Babylon 5 team make pitch for new Star Trek show

DMT

From Trektoday.com
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski claimed that he recently worked on the development of a new Star Trek series.

Cinescape has reprinted the news from a post at JMS News, in which Straczynski said that he and Dark Skies creator Bryce Zabel had written a treatment earlier this year for a new television series for Paramount. Straczynski stated that the new installment of the franchise would restore Star Trek "in a big way", adding, "I actually think it could be a hell of a show. Whether that ever goes anywhere with Paramount, who knows?"

Though there have been rumours that Paramount had entertained outside pitches for new Star Trek shows from everyone from William Shatner to a group of horror film producers, this is the first time another major television science fiction team has claimed to be working on a project independent of Rick Berman, who has been an executive producer of Star Trek for nearly two decades.

Berman's current production partner Brannon Braga has stated in interviews that he will not be the show-runner for Star Trek: Enterprise next season, with new writer Manny Coto likely to take over those duties, according to several actors on the show. Straczynski praised Coto and offered veiled criticism of Berman and Braga at the same time, saying, "Left to his own devices, I think he could be a big help over there without the other powers that be impeding the process."

The Great Link has previously reported Straczynski's claims that he was invited to become an executive producer on Enterprise, but declined the position.

If this comes to pass it could be the greatest thing to happen to Star Trek in years...

DMT

Original post by JMS here.

The Shol'va

Looks like JMS got over the whole "DS9 is a B5 ripoff" thing :P

bizmark

Getting rid of B and B will be a great step to restoreing star trek and they could do far worse than the man who created bab5 also star trek shouldnt be shown on Upn in america

Round Cable

Originally posted by bizmark
star trek shouldnt be shown on Upn in america

Why not?

DMT

Originally posted by Round Cable
Why not?

It's a crappy channel, people assume whatever is on it is crap. A bit like TV3.

Enterprise (or Star Trek: Babylon 5 if it happens) would be better to a channel like The WB or even one of the Big 4.

bizmark

What Dmt said its a terrible channel they dont even promote enterprise ffs also upn seems to want to be a girls channel (or so i read) star trek is aimed at men........Maybe the sci fi channel would be a good channel for star trek

shinzon

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski claimed that he recently worked on the development of a new Star Trek series.

Hmmm now theres something i never thought id see in a million years, the words straczynski and Star Trek in the same sentence

Im actually impressed by this, but whether paramount goes for it is another story altogether

but yes Shin approves

Shin

Round Cable

Originally posted by DMT
Enterprise (or Star Trek: Babylon 5 if it happens) would be better to a channel like The WB or even one of the Big 4.

With the ratings that Enterprise gets The WB or any of the other networks wouldn't want it. Even UPN decided to cancel Enterprise at the end of season 3, only a licence fee cut (from paramount) persauded them to renew it.

Supercell

B5 has to be my favourite sci-fi ever ..trek second (ds9 was a b5 ripoff) ...

Straczynski doing trek...now there is something worth watching!!