I'm assuming that number does not include Section 31, Lower Decks or the (I think) untitled animated Nick Jr. show?
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Correct.
We know they were developing a Ceti Alpha V miniseries written by Harve Bennett, although based on his Midnight's Edge (yikes) interview, he's got no involvement and no idea if it's gonna happen. They were also developing a Starfleet Academy series (seriously, give me that ST'09 energy please this is the show I need) which had showrunners and writers attached about a 18 months ago ago.
To be fair, you don't actually need to be a fan. As a Brit who's barely ever watched that show, the line is still very well known here.They should call it Star Trek: Don't Tell Him Pike
Only fans of British comedy series Dad's Army will get this reference!
Nick Meyer , not Harve.
Whoops, my bad. 80's Trek movie people brain blip.
Exactly this. I'd love a series about the early years of the Cardassian Wars.
And they recast O'Brien.
That'll go well.
That'll go well.
Frakes confirmed that he's going to be directing for two upcoming Star Trek series:
Assuming that both are live-action and that one is Section 31, the other has to be something that is far enough along in development that directors are being chosen. The most likely candidates would be Pike and Starfleet Academy. We haven't heard anything about the Academy series in such a long time that I find that option unlikely. So the only real possibility is the Pike series, which has a cast, sets, and a ship design, which means it's much more production-ready than anything else.
Works for me. Frakes is one of the good ones, IMO. If they're going to bring in other veterans, they should also get Roxanne Dawson and Robert Duncan McNeill to direct some eps. They always seemed to do a relatively good job behind the camera over the years.
LeVar Burton would be another good one to bring in.
I believe Starfleet Academy is delayed until 2022. There's no way it can start production in early 2021, as the same team will still be filming the delayed Gossip Girl sequel in New York, so they're going to sit it out until the 2022 round of filming.
Do we even have any solid information that it's still happening?
Did we ever?
No, and it hasn’t started development officially or unofficially.
There is no Starfleet Academy series in development.
There was at least:
A series set at Starfleet Academy from creators Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz. The duo currently serve as co-showrunners on the Hulu-Marvel series “Runaways” and are best known for creating shows like “Gossip Girl” and the CW’s reboot of Dynasty.
https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-trek-tv-shows-cbs-discovery-alex-kurtzman-1202842335/
Oh, I know. Thanks for the link. The only known shows in development are:
1. DSC season 3.
2. PIC seasons 2 & 3.
3. Section 31.
4. Lower Decks.
5. The Nickelodeon show.
And with Covid-19, who even knows about any of that.
Oh interesting... So CBS, Secret Hideout, Fake Empire and even Nickelodeon (on the licensing side) are just pretending they’re developing a Starfleet Academy series? Right.
