Future of Paramount+ among merger talks

[UssGlenn]

All I know is that David Ellison is a Star Trek Fan and had expressed interest in making TV trek before. The fact that they pushed the ending of SNW so far down the road makes me think there's the possibility of some reversals after Ellison actually takes charge.

 

[Boo-khat!]

The fact that they pushed the ending of SNW so far down the road makes me think there's the possibility of some reversals after Ellison actually takes charge.

I'm not sure that's their modus. I think they're going to produce S5 as fast as they can in order to end the show prematurely, and not produce anything else.

 

[fireproof78]

Then maybe the complaining will stop.

 

[137th Gebirg]

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Then maybe the complaining will stop.

People will stop complaining when people stop caring, and then Star Trek really will be over.

 

[fireproof78]

People will stop complaining when people stop caring, and then Star Trek really will be over.

Can't happen soon enough then. All these poor people being forced to watch Kurtzman fuck up continuity over and over again.

 

[Firebird]

Fandom will complain that there's no Trek being made.

Fandom will complain there there's only a specific kind of Trek being made.

Fandom will complain about the complaints about the Trek franchise.

It's the circle of misery.

 

[TedShatner10]

They're slightly less crazy than Warsies and Whovians.

 

[No Grave Dug]

Then maybe the complaining will stop.

New to Trek Fandom?

 

[fireproof78]

New to Trek Fandom?

Hope springth eternal.

 

[I am not Spock]

'i've got a bad feeling about this'. I fear they are rushing SNW and Academy S2 out the door as fast as they can , and then no new Trek productions for some time. I do hope i'm wrong

 

[Danja]

Paramount Settles Donald Trump Lawsuit, Clearing Path For Skydance Merger; Company Shoots Down “Media Speculation” About PSA Outlay Beyond $16M Payment – Update

Trump said the show's interview with then-presidential candidate Kama Harris was deceptively edited.

deadline.com

Paramount Global says its settlement with Donald Trump in his lawsuit against CBS News does not include an extra amount for public service announcements airing across Paramount networks.

“Contrary to some news reports or media speculation, Paramount’s settlement with President Trump does not include PSAs or anything related to PSAs,” the company said in a statement Wednesday. “Paramount has no knowledge of any promises or commitments made to President Trump other than those set forth in the settlement proposed by the mediator and accepted by the parties. The material terms of the settlement agreement in principle are those disclosed by us yesterday.”

Paramount to Donald Trump: "No."

 

[fireproof78]

'i've got a bad feeling about this'. I fear they are rushing SNW and Academy S2 out the door as fast as they can , and then no new Trek productions for some time. I do hope i'm wrong

I imagine no new Trek post merger.

 

[Danja]

'i've got a bad feeling about this'. I fear they are rushing SNW and Academy S2 out the door as fast as they can , and then no new Trek productions for some time. I do hope i'm wrong

Difficult as this may be for some people to grasp, Paramount has said (in not so many words), "We're only buying five seasons max of this puppy and dadgummit, that's how it's gonna be!"

 

[Boo-khat!]

Writers Union Calls for Bribery Probe of Paramount After Colbert Cancellation | Common Dreams

The Writers Guild of America is calling on New York's attorney general to launch a bribery investigation into Paramount Global following the cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."

www.commondreams.org

 

[F. King Daniel]

Then maybe the complaining will stop.

Someone was moaning about Kirk's promotion in the 2009 movie a few hours ago. That was 16 years ago! It'll never end as long as the human race survives.

There'll be two humans left, digging through the radioactive rubble and one of them will be complaining about the phaser beam shooting out the torpedo launcher in "Darmok"

 

[oktay]

I imagine no new Trek post merger.

They'll probably finish SFA with 3 seasons and then bring it back to Star Trek 'theaters'.

 

[F. King Daniel]

They'll probably finish SFA with 3 seasons and then bring it back to Star Trek 'theaters'.

It's possible, but that would mean giving up on one of their top franchises on Paramount+

Recently, Superman and Lois was ended before the Superman movie reboot. And going way back, I recall people blaming Star Trek V's poor performance on Trek recently returning to TV with TNG.

 

[oktay]

It's possible, but that would mean giving up on one of their top franchises on Paramount+

They will either shut down Paramount Plus. Or they will cancel the agreements with foreign media organizations, acquire the TV series licenses, and try to open the platform to the whole world.

 

[Quinton]

I imagine no new Trek post merger.

While this is certainly possible, I reckon it’ll be another cold stasis moment, albeit not as lengthy as the post-Enterprise, pre-Discovery, run. Of course, none of us can say, and it’s highly doubtful that anybody official could even do more than speculate at the moment, but things move quickly these days (except when they don’t). Maybe we’ll lose TV Trek after 2027, but maybe we’ll get it back by 2034. It’s a re-evaluation phase, a new leadership phase both from the top and within the studio development sphere.

Or, hell, maybe they renew Kurtzman’s contract, the retraction phase continues apace, and we get 1-2 Star Trek seasons per year for another decade. I dunno. The two things I’m fairly confident in are:

• The brief experiment of year-round Star Trek clearly died quite quickly, nor is it likely to be of financial interest to Skydance given the probability of merely modest returns;
• Nevertheless, Star Trek on television will not end forever via Strange New Worlds’ fifth season/Starfleet Academy’s however-many-seasons (many are skeptically thinking just the two of them, and I rather suspect similarly, but we’ll see).

While I would preemptively lament the return to “let’s just do movies for a while” thinking, eh, whatever keeps things moving, I guess. But I reckon TPTB will not cease seeing the potential profitability in the franchise, nor its usefulness as a more limited, restrained, tool for courting a particular demographic in the years to come.