Could Fuller Take Trek Back To TV?

bowman9991 writes "Bryan Fuller, creator of the TV show Pushing Daisies and a former Star Trek writer and producer, is geared up to make it happen. The new Star Trek TV show would be based on "old style" Star Trek, rather than the more recent incarnations and variations: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Star Trek: The Next Generation. There hasn't been a Star Trek TV series since Enterprise was canceled after four seasons in 2005. Fuller wrote twenty one Star Trek episodes over four years, two in Deep Space Nine's final season, and the rest for Voyager. He also produced Voyager's last season. If J.J. Abrams' reboot is successful (and the latest trailer suggests it will be!) perhaps we'll see him involved with a new Star Trek TV show with the style and impact of Fringe or Lost. The new Star Trek movie featuring a young Kirk and Spock is in cinemas May 2009." Besides his work on many episodes of Trek, Fuller's work includes Dead Like Me and some of the best of Heroes. (He's one of the names I actively seek in the writing slot.) Between him and JJ Abrams, the era of Rick Berman looks to finally be at an end. Cross your fingers.

Comments

Re:Hmmm...

[ByOhTek]

Funny, my thoughts are the reverse. Voyager at least had some good plots, though there were a couple of stretches that sucked.

Deep Suck 9 was just that...

Re:How do you reinvent Trek?

[bigstrat2003]

I'd say Firefly was a great model on how to do a space show that wasn't Trek

I might say that if Firefly hadn't sucked. It was incredibly cheesy and stupid, I got sick of it after an episode.

Galactica has good production values and good acting but the writing is a crime.

I might say that if BSG wasn't the best-written show I've ever seen. Damn near every episode is top-notch, and the episodes that aren't are still really damn good. The show is all but perfect.