I just read that Paramount is going to put out a new ST series next year! The series is going to be in TOS time. Rick Berman is not doing the show. Gene Roddenberry Jr is in charge now. They want to get back to basics. Good news!

Wow! I'd get excited if I didn't just look at the calendar! Sweet! :lol:

Dan

Welcome to April everyone!

Are you serious ? :eek: Or is this another April Fools prank ?! :devil:

Is It April Already???

Well I'm not sure about a new series, but it was announced in the trade papers a few weeks ago that a writer had been put to work on the screenplay for the next feature film (no joke). Did anyone else see that?

Yessir, the writer of the screenplay is Erik Jendresen, one of the writers for the mini-series "Band of Brothers." And as this is April 1st, I have to add the disclaimer, no foolin' guys, this one's for real. :)

Dan

It's true, I swear! I read it on the Internet, so it's gotta be true!

I also heard that, while he's not in any producing capacity, Rick Berman has a cameo in the pilot episode of the new series. He plays a starship captain who's captured, tortured and then eaten alive by the Gorn.... :devil:

I like the way you think, Griff. :devil:

Please Just Let It Die!!!!

It will not DIE! I tried shooting,stabbing,poison,a picture of Michael Jackson,and other unpleasent stuff.

There's money in the trademarks, so Trek won't die.

I'm not sure what would better qualify Gene Roddenberry Jr than, say, Frank Perdue to produce a Trek series.

Yessir, the writer of the screenplay is Erik Jendresen...
Yea, & Rick Berman is co-writing it. The bad thing is that both of them are somewhat persona-non-grata on the lot nowdays. They were put on that to wait out till their contracts to expire. What happens with their work on the script is anyone's guess. Info from an insider.

There's money in the trademarks, so Trek won't die.

I'm not sure what would better qualify Gene Roddenberry Jr than, say, Frank Perdue to produce a Trek series.

Not being dead? :)
Although, even dead, I'm sure Frank could write better than Berman.

Not being dead? :)



I'm not sure that's enough to make the difference. :)

Eugene Roddenberry Jr is a canny and honest enough guy to have suggested on more than one occasion that it would be unrealistic for people to expect him to take over "Star Trek". Of course, he's also still very young.

I also heard that, while he's not in any producing capacity, Rick Berman has a cameo in the pilot episode of the new series. He plays a starship captain who's captured, tortured and then eaten alive by the Gorn.... :devil:

Now I'd give real money to see that :)

I'll up that to a brick of latinum!

Make it 500 quatloos!