A Star Trek TV reboot is in the works, and fans are very excited about the news, but they are divided when it comes to the two very different ideas being considered. Rumors are running, claiming that two companies have pitched Star Trek TV reboot ideas to television networks for the fall of 2015 or early 2016. While nothing has been confirmed or denied, it appears that CBS might be the network airing the Star Trek reboot.
A Star Trek TV reboot is set for this fall or late winter, and it might be on CBS, according to sources. The original Star Trek series also called The Original Series debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons on NBC before being cancelled in 1969. It starred William Shatner in the role of Captain Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy.
It appears that X-Men producer, Bryan Singer has teamed up with Rob Burnett, the executive producer of Late Show with David Letterman and the president and CEO of Worldwide Pants, along with writers Christopher McQuarrie and Geoffrey Thorne for a Star Trek TV reboot currently entitled Star Trek: Federation.
The new Star Trek: Federation is set in a new era beyond the Deep Space Nine and Voyager crews. The forthcoming Star Trek TV reboot has been inspired by the popular fan-made Star Trek: Axanar. Burnett has been actively tweeting about the Star Trek TV reboot:
Folks…the @LRNews STAR TREK story only reports CBS wants to make a new TREK series for television, and @BryanSinger is a good choice…
— Robert Meyer Burnett (@BurnettRM) March 29, 2015
Everything else @LRNews reported was backstory, and was all TRUE. They DID NOT say I was involved (although the AXANAR team is SOLID).
— Robert Meyer Burnett (@BurnettRM) March 29, 2015
The @StarTrekAxanar project is a donor-funded effort proving GREAT TREK doesn't have to break the bank.
— Robert Meyer Burnett (@BurnettRM) March 29, 2015
There is another Star Trek TV reboot that is also being pitched, according to Latino Review. This time around, writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski of The Real Ghostbusters and Babylon 5 has collaborated with Dark Skies’ Bryce Zabel for Star Trek: Re-Boot the Universe where they put the original characters – Kirk, Spock, McCoy – “in the most durable concept ever created in sci-fi TV. The five – year – mission.”
With J. J. Abrams‘ Star Trek 3 set to be released in 2016 and the franchise celebrating its 50th anniversary, having a Star Trek TV reboot seems to be the logical thing to do.
Are you more interested in seeing the classic version of the show retooled or do you prefer a more modern series?
