"New villains. New crews. New heroes. New worlds." But not really much news. The first teaser trailer for the new Star Trek TV series has arrived online and, since the show – being run by, among others, Hannibal's Bryan Fuller – is still in its infancy, there were no major announcements. But take a look at the teaser, which flies around the stars, regardless.
Wednesday saw the upfront presentation from US network CBS, where the channel's executives and talent put on a show to convince ad buyers to support their new and returning series. Naturally, the new Star Trek was a part of that, especially since the network can tie it into the overall franchise's 50th anniversary celebrations this year.
The show, however, won't premiere on US TV until next January, and will air just its initial episode on the broadcast network before switching to the company's new subscription service, CBS All Access (in the States, at least).
Fuller and Alex Kurtzman are the executive producers, and the show will also boast the writing (and potentially directing) talents of Nicholas Meyer, the man who helped to bring Star Trek back to life on the big screen with Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan in 1982, wrote 1986's The Voyage Home and then helped send the original crew's movies off with 1991's The Undiscovered Country.
No casting details have emerged yet, but those should be following along soon enough. And there has been talk that this will be an anthology series following different ships and crews through their adventures. Which could be something fresh for the series, and here's why we're enthused by Fuller being aboard. The big screen version – which likely won't have any crossover, even given Kurtzman's presence – returns with Star Trek Beyond on July 22.