New Star Trek series pitched to Paramount

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B5 Creator Pitches Trek



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abylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski told fans on a B5 Usenet group that he and Dark Skies creator Bryce Zabel have put together an idea for a new Star Trek series, which he said would revive the ailing franchise. "I got together [with Zabel] and wrote a treatment earlier this year that specified how to save [Star Trek] and develop a series that would restore the series in a big way," Straczynski wrote. "I actually think it could be a hell of a show. Whether that ever goes anywhere with Paramount, who knows?"[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans Serif]Straczynski added that Paramount called him last year to accept an executive producer position on the currrent Trek series, Enterprise, in its upcoming fourth season, but that he declined. "The series I mentioned has nothing to do with any current series," he added. "It's a new show."[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans Serif]Manny Coto, who created Showtime's SF series Odyssey 5, will take over Enterprise next year as show runner. "As for Manny, he's a good writer, and left to his own devices, I think he could be a big help over there without the other powers-that-be impeding the process," Straczynski said.[/font]

 

[Thelt]

They need some new blood, although I thought this last season of Enterprise was pretty good.

 

[The Brain]

Star Trek needs to take a couple seasons off before making a new run... no Next Generation, no DS9, no Voyager, and no Enterprise. It started to grow stale, and needs time for people to get interested again.

I'm more looking forward to the possibility of the new Star Wars TV series.

 

[smashmouth5]

I'm more looking forward to the possibility of the new Star Wars TV series.

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[Thelt]

I think Star Wars has gotten stale too. I am not too sure a series will have any legs.

 

[Toll Booth Willie]

The whole sci fi genre, especially with regard to TV, seems to have grown stagnant of late. Although I too liked the last season of Enterprise. It seems to flow better when the whole season has a direction.

 

[Thelt]

Star Trek's problem is that they have had the same guys in charge for too long. All the stories start to repeat each other after a while. They need some new blood who are not afraid to take some risks. I would not mind seeing them actually kill off some characters from time to time. If you look at shows like Buffy, Angel, Highlander the Series, the X files you see that they have a pretty different cast by the end of the series. On Star Trek you rarely see that sort of thing. The characters do not seem to grow but rather stay pretty much the same the whole run.

 

[mathmajors]

I'm more looking forward to the possibility of the new Star Wars TV series.

Hadn't seen anything on that. Gotta link?

 

[The Brain]

Hadn't seen anything on that. Gotta link?

http://cgi.theforce.net/theforce/tfn.cgi?storyID=23814

 

[The Brain]

http://cgi.theforce.net/theforce/tfn.cgi?storyID=23924