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Not to be confused with CBS All Access’s upcoming adult-oriented animated Star Trek: Lower Decks from Rick & Morty writer Mike McMahan (about the “less glamorous” jobs in Starfleet), Nickelodeon has just given the greenlight for their own star trekkin’ animated series for the youngins.  Kevin and Dan Hageman (Trollhunters, Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) will be talking the helm […]

If you missed it, this past weekend was the kickoff of the PaleyFest spring tv sessions, with CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery and The Twilight Zone reboot both having panels on Sunday, March 24th. Numerous things were touched on for DISCO, the main point being what the role of Michael Burnham means to star Sonequa Martin-Green, […]

Alex Kurtzman probably made the right choice when he opted to exit the planned Universal Monsters Universe after the….disappointing…box office performance of his feature film starring Tom Cruise– The Mummy. To be fair, there were certainly some good ideas contained within the film, like Russell Crowe as Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. That casting was a BRILLIANT choice, and should […]

Star Trek: The Next Generation fans are a hard lot to please. With a franchise spanning 50+ years, that’s not really surprising, but the core value of optimism and striving for a better future often times seems forgotten by those fans. Take the most recent TV foray into space, Star Trek: Discovery. Not really ‘classic’ Trek, […]

Yes, Star Trek does already have an animated series in it’s past, but it would appear that CBS All Access is moving forward with a new one. Already picked up for two seasons, a half-hour animated comedy series called Star Trek: Lower Deck, which will reportedly will focus on the “support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s […]

CBS is ready to embark on a 5 year mission with Star Trek: Discovery interm showrunner Alex Kurtzman. Following the exit of the two previous showrunners on the CBS All Access series, Kurtzman stepped into the position to continue production on season 2 of the 6th live-action Star Trek tv show. Variety broke the news this morning that […]