That’s gold, Jerry. GOLD!
News Exclusive: Scott Bakula Eyeing Star Trek Return In President Archer Series Pitch From ‘Enterprise’ Producer
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That’s gold, Jerry. GOLD!
Could this concept be adapted to a "President Archer" Movie?
Kind of like how Harrison Ford did for "Air Force One"?
Kind of like how Harrison Ford did for "Air Force One"?
I'm sure Skydance will come up with a better movie plot than that. One that will have many more people than just the tiny percentage of ENT fans ponying up for theater tickets.
The last Kirk and Spock film didn't exactly get them queuing down the street so let's hope there's some innovation brewing.
Unrelated but I really don't understand this move in general. Star Trek has a few great films but less than half the total slate. It's a TV franchise at its strongest, I can't see this being the smart play.
That's because Paramount completely sucks at marketing. Let's hope Skydance learned that lesson.
We can certainly hope. Otherwise it'll be time for another drought and then an eventual revival that everyone will hate lamenting the good old Kurzman days of real Star Trek.
I think Skydance is quite aware of the value of the property they now control, and will step things up in a way Paramount couldn't. But I also think that Trek on TV's days are coming to an end, for good or ill.
But to be honest, sometimes a drought can be a good thing. If Skydance chooses to not make Trek a high priority, that's fine too. Because rushing things rarely works well.
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Even if they did a President Archer movie, I see no reason to assume it would be anything like Air Force One, which was not the first, nor the only movie about a US President or head of state.
It doesn't have to be, it's just a example of a popular movie with a head of state as the main character.
It was popular because Harrison Ford played the president. Do you think it would have been anywhere near as popular if Scott Bakula was in the role, and it was a science fiction film? Hell, Ford himself was in a science fiction film which bombed (Ender's Game.) Do you think Bakula would be any better?
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Wasn't Harrison Ford also in Star Wars? We all know how that franchise changed his career.
Bakula at any point in his career was not on the same level Ford was at the time of Air Force One. Certainly not in 2025.
Even coming off of Quantum Leap?
Yes. Harrison Ford was a movie star and on a totally different level than the star of a Skiffy TV show, no matter how successful it was. Bakula never managed to get beyond being a TV actor.
That was largely confined to Klingons. Starfleet was an afterthought.
Even with the jump to the 32nd century, President Rillak never tangled with Osyraa and the Emerald Chain. And barely interacted with the Breen Imperium.
I'm sure the Romulan War flashbacks will provide more than enough buckets of blood.
Berengaria VII can bring the dragons.
United (and Year One for that matter) probably fit into the worldview of the current admin better than Legacy.
Only way I see Legacy working under the current admin is Captain Seven being subordinate to Admiral Riker, who heads up Starfleet. Which just sounds like Discovery in the 25th century.
If there are situation room scenes involving Starfleet or MACOs, then its not going to be talky all the time.
Next the talky episodes could be like “Measure of a Man” or “The Drumhead” or “Rules of Engagement” or “Ad Astra per Aspera” in the Federation Council chambers. Star Trek is very good at legal dramas.
Also, have people forgotten how talky the TOS classics “Space Seed” and “City On The Edge of Forever” were? That was also most of TNG.
No one will care that the show is talky if the writing and acting is very good.
They still need to sort out salary & creative. Since those have been the lingering problems.
It would be a P+ movie at best.
Star Trek = Action
Audiences are not going to tolerate chatfests for very long.
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The FCC will go after South Park LONG before it goes after Trek (it pains me to write this).
South Park has attacked Trump directly. Trump wants to get rid of Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers next.
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Personally, I would've preferred Shelby (hard charging, status-seeking, career-minded political animal that she is).
The entire SHOW wasn't built around legal dramas.
Scott Bakula is 70. He's old. He can't do the things he did in 2001.
Sir Patrick Stewart took naps on the set of Picard!
I guarantee you, Star Trek United will not have Aaron Sorkin on the writing staff (one of the few people in Hollywood who can make backroom politics interesting enough for an entire series).
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Don’t sell the general audience short. As long as it's not overly cerebral, I think they'll watch.
There is also a great deal of overreach from Trump to control everything.
They just haven’t found a reason to go after Star Trek.
They’d have to undo her death, and reveal it was a Changeling that got double-crossed by the Borg that was in her place.
No, but a political thriller might have a higher-than-average legal drama per season. Since it would be about how the Federation became the Federation. Though it might just be one legal drama per season.
We don’t know how long United would go, since streaming Trek seems to operate on three seasons, plus the option for two extra seasons. Three to five seasons to cover eight years means United would probably mix episodic content with serialized storytelling to develop their story and character arcs.
Not sure who is expecting Scott Bakula to do stunts, and at 70.
No, but they can lean on Sorkinisms like SNW is leaning on Whedonisms to define the tone of the show.
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