If the film is succesful

[Cmndr J Crichton]

I think a Twilight Zone style show could be great. A new week, a new crew, new setting, and characters. It could deal with a Klingon crew, a Romulan Crew. You could go all the way to the Delta Quadrant and have a Borg only episode. It would be cost effective, since there would be no standard crew to pay, and you could get big actors to guest star more often. Also, it would be a totally fresh approach to the series. Each episode would be a self contained episode, except for the last few. The main story could collide into a trilogy for the finale.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The Borgified Corpse said:
I suspect we'll see more movies with this cast if this one is successful.

No doubt. They won't reinvent the thing again in yet another era if this one works - even if Abrams wanted to do that, the studio would demur.

 

[Kegek]

Starship Polaris said:

The Borgified Corpse said:
I suspect we'll see more movies with this cast if this one is successful.

No doubt. They won't reinvent the thing again in yet another era if this one works - even if Abrams wanted to do that, the studio would demur.

If this is successful, I predict Star Trek will be like Bond or Batman - a film series where every so often they recast the leads - Kirk, Spock, et cetera. Abrams may not immediately replace them, but I wouldn't bet on seeing Zachary Quinto when he's pushing sixty as Spock either. (And the last statement assumes fairly consistent franchise success.)

 

[PKTrekGirl]

^ Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me either.

I hope they keep this cast for a while. I'm actually quite impressed with the casting so far, I have to say.

 

[Jon1701]

If successful, I'd say two sequels withing the next 5 years.

As others have stated, any TV series will be a spin-off from the movies. 23rd Century based, but with a different Starship and set of characters. I dont know what I'd call it (Star Trek : TOS 2? ), but I think i'd like the ship to be the U.S.S. Yorktown.

That would be

 

[MisterPL]

This isn't just a movie, this is Paramount's bid to relaunch the entire franchise starting with this movie. If it succeeds, I'd expect to see more movies. If it fails, depending on the reasons why, I'd expect to see a new TV series launched somewhere under the CBS/Viacom umbrella of networks.

Keep in mind that Lucasfilm has two TV series based on Star Wars in the works; one CG, the other live-action. Star Trek has historically had a very "me, too" business model when it comes to Star Wars, from changing Phase II from a TV pilot to a film to making ENT a prequel. If LFL can make either of their TV projects commercially successful, I have no doubt the execs at Paramount will be taking notes on how to apply that success to their own venerable sci-fi franchise.

 

[STARTREK11]

Cary L. Brown said:

Matt said:
Wrong.

Expect a few sequels to this film. No new series until at least 2012. Expect one to be around for the 50th anniversary.

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THAT?

Why do you act like you somehow KNOW things that you don't have any more clue about than anyone else???

Seriously, pal. It's one thing to say "I disagree." If you say that, you're just saying that your opinion is different, which is totally valid.

But who the fuck do you think you are telling me I'm WRONG? Do you have a magic crystal ball that tells you the future in absolute certainty?

I stated my opinion. Are you actually telling me that you think my OPINION IS SOMETHING ELSE?

Or are you really in such a state of delusion that you think your personal opinion constitutes REALITY?

Get a clue, pal. You don't know ANYTHING about this movie, or the general machinations within the studio, or the intentions of the producers of this movie. NOT A GODDAMNED THING. Everything you think you "know" exists only in your fevered fantasy world.

Gary I am sorry you seem to be upset,but Matt even though he hates me and wishes I was dead,is correct.
I confirm that no Trek Series is in the works until The date Matt mentions.5 series have been done,and no more stories exist to tell.Any new series will simply re-tread old stories.I have absolute proof of this which I am not allowed to reveal.I have seen the timeline graph.

My name is not STAR TREK 11 for nothing.

 

[seigezunt]

STARTREK11 said:


My name is not STAR TREK 11 for nothing.

You're 11 years old, then?

 

[Borgminister]

STARTREK11 said:

Gary I am sorry you seem to be upset,

Given the context, classic.

Wounds hate salt.

 

[CaptainDonovin]

Okay, if it is a success and CBS decides they want a new series (which I feel needs to move forward from where we left off in the 24th century) where do they put it? I'm not sold that a Star Trek series would survive long on network tv.

 

[Balthier the Great]

CaptainDonovin said:
Okay, if it is a success and CBS decides they want a new series (which I feel needs to move forward from where we left off in the 24th century) where do they put it? I'm not sold that a Star Trek series would survive long on network tv.

Personally I'd expect at least a trilogy before we go back to the small screen. Trek on TV doesn't seem to get the same enthusiasm as Trek in the movies. I'm not sure exactly why, but it seems that way to me.

And the 24th Cent. stuff -- I have to say not bloody likely. If the movie gets a big nontrekkie audience, they're going to be baffled by the 24th Cent. -- WTF the klingons are good now? Who the bloody hell are the kazon? Where's Spock? And they'd probably go back to watching Battlestar or Dr. Who.

 

[Outpost4]

STARTREK11 said:
I confirm that no Trek Series is in the works until The date Matt mentions.5 series have been done,and no more stories exist to tell.Any new series will simply re-tread old stories.I have absolute proof of this which I am not allowed to reveal.I have seen the timeline graph.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Neither Matt nor STARTREK11 have any advance or inside information about this film or about either Paramount Pictures or CBS Paramount's future plans for "Star Trek."

There's not one poster in this forum who believes either of them for a minute.

My guess is that the next time we see a "Star Trek" production for television it'll be animated. That approach enables CBS Paramount to exploit the popularity of the film series with minimal development or financial risk (relative, that is, to what a live-action series or miniseries would involve).

At this point, I think an animated series developed by inspired folks (think along the lines of Bruce Timm's DC Universe shows) would probably be the freshest and most promising way of bringing Trek back to television.

 

[Kegek]

Starship Polaris said:
At this point, I think an animated series developed by inspired folks (think along the lines of Bruce Timm's DC Universe shows) would probably be the freshest and most promising way of bringing Trek back to television.

Mmm. That sounds promising. Do you mean an animated series with Kirk and Spock? It'd certainly be the best way to downsize the characters again for the small screen even when they're simultaneously in film, much like Batman: TAS and the Batman films.

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

Starship Polaris said:
There's not one poster in this forum who believes either of them for a minute.

I believe them.

I am patiently awaiting further orders.

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

They can even get Shatner and Nimoy to voice the characters. They've done animation before after all.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Or simply take the existing voice tracks from TAS and do an all CGI remake.

With the ultra-crappy 70's animation of the original, don't even try to tell me CGI wouldn't be an improvement.

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

How about that mega movie with all series cast in a Beowolf CGI style film?

 

[Kegek]

^
Sounds corny. CGI is fine by me though. CGI-ing TAS is a good start. Then they could get a bunch of voice actors and do a 'continuation' of TAS or whatever.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Samuel T. Cogley said:

Starship Polaris said:
There's not one poster in this forum who believes either of them for a minute.

I believe them.

I am patiently awaiting further orders.

The voices say "Kill! Kill them all!"

Uh - wait a minute. No. No they don't. There aren't any voices.

Don't look at me like that.