Star Trek: Discovery co-creator and Star Trek franchise producer Alex Kurtzman, has explained his Star Wars influences. The Star Wars films have been hugely influential over the years, inspiring myriad filmmakers to create their own sci-fi projects in honour of their childhood love for a galaxy far, far away. This even includes those at the […]
Star Trek: Discovery showrunner talks game-changing season two finale and what it means going forward
Spoilers for season two of Star Trek: Discovery follow. You have been warned… CBS All Access aired the season two finale of Star Trek: Discovery this past weekend, with ‘Such Sweet Sorrow’ delivering a major shift in the status quo of the show, as well as answering burning questions such as the complete absence of […]
Alex Kurtzman almost cried over Patrick Stewart reading the Star Trek: Picard pilot
There’s a lot on the horizon for Trekkies to look forward to as Star Trek: Discovery has been renewed for a third season while a Section 31 spin-off involving Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou, but none is perhaps more exciting than Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series set after he […]
Star Trek: Discovery renewed for third season
Fans of Star Trek: Discovery will be pleased to learn that the series will boldly go into more adventures for CBS All Access. The streaming service has renewed the Star Trek prequel for a third season, which will continue to follow the Discovery and Sonequa Martin-Green’s Michael Burnham on their ongoing mission. The third season will also see […]
Alex Kurtzman on the Star Trek: Picard series and differentiating it from The Next Generation
Last summer it was announced that Patrick Stewart is set to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a brand new Star Trek series on CBS All Access, and during a panel at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, executive producer Alex Kurtzman has offered an update on the progress of the Picard show […]
Alex Kurtzman discusses his disastrous Batman movie pitch to Warner Bros.
After Joel Schumacher brought the franchise to its knees with 1997’s Batman & Robin, Warner Bros. spent several years attempting to relaunch the Batman franchise – most notably under director Darren Aronofsky and writer Frank Miller with their Batman: Year One take – before Christopher Nolan came in and struck gold with 2005’s Batman Begins. […]
Alex Kurtzman on tempting Patrick Stewart back to Star Trek, reveals second animated series in the works
Last August it was announced that Patrick Stewart is set to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a Star Trek: The Next Generation sequel series at CBS All Access, which will pick up fifteen years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Speaking to THR, executive producer and franchise overseer Alex Kurtzman has discussed […]
The Mummy director says the Dark Universe movie wasn’t what he wanted it to be
Alex Kurtzman, the director of The Mummy, has admitted that the film wasn’t what he “wanted it to be” and that he is no longer involved in the Dark Universe. Universal had some pretty grand designs for their Dark Universe, a shared film universe built around their classic monster movie properties. The Mummy was supposed […]
Picard series will be very different in tone to Star Trek: Discovery
As part of its expansion of the Star Trek franchise, CBS All Access is developing a sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation which will see Patrick Stewart reprising his fan favourite role as Jean-Luc Picard. The new series will catch up with the former U.S.S. Enterprise captain some twenty years after we last saw […]
Star Trek’s Picard series to air at end of 2019
A couple months ago Star Trek fans were treated with the exciting news that Sir Patrick Stewart will be returning to the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series. While not much else is known about the currently untitled show, we now have an idea when it will hit CBS All Access. CBS’ chief creative […]