Strange New Worlds' showrunners advise fans to write to Skydance and Paramount if they're interested in a "Year One" Kirk sequel series

[eschaton]

I honestly think Star Trek should test the waters with a "where are they now" anthology show, but with the understanding it will be a low-budget outing only catering to hardcore Trekkies.

You'd need to very much minimize the use of custom sets - which likely means not having a ship-based show on a bridge or something. But you could have "away missions" filmed in/around Toronto, for example, or go the TOS route and find some excuse to otherwise use standing sets on a backlot.

Most of what die-hard fans want is just to see the characters interact and hear what they're doing now, which is pretty cheap compared to action or VFX.

 

[FederationHistorian]

The uniform Scotty wore in WNMHGB was the color that was replaced with red in TOS proper. IIRC, he still had the stylized lower case e in his badge, making it clear he was not command track.

Ok, thanks for the correction.

Scotty on the command track in Year One would help give depth to him being in the chair in TOS, and being ranked captain in the TOS films.

The natural counter-question is why are those the only two options?

If those are the only two options, I would vote for this year one concept if it were up to me.

I know you're joking, but I'm really not keen on this Star Trek: SNW fans vs Star Trek: Picard fans thing that's going on where it has to be one thing or the other. I'm on team Star Trek.

It’s not TOS vs TNG though.

If Legacy is greenlit, then its likely the Tawny Newsome’s sitcom show, a Janeway show, and the in-limbo Picard movie get greenlit too (which will likely be nowhere as bad as the S31 movie). We’ll be swimming in 25th century content. A serious push into the 25th century has been wanted for a long time now.

All we have offered to us right now in the TOS era is Year One. It will probably be more of the same from what been seen in SNW; episodes like “Those Old Scientists”, “Subspace Rhapsody”, “A Space Adventure Hour” and the planned puppet episode in SNW’s 4th season likely would not happen under Matalas. Going with Year One is a barebones option, and I’d imagine that Skydance would want to maximize the usage of the sets built. That’s at least a TOS or Lost Era/S31 starbase show. Unless the plan is to go big on Long Treks instead, both live action and animation (be they LD of TAS style). And a crossover event involving all of the series, since Trek has not had that crossover event yet, and it would be considerably cheaper in animation.

And that’s without factoring that Kelvinverse Origins film either.

A TOS reboot could be just what's needed, but I hope they'd fully commit to it and write something tonally and structurally akin to TOS (barring the recurring pathetic misogyny).

A show does not need to be set in the TOS era to have a TOS tone.

Legacy could very easily have a TOS tone.

 

[The Wormhole]

They're relatively blank slates. They don't have decades worth of backstory behind them (that's especially true of Mura, Esmar, and Dr. Ohk).

Even if Legacy ever did happen, there's no reason to believe any of those characters would be back, just like SNW didn't bring back any of the Enterprise's bridge officers we saw on Disco or the Short Treks. Dr. Ohk especially wouldn't be back as the actress is actually retired from acting, she on did S3 of Picard because her husband was one of the producers.

Matalas's version (the "Where Are They Now?" version) is the one that CBS rejected (it would not have featured Seven and the Enterprise-G crew).

???
Jeri Ryan already refused a proposed Captain Seven and the Enterprise G spinoff specifically because it wasn't Matalas's Legacy.

Jeri Ryan Turned Down Captain Seven ‘Picard’ Spin-off Pitch That Wasn’t ‘Star Trek: Legacy’

The 'Voyager' actress talked about it at Spacecon.

trekmovie.com

 

[Dukhat]

If Legacy is greenlit, then its likely the Tawny Newsome’s sitcom show, a Janeway show, and the in-limbo Picard movie get greenlit too (which will likely be nowhere as bad as the S31 movie). We’ll be swimming in 25th century content. A serious push into the 25th century has been wanted for a long time now.

None of the above are going to be greenlit. Some of those things aren’t even things.

All we have offered to us right now in the TOS era is Year One.

It’s not even being ‘offered.’ It’s just Goldsman desperately and pathetically trying to keep his job.

Right now the only official production that hasn’t been cancelled is SFA. That’s it. There is nothing else officially in the pipeline. At all.

 

[Noname Given]

I think people are anticipating the question, what happens if the show gets multiple seasons?

12 months in a year.
(Hey, time compression worked for M*A*S*H).

 

[Noname Given]

None of the above are going to be greenlit. Some of those things aren’t even things.



It’s not even being ‘offered.’ It’s just Goldsman desperately and pathetically trying to keep his job.

Right now the only official production that hasn’t been cancelled is SFA. That’s it. There is nothing else officially in the pipeline. At all.

There's Tawny Newsome's Trek sitcom still in development.

 

[Starflight]

You could theoretically write infinite original stories set during the five-year mission. Some of the Pocket Books novels, and things like the 25th Anniversary/Judgment Rites videogames, seem to arbitrarily pick an unused stardate that places them at some point between 2265 - 2270 and run with it.

If they were to somehow get multiple seasons of Year One, I wouldn't mind if they just dropped stardates entirely and had all the stories just take place "during the mission". There's not much that distinguishes a standalone year-five story from a year-one story, other than Kirk's hairpiece glue slowly becoming more obvious over the course of the mission.

 

[Dukhat]

There's Tawny Newsome's Trek sitcom still in development.

It has not been greenlit, and has already had its entire premise changed. But not sure what, if any, ‘development’ has happened further.

 

[Mudd]

It’s not even being ‘offered.’ It’s just Goldsman desperately and pathetically trying to keep his job.

No.

 

[Dukhat]

No.

Aww, are we doing the ‘no-yes’ game now?

 

[Quinton]

Perhaps.

 

[Turtletrekker]

It's honestly adorable how the people who don't like Kurtzman or Goldsman actually believe that the studio heads feel the same way as they do.

 

[Dukhat]

It's honestly adorable how the people who don't like Kurtzman or Goldsman actually believe that the studio heads feel the same way as they do.

If you’re referring to me, I like those guys just fine. Or at the least, I have nothing against them, other than Goldsman doing exactly what Matalas did after PIC ended.

 

[The Wormhole]

It's honestly adorable how the people who don't like Kurtzman or Goldsman actually believe that the studio heads feel the same way as they do.

I mean, Kurtzman does keep getting fired for a reason...

 

[trekfan_1]

Even if Legacy ever did happen, there's no reason to believe any of those characters would be back, just like SNW didn't bring back any of the Enterprise's bridge officers we saw on Disco or the Short Treks. Dr. Ohk especially wouldn't be back as the actress is actually retired from acting, she on did S3 of Picard because her husband was one of the producers.

???
Jeri Ryan already refused a proposed Captain Seven and the Enterprise G spinoff specifically because it wasn't Matalas's Legacy.

Jeri Ryan Turned Down Captain Seven ‘Picard’ Spin-off Pitch That Wasn’t ‘Star Trek: Legacy’

The 'Voyager' actress talked about it at Spacecon.

trekmovie.com

I'm surprised on how little chatter there was on this after it was reported. Who was the person that pitched this series to Ryan? The narrative seems to be ( if im not mistaken) that Kurtzman/ the decision makers "heard" the fans but they were spread thin with other projects and had other Trek productions already in the queue. This to me makes it sound like the real reason they didn't do Legacy is because they didn't want to and wanted to do something else that still involved Seven as a captain.

 

[Danja]

I'm surprised on how little chatter there was on this after it was reported. Who was the person that pitched this series to Ryan? The narrative seems to be ( if im not mistaken) that Kurtzman/ the decision makers "heard" the fans but they are spread thin with other projects and had Trek productions already in the queue. This to me makes it sound like the real reason they didn't do Legacy is because they didn't want to and wanted to do something else still involving Seven as a captain.

The article dates from November.

Things have changed since then. SNW is now being cancelled after five seasons (just as I predicted it would).

Is Alex Kurtzman even going to have a job after the merger closes next week? The anti-Kurtzman brigade is no doubt creaming themselves over the possibility of Kurtzman being shown the door to make way for someone who can bring the franchise back to "real Trek".

 

[trekfan_1]

The article dates from November.

Things have changed since then. SNW is now being cancelled after five seasons (just as I predicted it would).

Is Alex Kurtzman even going to have a job after the merger closes next week? The anti-Kurtzman brigade is no doubt creaming themselves over the possibility of Kurtzman being shown the door to make way for someone who can bring the franchise back to "real Trek".

True, and Ryan was probably pitched after filming ended, which would have been even sooner. I also seem to recall Stewart saying he was approached about a Picard movie, which is not very likely to happen anymore.

As for Kurtzman, the reasons given by people who want him out will differ, but I do think it's probably time to hand over the keys to someone else. Berman was in charge for about 17 years, and Kurtzman is not that far off.

 

[Danja]

As for Kurtzman, the reasons given by people who want him out will differ, but I do think it's probably time to hand over the keys to someone else. Berman was in charge for about 17 years, and Kurtzman is not that far off.

Kurtzman was first given the keys in 2017.

He's only about eight years into the job.

 

[DigificWriter]

SNW is now being cancelled after five seasons

I really wish people would stop misusing the word "cancelled" as a synonym for "not continuing".

 

[Turtletrekker]

Kurtzman was first given the keys in 2017.

He's only about eight years into the job.

And I personally hope he gets his contract renewed.