New ‘Star Trek’ TV Series Adds ‘Wrath Of Khan’ Director As Writer And Consulting Producer
This month already brought great news for the developingStar TrekTV series situated at CBS whenPushing DaisiesandHannibalwriter and executive producerBryan Fullerwas brought on as showrunner. And now the show has gotten even more promising with the addition ofStar Trek II: The Wrath of KhandirectorNicholas Meyercoming on board the show as a writer and consulting producer. This is probably one of the best bits of news that Trekkies could have heard for this newStar TrekTV series.
Bryan Fuller announced the news with a short press release onTwitter:
“Nicholas Meyer chased Kirk and Khan ‘round the Mutara Nebula and ‘round Genesis’ flames. He saved the whales with the Enterprise and its crew, and waged war and peace between Klingons and the Federation. We are thrilled to announce that one of Star Trek’s greatest storytellers will be boldy returning as Nicholas Meyer beams aboard the new Trek writing staff.”
Personally, I would much rather ignore the silliness ofStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home, but that’s just me. I know the movie has a special place in the hearts of fans, but it just felt so hammy to me that I couldn’t really enjoy it. But it’s also not a movie that I grew up with, which could be the reason for my aversion to its charms.
However, even though Nicholas Meyer has experience with the classic characters that even non-Star Trekfans are aware of, there’s no guarantee that this new series will be a television reboot featuring Captain Kirk or Mr. Spock. In fact, it would probably behoove CBS to venture further into the final frontier to craft something original in theStar Trekuniverse. Though that doesn’t mean certain iconic characters couldn’t pop up every now and then.
