“The conversations that I have had is, ‘Hey, we finished writing it,’ and everyone said, ‘Yep, we love it.’ And then we turned it in, and then it was Christmas…. The business is in an interesting place right now… Who knows?”
“The conversations that I have had is, ‘Hey, we finished writing it,’ and everyone said, ‘Yep, we love it.’ And then we turned it in, and then it was Christmas…. The business is in an interesting place right now… Who knows?”
On top of that, the Ellison regime didn’t change the personnel directly in charge of CBS Studios (though they did change the people in charge of Paramount+, which is also relevant).
There’s also the lingering question of Kurtzman himself. He signed a five-year extension…five years ago. Not a peep regarding a renewal.
I’m not sure that it’s entirely accurate that there’s no hints of a renewal for Kurtzman’s and Secret Hideout.
In the recent SFX magazine piece for Starfleet Academy, the Kurtzman quotes hinted vaguely at “Lots more Star Trek TV is in development”.
TrekMovie observes that, ‘The SFX article noted Kurtzman was “tight-lipped about future projects,” adding that the interview was done before the announcement that[ Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are developing a new Star Trek film.’
Thinking back to the last 5-year extension, Kurtzman was asked to map out proposal for Star Trek’s television rollout for 5-7 years forward.
Clearly, he was given clearance by the new ownership to pitch stuff towards another extension. Whether there’s any uptake is to be seen.
I just keep coming back to the previous Paramount+ and streaming heads stripping the schedule back to the point that animation was being eliminated and the live action schedule was dominated by Taylor Sheridan.
Now the new owners have a large and prestigious animation studio and Sheridan refused to renew.
Meanwhile WB is fighting back against Skydance’s takeover effort to go with Netflix’s offer.
If I had to guess, Paramount+ will see more new Star Trek animation and live action as complementary to the darker whatever that the creators of Stranger Things will bring.
Kurtzman may get another but shorter extension until the movie franchise gets off the ground, but will be fenced to the 32nd century, animated shows, and shows from the 23rd and 24th century that won’t write new canon.
“Hint” was probably a poor choice of words, when I really meant that a renewal hasn’t been announced.
There’s a newer TrekMovie piece, just out this afternoon, that cites a new interview with Kurtzman in an industry journal.
It also notes that a large number of of new Paramount senior executives came out for yesterday’s premiere screening.
Oh, thanks for this - I think I’ll share the original!
Edit: Never mind, it’s paywalled. I guess I’ll share the trekmovie version 🙄