News Exclusive: Scott Bakula Eyeing Star Trek Return In President Archer Series Pitch From ‘Enterprise’ Producer

[Turtletrekker]

Sussman is not Aaron Sorkin.

Not everyone can make diplomacy entertaining.

I would take Mike Sussman over Terry Matallis.

 

[Discovery McDiscoveryFace]

I would take Mike Sussman over Terry Matallis.

Lord King Terry, thou hast blasphemed.

I've not deep dived into Sussman's full Trek repertoire so don't know if he did many standouts (ENT:Twilight was one of his). But I agree with what others have said - it's another different concept, as an alternative to rehashing the same stuff that has been done before. I'd happily watch Bakula because he is Bakula, rather than because it's Archer. We know Bakula is a strong leader in production terms, we know ENT has picked up a lot more view than it did on UPN, and if the concept went forward I will bet he wouldn't be sole writer and the finished product will be very different from what we know about so far.

But yes, I also think he is being humoured.

 

[Firebird]

‘Trolling’ might be too harsh a word. ‘Being intentionally vague with my Instagram post so as not to look stupid later’ might be more apt?

I doubt anything's happening on the United front at all. Sussman's probably on the lot for something else and Trek fans are doing what they do best and reading far too into the post.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I doubt anything's happening on the United front at all. Sussman's probably on the lot for something else and Trek fans are doing what they do best and reading far too into the post.

Unless he can squeeze out a TV movie before the contract expirations next year, time is just not on his side.

 

[Firebird]

Unless he can squeeze out a TV movie before the contract expirations next year, time is just not on his side.

Indeed. After SNW and Academy end, I don't see us having any new Star Trek on television for a couple years at least. I know Kurtzman has alluded to some stuff being developed in the pipeline, but I don't have high confidence any of it gets produced under the new management at the studio.

 

[Noname Given]

I can't see Paramount bringing back an aging Scott Bakula.

Archer is not Picard. No one watched him the first time. Why would they tune in NOW?

To be fair, not many really watched PICARD until S3.

 

[Mudd]

I can't see Paramount bringing back an aging Scott Bakula.

Archer is not Picard. No one watched him the first time. Why would they tune in NOW?

Because the world is not aging Trekkies, and Bakula is better known now than he was then.

 

[Danja]

Because the world is not aging Trekkies, and Bakula is better known now than he was then.

The world, maybe ...

The FRANCHISE, OTOH, most definitely.