CBS Is Developing Multiple STAR TREK Shows With Alex Kurtzman Overseeing The Universe

CBS Is Developing Multiple STAR TREK Shows With Alex Kurtzman Overseeing The Universe

Following some shake-ups behind the scenes of Star Trek: Discovery that led to Alex Kurtzman becoming showrunner, a new report reveals plans from CBS to develop multiple series with Kurtzman at the head...

By VHernandez - Jun 19, 2018 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
We recently found out that Alex Kurtzman would be taking over as the sole showrunner of Star Trek: Discover, but now a new report reveals the writer will have an even larger role in CBS’s expanding Star Trek universe.

According to Variety, Kurtzman has signed a five-year deal with the network to supervise the expansion. This role will see him oversee the development of new series and other content set within the Star Trek universe.

Along with this news, Variety has received word on four potential series that Kurtzman would be overseeing. The first is said to come from the showrunners of Hulu and Marvel's Runaways, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz, and will take place at Starfleet Academy.

Meanwhile, there are two other projects that are described as mini-series. There are no details available on one of them, but the other is supposedly based around the iconic Wrath of Khan story. There is also a mysterious animated series in the works.

There is no word on how far along these four series are in the development process, or on the chances of them getting the greenlight, but from the sound of things they are just the first of what CBS hopes will be many more new Trek shows.

So, what do you folks make of this news? Do you like the idea of more Star Trek shows besides Discovery? Make sure to share your thoughts below.
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emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 6/19/2018, 12:38 PM
Hope season 2 of ST Dis is more traditional. That spore drive thingy got real old towards the end of S1.
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 6/19/2018, 12:38 PM
They should do a series about the early formation of Star Fleet from the collective space agencies of Earth.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/19/2018, 12:47 PM
Sounds awesome. Bring it on. Lots of stories to tell in that universe.
DoctorCranium
DoctorCranium - 6/19/2018, 12:49 PM
If they could put this on a network I don't have to pay more money for or already do (Netflix, Amazon), I would be a regular viewer. I'm not paying for CBS All Access. That being said, my favorite thing to come out of this is the acronym for the show is STD.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/19/2018, 12:51 PM
Not a Kurtzman fan (not a fan of his film work), and not a Trekkie, but I really like Discovery.
JustAChillFan
JustAChillFan - 6/19/2018, 12:52 PM
Wasn't kurtzman overseeing the amazing spider-verse, and then the universal monster-verse? How is this guy still getting jobs overseeing a universe after those 2 failures.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/19/2018, 12:59 PM
@JustAChillFan - The shows he makes have made money for CBS and the Star Trek movies he was involved with made Paramount money.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 6/19/2018, 12:53 PM
Going to say one word/name for a new series...

ROMULANS.

They would make a perfect Political Plotting/Betrayal/Thriller. Make isn’t anytjing more than Vulcans, but with emotions and their production would make for dynamic architecture and fun spaceships.
gulducati
gulducati - 6/19/2018, 12:57 PM
I'm on board so long as they don't do anymore prequels. There should be a freaking international ban on prequels of anything from now on. Go 100 years after Voyager returned to earth, all new tech, new regions of space, new aliens, new stories please!
FleischerSupes
FleischerSupes - 6/19/2018, 1:07 PM
So you want to keep making new Star Trek...DO NOT mess this up like Star Wars and DC have been...it's all I have left.

NathimusPrime
NathimusPrime - 6/19/2018, 1:24 PM
@FleischerSupes - one if the best things about this show is Rikers "peculiar" way of sitting down.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 6/19/2018, 1:29 PM
@NathimusPrime - there's a YouTube compilation of his best "seatings" that's pretty funny.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 6/19/2018, 1:30 PM
@NathimusPrime - found it:

ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 6/19/2018, 2:03 PM
@NathimusPrime - I always wondered if it was just that the uniform was constantly giving him a wedgie.
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 6/19/2018, 1:34 PM
in here just to see is sasha's ok
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/19/2018, 1:39 PM
Off-topic: new poster and trailer for The Meg.


MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/19/2018, 1:40 PM
And poster for Creed 2.

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