STUDIO CITY, Calif.,
Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Bryan Fuller, who launched his career writing for "Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager," will return to the
television franchise as co-creator and executive producer of the
new CBS "Star Trek" series.
As previously announced, the new series, produced by CBS
Television Studios, will launch with a special preview broadcast on
the CBS Television Network in early 2017. The premiere episode and
all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available
exclusively in the United States
on CBS All Access, the Network's digital subscription video
on demand and live streaming service. The new "Star Trek" series
marks the first original series developed for CBS All
Access.
The next chapter of the "Star Trek" franchise will also be
distributed concurrently for television and multiple platforms
around the world by CBS Studios International.
"My very first experience of 'Star Trek' is my oldest brother
turning off all the lights in the house and flying his model of a
D7 Class Klingon Battle Cruiser through the darkened halls. Before
seeing a frame of the television series, the 'Star Trek' universe
lit my imagination on fire," said executive producer Bryan Fuller. "It is without exaggeration a
dream come true to be crafting a brand new iteration of 'Star Trek'
with fellow franchise alum Alex
Kurtzman and boldly going where no 'Star Trek' series has
gone before."
"Bringing 'Star Trek' back to television means returning it to
its roots, and for years those roots flourished under Bryan's
devoted care," said executive producer Alex
Kurtzman. "His encyclopedic knowledge of 'Trek' canon is
surpassed only by his love for Gene
Roddenberry's optimistic future, a vision that continues to
guide us as we explore strange new worlds."
"For the past 50 years, 'Star Trek' has been a groundbreaking
franchise that not only changed the landscape of television, but
made a significant impact on pop culture," said David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios.
"When we began discussions about the series returning to
television, we immediately knew that Bryan
Fuller would be the ideal person to work alongside
Alex Kurtzman to create a fresh and
authentic take on this classic and timeless series. Bryan is not
only an extremely gifted writer, but a genuine fan of 'Star Trek.'
Having someone at the helm with his gravitas who also understands
and appreciates the significance of the franchise and the worldwide
fan base was essential to us."
Recently, Fuller served as executive producer and writer on
NBC's "Hannibal," based on the characters from the book
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. He got his start writing
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," followed by "Star Trek: Voyager,"
where he worked his way from freelance writer to staff writer to
co-producer. Fuller went on to create the critically acclaimed
series "Dead Like Me" and "Wonderfalls." Also, he served as writer
and co-executive producer on the first season of "Heroes," before
leaving to create the Emmy Award-winning "Pushing Daisies." Fuller
is currently executive producing along with partner Michael Green an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods for the
STARZ network.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of "Star Trek," one of the
most successful entertainment franchises of all time. The original
"Star Trek," created by Gene
Roddenberry, spawned a dozen feature films and five
successful television series. Half a century later, the "Star Trek"
television series are licensed on a variety of different platforms
in more than 190 countries, and the franchise still generates more
than 1 billion social media impressions every month.
"Star Trek" will be produced by CBS Television Studios in
association with Kurtzman's Secret Hideout. Kurtzman, Fuller and
Heather Kadin will serve as
executive producers.
CBS All Access is the CBS Television Network's digital
subscription video on-demand and live streaming service. CBS
All Access gives CBS fans the ability to watch more than
7,500 episodes on demand – spanning current shows from primetime,
daytime and late night, as well as past seasons of select series
and classic TV hits, including every episode of all previous STAR
TREK television series. CBS All Access is currently
available online at CBS.com, on mobile devices via the CBS App for
iOS, Android and Windows 10, and on Roku Players, Apple TV,
Chromecast, Android TV, Xbox 360 and Fire TV. To sign up,
visit http://www.cbs.com/allaccess.
CBS Television Studios is one of the industry's leading
suppliers of primetime programming for broadcast, basic and premium
cable. The studio's roster of programs includes the phenomenally
successful NCIS and CSI franchises; the critically acclaimed series
THE GOOD WIFE, MADAM SECRETARY, JANE THE VIRGIN and CRAZY
EX-GIRLFRIEND; the hit crime dramas ELEMENTARY, BLUE BLOODS and
HAWAII FIVE-0; the summer event
series ZOO and the upcoming new dramas BRAINDEAD and AMERICAN
GOTHIC; the Emmy Award-nominated daytime talk show THE TALK; and
the new late night talk shows THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
and THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN; and the highly
anticipated new "Star Trek" series for CBS All Access.
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