As CBS gears up to go into production on its new Star Trek series this September, showrunner Bryan Fuller has been talking to Collider about the franchise’s latest foray onto the small screen, sharing his excitement over the project, and providing an update on their progress.
“It’s wonderful,” states Fuller. “It’s surreal. I didn’t want to be a writer. I wanted to be a Star Trek writer, so to be able to craft a new iteration of the show with new characters and a whole new adventure and whole new way of telling stories that you haven’t been able to tell on Star Trek is honorable and it’s a dream come true. It’s hard to articulate that.”
“We’ve got the arc of the first season entirely written, or arced out, and we’ve got the first six episodes entirely broken,” he continues, revealing that the series will consistent of one single story over thirteen episodes. “I’ve met with a few actors, and it’s an interesting process. There’s a few people that we like and we want to carry on what Star Trek does best, which is being progressive. So it’s fascinating to look at all of these roles through a colorblind prism and a gender-blind prism, so that’s exciting. I think the progressive audience that loves Star Trek will be happy that we’re continuing that tradition.”
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“When I first sat down with [the network], it was ‘Do you have a plan of what you want to do?’ And they said, ‘No,’ and I said, ‘I have a plan,’ and we started talking,” And it was wonderful to be working with Alex Kurtzman, who I have a tremendous amount of respect for, and who’s such an elegant storyteller and crafting a story with him that ties in so many elements of Star Trek that I think people will be really excited about because you can look at the original series and pick out episodes we’re using the DNA of and using the spirit of what Star Trek offers, both in terms of high-concept science fiction storytelling and really wonderful metaphors for the human condition.”
Fuller suggested that we’ll start to hear more about the project around the time of San Diego Comic-Con, which takes place next month.
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Originally published June 24, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
