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author Hail Mary project Fires a photon torpedo at Paramount+’s Star Trek efforts.
Best-selling author Andy Weir criticized the talk a trip Shows while on Critical drinker podcast last week, and even revealed that he made a a trip The show was dropped by Paramount.
The thread started with podcast host, Will Jordan, talking about how the box office has rebounded Hail Mary project It was, especially for the fans I grew up with Star Trek He now suffers from a “shortage” of such science fiction efforts at present.
“Yes, I saw… I forget who it was – I wish I remembered who said it, one of the analysts – he said something like: ‘All the modern sci-fi TV shows and movies have been Hardly Influenced by the original Star Trek film – Excludes “For the current batch of Star Trek shows,” Weir said.
Marsden replied: “Yes!” And they both laughed.
At first, Weir left this comment open to interpretation, but then added: “I’m Generation X, so my sci-fi was like the original series.” Star Trek Re and Lost in space Reboot. And there wasn’t really much in the way [new] Science fiction was broadcast — where people go into space to do cool things — until we got[[Star Trek: The Next Generation].”
Later, Marsden raised the issue of disagreement Star Trek: Starfleet Academywhich Paramount+ recently confirmed will end after its already filmed second season.
“I think we probably can’t safely talk about it again,” Marsden joked.
“He’s gone, my dear!” Weir agreed cheerfully. “It’s all gone.”
Marsden said his advice to Paramount is to delegalize everything Star Trek from project Onwards.
“Well, you’re a little tougher than me,” Weir said. “I’ll give you my opinion and I’m just a consumer. I love it Strange new worlds. I think it’s very good. I didn’t hate it project. I thought it was kinda weird. Basement floors I thought it was entertaining and fun. All the others, they can go. And here’s something else: I brought up Star Trek show on Paramount and I was on Zoom with the showrunners for all the shows and spent a lot of time talking to them [executive producer Alex Kurtzman]. I don’t like a lot of new things a trip. He, as a person, is a really nice guy. But at the same time those shows are ridiculous he’s a nice guy. But they didn’t take up my offer, so, you know, screw them.
Hollywood Reporter We have reached out to Paramount for comment.
Paramount+ Star Trek It looks like the efforts are taking a break at Spacedock. For the first time in many years, there is no current a trip The projects are in production, although there are two more years to go Strange new worlds Left and another season of Starfleet Academy Leave to air.
There is also speculation surrounding Alex Kurtzman’s future with the franchise, which he led Paramount Star Trek TV revival. His deal with CBS Studios runs through the end of 2026; Paramount+ is currently in talks with Kurtzman and his production company Secret Hideout about renewing or extending his deal.
When news Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’The cancellation was reversed, and Kurtzman, along with EPs Noga Landau and Gaia Violo, issued an open letter that addressed some of the criticism surrounding the show.
The message says: “Whether you are working on it Star Trek Or part of the wonder Star Trek The fandom – its heart, soul and conscience – joy comes from venturing across the boundaries of time, space and the humanly possible in the service of… [Gene] Roddenberry’s transformative vision for the future. That incomparable vision was fueled by inexhaustible optimism. Star Trek It places its bet on the best of human nature. He dares to envision a society of “infinite diversity in infinite combinations,” free of war, hatred, poverty, disease, and oppression, and dedicated to the spirit of scientific inquiry and respect for all life, whether carbon or silicon, green or blue-skinned.
“But make no mistake: Gene Roddenberry was no starry-eyed dreamer. He was an Army bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater. He saw first-hand the horrific consequences of the worst of human nature. His vision of the future was not just a promise of hope. It was also a warning. In a fraught and frightening time of intolerance and violence, Star Trek He said: Look! We succeeded! But hardly. First, we had to put all those old woes behind us. It has been said that what makes us glorious as a species, and gives us hope for the future and the galaxy, is inextricably linked to what makes us dangerous to each other, to this world we currently live in, and to ourselves. The message continued: “This dual message – hope and warning – is not just a beautiful dream but a call to action, to think about our identity in a different way.”
