Future of Paramount+ among merger talks

[UssGlenn]

Sorry, kids ... no streaming Star Trek: Year One (Why would they release a streaming series that features the same characters that they want to use in an upcoming feature film?)

Both those projects are what had been publicly known about for months/years. They didn't go into any specifics, all they said was Trek was important "across the company", so we don't know that the new bosses will continue down the existing path or not.

 

[Daedalus]

I suppose they needed to get this merger finalised before ST4 could really get anywhere. And I actually forgot that Toby Haynes involved in a Star Trek project.

Eh, we'll see. Those two movies are common knowledge, anyway. Worth waiting for more official word.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Paramount’s Movie Priorities Under New Skydance Owners Include ‘Top Gun 3’, ‘Star Trek’ & More

A list of projects the new Paramount leadership group will be looking at following the merger

deadline.com

I want to believe.

 

[UssGlenn]

Ellison is on the record about wanting to make TV Trek, I'm optimistic. Both he and Goldberg are Trek fans.

From 2015:

It's amazing, the television show explored these incredibly deep phenomenal themes that we would absolutely love to do and be a part of, and we wish it was entirely up to us.

We would love it, both as fans and as people who would want to be involved in the making of them. We would love it. Everything you just said is right. It goes with what we were talking about before with television is you can just take more time to tell very specific stories and it would be fantastic. It's not something we control, sadly.

Well, now it's up to them.

 

[Quinton]

Hah, nice. I came in here to post that Deadline article, but we've got it covered.

Another high priority for the Skydance owned Paramount, is Star Trek which Ellison has been involved with since the 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness.

“Star Trek is a priority across the company,” said Goldberg.

I like the sound of that.

 

[oktay]

David Ellison Shows Off His New Throne at Paramount, With ‘Top Gun 3,’ ‘Star Trek’ and ‘World War Z’ Called Priorities

Ellison and his top executives hosted a meet-and-greet with journalists on the storied Melrose Lot Wednesday to further discuss their plans for Paramount Pictures and CBS.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Co-film chief Josh Goldstein said these franchises would be a priority, noting the company hopes to release 15 films a year, and then up that to 20. He name checked Star Trek and Transformers, with a surprise being World War Z, the 2013 Brad Pitt zombie feature. He also indicated an interest in both horror (Paramount is home to A Quiet Place and Smile) as well as R-rated comedies.

Star Trek, which has not been in theaters since 2016, has largely been overseen by Alex Kurtzman with a lengthy list of Paramount+ series. Execs said that Trek would be looked at holistically rather than siloed off between different parts of the company, such as film and TV.

 

[Quinton]

David Ellison Shows Off His New Throne at Paramount, With ‘Top Gun 3,’ ‘Star Trek’ and ‘World War Z’ Called Priorities

Ellison and his top executives hosted a meet-and-greet with journalists on the storied Melrose Lot Wednesday to further discuss their plans for Paramount Pictures and CBS.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Very cool, yeah. There were some slides shown via Skydance last year that talked up synergy, and one cited Star Trek as something that would benefit from that approach.