Last month, it was revealed that the newStar Trek TV serieswill be calledStar Trek Discovery, created byBryan Fuller. The show will debut its pilot episode on CBS in January before the rest of the series is available on the new streaming service CBS All Access. Today we have word from series creatorBryan Fullerabout why the show is entitledStar Trek Discovery.
Bryan Fullerput in a video appearance atStar TrekMission New York, where he clarified why the show’s new ship is calledDiscovery. As it turns out, the ship’s new title is an homage toStanley Kubrick’s2001: A Space Odyssey. Here’s what the showrunner had to say, courtesy ofComicBook.com.
“This ship is called the Discovery for a few reasons. Not the least of which is Stanley Kubrick’s contribution to the Discovery on 2001: A Space Odyssey, NASA’s vessel the Discovery, and also the sense of discovery. [It’s about] what the word ‘discovery’ means toStar Trekaudiences who have been promised a future byGene Roddenberrywhere we come together as a planet and seek new worlds and new alien races to explore and understand and collaborate with.”
The show’s title was announced during the 50th Anniversary panel at Comic-Con, which was moderated by Bryan Fuller. The panel honored the golden anniversary and the indelible mark the iconic franchise has left on fans around the world, and featured stars from previous iterations of the beloved series, includingWilliam Shatner,Brett Spiner,Michael Dorn,Jeri RyanandScott Bakula.Bryan Fulleris serving as showrunner and co-writing the pilot script with Alex Kurtzman. The newsci-fi serieswill be produced by CBS Television Studios in association withKurtzman’s Secret Hideout.KurtzmanandHeather Kadinwill serve as executive producers.
The showStar Trek Discoverywill be the first original series developed specifically for U.S. audiences for CBS All Access, a cross-platform streaming service that brings viewers thousands of episodes from CBS’s current and past seasons on demand, plus the ability to stream their local CBS Television station live for $5.99 per month. CBS All Access already offers every episode of all previousStar Trektelevision series. Thenew Star Trekwill introduce never-before-seen characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. Stay tuned for more onStar Trek Discoveryas we get closer to the January debut.
