I hope so.
VARIETY: Paramount-Skydance merger collapsed in the final moments, and will lead to layoffs and austerity measures
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They could just let TV Trek rest for awhile. The only reason why we got DIS and subsequent Trek shows is for Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access), and if that folds, the incentive to keep making new Trek shows may end with it.
Maybe if Trek quiets down on the TV front, that might really get the movies back into gear perhaps.
Maybe if Trek quiets down on the TV front, that might really get the movies back into gear perhaps.
Completely rest? Not sure I see that happening, it is too well known an IP. If Paramount+ goes to the wayside, there are still going to be plenty of other platforms looking for new material.
I could see it slowing down to one or two series, or a series of TV movies on other streamers.
It wouldn't be the first time that there wouldn't be any new Trek shows in production.
Yeah, I've been around for a while, so I'm aware. We're in the midst of these companies trying to lure viewers via nostalgia. I struggle to see a property like Trek laying fallow for long.
Season 3 of SNW has wrapped outside of pickups and post-production, Section 31 movie has finished filming, and Paramount built one of the biggest sets in history for Starfleet Academy which is roughly halfway through filming. Those are all sunk costs and will actually happen.
Rather have a Trek TV show than a film. I've enjoyed most the Trek films but the silver screen isn't where Trek shines.
Just my own opinion here, but I always felt that having Trek TV shows and Trek theatrical movies at the same time diluted the brand somewhat. It's one thing if the movies aren't horribly expensive to make and can easily turn a profit (even if only a modest one), but given the totally insane Hollywood economics these days, I don't think that will work anymore, at least not successfully, IMO. I think you can have either Trek on TV, or Trek in the theatres, but not both now. If Paramount is tightening its belt and looking to make more money, they may have to ask on which screen is Trek more profitable or gets bigger bang for the buck?
I hope so, but Warner Bros. cancelled entire completed films for tax write-offs, so you never know in the current landscape.
SFA is halfway through filming? When was this announced?
A Trek movie every 4 years is the last thing I'd want given the option of new weekly content every year instead.
Trying to keep from losing more money is even larger.
“ ... a 61% decline in profits is simply unacceptable. We need to act now to reverse this trend.”
--Paramount Co-CEO Chris McCarthy during a recent town hall meeting with Paramount employees.
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Right now, Paramount seems to be looking at any and all means to save money and increase profitability. And Trek tends to be among their most expensive shows to produce, IIRC.
It could come to that if they can't turn things around.
Sadly true. But, given the option is all I'm saying.
Besides, heck, even in decent times, they couldn't get that 4th movie going. How much easier will it be during the turbulent ones?
Their cuts are in marketing and legal first, plus renegotiating international contracts.
I think the TV shows may have made that movie a lower priority than it would have been otherwise.
Actually, their first cuts have been in selling off various long-held assets, such as Simon & Schuster, the CBS HQ building in New York, and the CBS Studio City lot. They're now looking at possibility selling off linear TV assets such as BET and some non-CBS TV stations. Rumors of layoffs have also been circulating. Seems like Paramount isn't leaving much off the table when it comes to tightening its belt, especially after the Skydance deal fell apart.
Definitely.