Alex Kurtzman Believes ‘Star Trek’ Nonetheless Has a Future on TV

The most recent Star Trek collection, Starfleet Academy, wrapped up its first season this week. It has a second season on the way in which, and followers may also get a fourth and fifth season of Unusual New Worlds, although it’s going to finish its run after that. After which, that’s… it for Star Trek on TV, at the very least so far as we all know, because the franchise seems to be to pivot back to the big screen.

There’s additionally the not-so-small matter of Star Trek‘s father or mother firm, Paramount, taking possession of Warner Bros—on the heels of Paramount’s mega-merger with Skydance final yr. In line with Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, if the deal goes by means of, Paramount+ and HBO Max will become one streaming platform.

What both of these looming components will imply for Star Trek‘s small-screen future stays unsure. However Alex Kurtzman, the present architect of Trek TV programming, had some (vaguely) optimistic issues to say not too long ago to TrekMovie.

“I’ve had conversations with [the company] about the way forward for Star Trek,” Kurtzman mentioned. “Sure, we’ve gotten nothing however help. Sure, there have been particular exhibits which have been mentioned. And we’ll see. I’m actually in the beginning of the dialog with them now. And so I hesitate to say something to you, as a result of I don’t have something to report but. However I can report that the conversations are taking place.”

He’s additionally conscious that there’s lots happening at Paramount Skydance currently, given the circumstances. “They’re in the course of—it’s not simply ingesting from one firehose; there’s most likely 10,000 hoses. And so every thing is simply taking place slower because of this large time of transition. And that isn’t unique to Star Trek. That’s throughout the board. And on the similar time, they’re shifting as rapidly as they will and will, as a result of they need to be considerate and methodical.”

So no updates but (and positively nothing stable on, say, the potential Star Trek: Year One series)—however perhaps quickly?

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