Star Trek: Discovery Slipping Its Launch Window (Again), Casts Spock’s Father

It looks like Star Trek: Discovery continues to have a mix of the best of times and worst of times. On the upside, the casting for the role of Spock’s father, Sarek, has been announced and will be played by James Frain (Azrael on Fox’s Gotham). On the downside, production schedule issues seem to continue to plague the project, with CBS releasing a statement today implying that the show will likely slip from its previously announced date of May to sometime later this year:

Production on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ begins next week. We love the cast, the scripts and are excited about the world the producers have created.  This is an ambitious project; we will be flexible on a launch date if it’s best for the show.  We’ve said from the beginning it’s more important to do this right than to do it fast. There is also added flexibility presenting on CBS All Access, which isn’t beholden to seasonal premieres or launch windows.

The show had postponed previously, slipping from February to the May date, when amongst a shakeup in showrunners came about with Bryan Fuller having tapped out and replaced with Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts. CBS is trying to do its best to create a compelling series to help launch and drive subscribers to their CBS All Access platform.