--------------- ""Joe Straczynski suggested his fans suggest to Paramount that he and Bryce Zabel be hired to perform their revival of the Star Trek franchise. Joe briefly outlined it to me over lunch in Vancouver last summer (because I am so fucking jetset and famous, me), and it sounded like it could make entertaining TV.
Today, Joe's asking people to stop, because he has been made aware that Paramount are intending to rest Trek for an indefinite period -- "a year or two" -- and he's just taken a showrunner gig elsewhere for a show that launches late 2006. Which, being "a year or two" away, means he couldn't do his Trek if the idea were picked up.""
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From Comic Writer Warren Ellis' mailing list:
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""Joe Straczynski suggested his fans suggest to
Paramount that he and Bryce Zabel be hired to
perform their revival of the Star Trek franchise.
Joe briefly outlined it to me over lunch in
Vancouver last summer (because I am so
fucking jetset and famous, me), and it sounded
like it could make entertaining TV.
Today, Joe's asking people to stop, because
he has been made aware that Paramount are
intending to rest Trek for an indefinite period --
"a year or two" -- and he's just taken a
showrunner gig elsewhere for a show that
launches late 2006. Which, being "a year or
two" away, means he couldn't do his Trek
if the idea were picked up.""