A number of upcoming Star Trek reveals are at various spots on the in-development pipeline, and one mission that sounds not like something we have seen earlier than has a greater likelihood than ever to hitch that lot. Former Decrease Decks star Tawny Newsome, additionally a author for Starfleet Academy, has been laborious at work on her live-action Trek comedy because it was introduced at San Diego Comedian Con 2024, and I am excited by her newest replace regarding the way it’s altering, in addition to a technique she hopes it stays the identical.
Whereas we do not know if this live-action collection will safe an eventual collection order that followers with Paramount+ subscription would probably rejoice, Newsome has receieved encouraging assist from Star Trek EP Alex Kurtzman and different franchise alums to maintain chiseling away at it with collaborator Justin Simien. The actress revealed in an interview with TrekMovie that the collection has developed within the improvement section, but in addition confirmed she hopes to maintain it set across the similar timeline as Star Trek: Picard. This is her rationalization:
The period continues to be shifting, however my dream of desires is to maintain it within the twenty fifth century. . . . Yeah, so anybody who was on Picard may theoretically be [in it also]. My objective is that each one of those pretty individuals, all of our legacy actors, everybody who’s presently on a present, I would like individuals to have the ability to present up with their actual faces the place we don’t should, like, do some insane ‘De Niro within the Irishman’ costly AI to their face.
I am positive that many past myself would like to see that play out, seeing as Star Trek has no rapid plans for any type of a Picard follow-up. Granted, we heard chatter that Jeri Ryan rejected a follow-up pitch, and Patrick Stewart was a script for a film centered on Jean-Luc Picard, however there have not been any significant updates past that.
Past any optimism for legacy Star Trek actors collaborating age-appropriately, Tawny Newsome confirmed how the present she’s writing has modified because it was first introduced. Whereas attempting to verify she did not say something that will get her in bother along with her Paramount bosses, she tried to clarify in broad strokes what she’s engaged on now with the present.
However what I can let you know is what we’re actually engaged on exploring, are the type of neglected sections of what occurs when a world and a tradition that isn’t that was not within the Federation. What occurs after they resolve to be?… So, Federation outsiders and what’s type of the nitty gritty concerned with becoming a member of the Federation and concerned with… yeah, I’m actually struggling [to avoid spoilers].
It sounds much like what Star Trek: Decrease Decks touched on in its last season earlier than it was canceled, the place a planet was instantly burdened with eradicating all its jewels and forex after turning into a post-scarcity society. It feels like Tawny Newsome is fascinated with exploring the specifics of how the Federation works relating to sure insurance policies, much like what her former boss, Mike McMahan, did.
I am to see if this collection ever will get a correct order, given how Paramount has scaled again manufacturing on Star Trek reveals in recent times. As of writing, there are solely two reveals (Unusual New Worlds and Starfleet Academy) in lively manufacturing. I would like to suppose Tawny Newsome would not be engaged on the present this lengthy if it was all for nothing, however we’ll see if any significant updates pop up at San Diego Comedian-Con.
Catch Tawny Newsome’s voice in Star Trek: Decrease Decks, out there to stream on Paramount+. Hopefully, we see her again as Mariner on this new present, however she wasn’t even prepared to tell us if that would be the case as she quietly fleshes out scripts.