Beyer's role in this as swell.

 

[Cyrus]

Kirsten is the series' official co-creator, with Alex Kurtzman.

I am very happy for her. She should be getting some nice royalty checks for a long time.

 

[Cyrus]

To answer the OP, Kurtzman has said there is a group of 6 who are the showrunners. So here is my educated guess at that list:
Alex Kurtzman
Michael Chabon
Akiva Goldsman
James Duff
Kristen Beyer
Patrick Stewart

 

[DEWLine]

Kirsten is the series' official co-creator, with Alex Kurtzman.

This makes me happy.

 

[mos6507]

Kristin Beyer seems to be the lowest ranked member of the writing staff, but she is the one that supposedly came up with the basic concept for the series.

It sounds to me that because of the reduced budget they aren't following the original template as planned.

 

[F. King Daniel]

It sounds to me that because of the reduced budget they aren't following the original template as planned.

What reduced budget? What original template?

 

[StewMc]

What reduced budget? What original template?

Due to the agreement between CBS and Paramount, the budget has to be 25% less than planned, to match the 25% difference in allowed EPs...

 

[F. King Daniel]

Weirdly, they've done a 180° and decreed Michael Chabon the showrunner. DEADLINE.

 

[Tuskin38]

It sounds to me that because of the reduced budget they aren't following the original template as planned.

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Lynn Minmay]

The less Kurtzman stink the better.

 

[Greg Cox]

It's funny. Back when I was an editorial assistant at William Morrow, I remember everyone being all excited by this hot new literary author, Michael Chabon, whose first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, was getting a lot of buzz.

Jump ahead thirty years and he's running a new STAR TREK series. Didn't see that coming.

 

[Qonundrum]

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/star-trek-picard-michael-chabon-showrunner-1203254625/

Kurtzman has been replaced to helm this fledgling series?

On edit:

It's funny. Back when I was an editorial assistant at William Morrow, I remember everyone being all excited by this hot new literary author, Michael Chabon, whose first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, was getting a lot of buzz.

Jump ahead thirty years and he's running a new STAR TREK series. Didn't see that coming.

Just saw your post after I posted mine. Mine has a link but yours is the bigger entry.

 

[Tuskin38]

Just saw your post after I posted mine. Mine has a link but yours is the bigger entry.

And King Daniel posted it before both of you, look above my post lol.

 

[The Wormhole]

Michael Chabon selected as Picard showrunner.

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[donners22]

Fans of the hate channels are now claiming this proves the Kurtzman story was true.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Kurtzman has been replaced to helm this fledgling series?

He wasn't at the "helm" to begin with.

 

[fireproof78]

Fans of the hate channels are now claiming this proves the Kurtzman story was true.

Of course, they are. Confirmation bias.