What's Next For Star Trek? Alex Kurtzman May Have a Plan
Alex Kurtzman sits on the bridge set of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Image ViacomCBS
MARCH 27, 2023 – Where do we go from here? By the end of 2023, Star Trek: Picard will have warped off into the sunset, with Star Trek: Discovery not far behind in early 2024. That will leave Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as the only live-action Trek series with a future.
Or…is it?
As we listen to Alex Kurtzman speak the answer becomes (almost) more transparent. For many fans, the ensemble of the TNG cast joining PIC season three has been a long-wanted reality now come true. He also spoke about how the actors have openly advocated carrying on in a movie, saying, “Anything is possible, truly.”
However, when speaking of more spin-off series, or even character-driven mini-series he further noted:
I think we could absolutely continue to tell stories about individual characters that are set up on the show in other contexts. That’s the beauty of having a universe now is that, in a perfect world, we’re not just doing seasons of television, we’re doing event series [mini-series], we’re doing single events that could be two, three hours long [TV movies]. I think that we are now at a place where that’s really possible.
Terry Matalas had even more to say about the future of Trek:
Many of the stars of the show are hoping to carry on after season 3 in a new show called ‘Star Trek: Legacy.’ A more limited character-focused project could be seen as an alternate way to carry on some of the storylines. But even in that case, they could still end up setting up a larger series in the same way Short Treks episodes featuring the USS Enterprise crew from Discovery set up Strange New Worlds.
Alex Kurtzman also stated that the future of Trek need not continue only with the legacy TNG cast. The Section 31 show mentioned back in 2019 is not off the table, but due to Michelle Yeoh’s availability (especially now that she’s an Oscar laureate) may work as a more limited ‘event series’ or even a movie on Paramount+.
Continuing, Kurtzman said:
We have plans for new things… there’s quite a few plans, and you’ll hear about them soon. We will continue to expand the Star Trek universe, absolutely.
So, what exactly does “soon” mean when making an announcement is concerned? Well, April 5th is First Contact Day, which seems as good a time as any to reveal plans for Trek’s future. For more details and even more nuggets of what’s going on with Trek, visit our friends at TrekMovie.com
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