Trek's future according to Paramount's new owners...

[The Wormhole]

^^With the exception of Kelvin, those are all time periods, not timelines.

 

[kkt]

Star Trek: Endgame, anyone?

Let's do the Mother of All Crossovers! TOS, DS9, TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, Disco, and SNW!

Oh, we're gonna do a crossover with The Queen's Gambit? Can we get Anya Taylor-Joy to star? I bet she would find Spock to be an irritating opponent in 3D chess

 

[oktay]

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[Dukhat]

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Well, duh.

 

[oktay]

Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery

David Ellison is the ultimate Hollywood disruptor. This week's Variety cover story goes deep on the Paramount-Skydance boss' industry takeover.

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Paramount’s leadership has not shied away from making its views on the war in Gaza public. In September, it became the first major studio to denounce a celebrity-driven open letter signed by A-listers like Emma Stone and Javier Bardem that called for a boycott of Israeli film institutions implicated in “genocide and apartheid” against Palestinians. (Warner Bros. followed, but cited legal reasons for its decision.) And sources say Paramount maintains a list of talent it will not work with because they are deemed to be “overtly antisemitic” as well as “xenophobic” and “homophobic.” Whether the boycott signatories are on that list is unclear

I can pretty much guess which actors won't work on Star Trek.

 

[DaveyNY]

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One would guess They probably don't want to pay top dollar to get that group back.
New fresh faces means less expensive actor contracts.

Him saying he "hopes" doesn't bode well for any new Trek movie in the not so distant future.

Seems that the Academy show and the last two seasons of SNW will be all we get for the 60th Anniversary.

 

[oktay]

Him saying he "hopes" doesn't bode well for any new Trek movie in the not so distant future.

Seems that the Academy show and the last two seasons of SNW will be all we get for the 60th Anniversary.

I don't think David Ellison actually said "I hope so." The news report cites sources. While Paramount was investigating where it was headed, someone inside Paramount likely told them that Star Trek 4 had been canceled but they were still hoping to make a new film. They'll likely either extend Alex Kurtzman's contract to include Paramount Pictures films in 2026, or find someone new.

One would guess They probably don't want to pay top dollar to get that group back.
New fresh faces means less expensive actor contracts.

If Alex Kurtzman's contract with CBS is extended to include Paramount Pictures films, they'll either bring the SNW cast to the big screen or do something with entirely new characters.

 

[Dukhat]

If Alex Kurtzman's contract with CBS is extended to include Paramount Pictures films, they'll either bring the SNW cast to the big screen or do something with entirely new characters.

1. I don't think his contract will be renewed.

2. The SNW cast is not going to be on the big screen.

 

[Danja]

2. The SNW cast is not going to be on the big screen.

They might do Year One as a feature film. People love Kirk, Spock, & McCoy.

Paul Wesley doesn't command anywhere NEAR the salary of Chris Pine.

 

[Dukhat]

They might do Year One as a feature film. People love Kirk, Spock, & McCoy.

Which people are those? The people who will already go see the movie because it has Star Trek in the title, or the people who have zero interest at all in Star Trek but want to see an entertaining popcorn flick? Because the latter is who Skydance should be catering to.

 

[oktay]

1. I don't think his contract will be renewed.

True, Alex Kurtzman may not want to work with Paramount after Trump supporters bought the company.

Which people are those? The people who will already go see the movie because it has Star Trek in the title, or the people who have zero interest at all in Star Trek but want to see an entertaining popcorn flick? Because the latter is who Skydance should be catering to.

Actually, they could do both, like in the original movie series.

 

[UssGlenn]

True, Alex Kurtzman may not want to work with Paramount after Trump supporters bought the company.

That's true of Larry but not necessarily David, who has a record of donations to Democratic Candidates, including a very large one to Biden. I think it's likely he's doing whatever he has to to keep Paramount going (I suppose that makes him a collaborator). It's certainly plausible that were strings attached to the merger approval that are not public knowledge, such as the changes at CBS news. But I'm aware this is a very charitable reading of events.

 

[oktay]

That's true of Larry but not necessarily David, who has a record of donations to Democratic Candidates, including a very large one to Biden. I think it's likely he's doing whatever he has to to keep Paramount going (I suppose that makes him a collaborator). It's certainly plausible that were strings attached to the merger approval that are not public knowledge, such as the changes at CBS news. But I'm aware this is a very charitable reading of events.

Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery

David Ellison is the ultimate Hollywood disruptor. This week's Variety cover story goes deep on the Paramount-Skydance boss' industry takeover.

variety.com

These guys have a list of actors they would never work with.

 

[UssGlenn]

Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery

David Ellison is the ultimate Hollywood disruptor. This week's Variety cover story goes deep on the Paramount-Skydance boss' industry takeover.

variety.com

These guys have a list of actors they would never work with.

only in the upside down world we are currently living in could refusing to work with actors deemed “overtly antisemitic”, “xenophobic”, and “homophobic.” be seen as not a very liberal position.

Hollywood moving away from conservative coded content (which is different from conservative content) was a big mistake that contributed to the rise of MAGA in the first place.

 

[Danja]

Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery

David Ellison is the ultimate Hollywood disruptor. This week's Variety cover story goes deep on the Paramount-Skydance boss' industry takeover.

variety.com

However, all that premium content might not be enough to resolve the fundamental problems with the business models of legacy media companies like Paramount — namely, that linear broadcast and cable channels still account for as much as 80% of Paramount’s annual revenues. And television is losing audience rapidly to streamers.

Streaming isn't going anywhere.

 

[oktay]

only in the upside down world we are currently living in could refusing to work with actors deemed “overtly antisemitic”, “xenophobic”, and “homophobic.” be seen as not a very liberal position.

Hollywood moving away from conservative coded content (which is different from conservative content) was a big mistake that contributed to the rise of MAGA in the first place.

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[Dukhat]

Actually, they could do both, like in the original movie series.

They don't need to cater to people who are already going to see the movie. That's already a built-in audience. But that's not enough. They have to cater to the larger majority of people who wouldn't normally go see a Star Trek movie, and how to get those people to see theirs.

 

[oktay]

They don't need to cater to people who are already going to see the movie. That's already a built-in audience. But that's not enough. They have to cater to the larger majority of people who wouldn't normally go see a Star Trek movie, and how to get those people to see theirs.

true.

 

[HotRod]

They don't need to cater to people who are already going to see the movie. That's already a built-in audience. But that's not enough. They have to cater to the larger majority of people who wouldn't normally go see a Star Trek movie, and how to get those people to see theirs.

Maybe it’s time to dust off that old Romulan War script from however many years ago.

For Trekkies, it’s the untold chapter that bridges Enterprise and The Original Series, showing how Starfleet found its footing, how humanity’s ideals were tested, and how the Federation was born.

For the regular viewing audience, it’s a sci-fi action war movie with explosions, spaceships, and alien babes.

You get the best of both worlds: deep lore for the fans and big flashy fun for everyone else.

And I’m not just saying that because I love the idea of a Romulan War film. I genuinely think a sci-fi war movie could appeal to a broader audience.

 

[UssGlenn]

They don't need to cater to people who are already going to see the movie. That's already a built-in audience. But that's not enough. They have to cater to the larger majority of people who wouldn't normally go see a Star Trek movie, and how to get those people to see theirs.

It's not like these two audiences want to see different things. The Mario Bros. movie was loaded with lore from the games, but It was a good, fun, movie so people came to see it.