CBS All Access has announced that its Star Trek universe is set to expand further with the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which will take place during the early days of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and see Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock) and Rebecca Romijn (Number One) reprising their roles […]
CBS’ Clarice Starling series casts Rebecca Breeds in lead role
CBS’ Clarice series has just cast the lead role of Clarice Starling in what will be a sequel series to The Silence of the Lambs, with Variety revealing that Rebecca Breeds (Pretty Little Liars) will play the young FBI agent in the upcoming thriller series. Clarice Starling was first introduced in Thomas Harris’ novel The Silence of […]
Exclusive Interview – Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman and Kirsten Beyer on Star Trek: Picard, what it means to treat Star Trek as a franchise, and more
Alex Moreland interviews Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman and Kirsten Beyer about Star Trek: Picard, their emotional connection to the series, and more… Between the four of them, Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman and Kirsten Beyer have written a lot of Star Trek: novels, comic books, films, and, of course, television. The series isn’t […]
Star Trek’s Alex Kurtzman explains his Star Wars influences
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 […]