"We're aiming to have our shows feel unique and different from
each other,"
Kurtzman reveals that he has no idea what a "franchise" actually is. :-\

Plus, Star Trek Prodigy animated series apparently has no human main
cast ... so who is going to be voicing them? They'll have to find
intergalactic aliens, real Klingons, etc. to come and do it to keep the "Politically Correctness" morons happy.


From ComingSoon.net ...


ViacomCBS Teases the Star Trek Universe's Expansion on Paramount+
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Next week, CBS All Access will rebrand itself as Paramount+, and
it will control the fate of the Star Trek Universe. As expected,
the franchise has nowhere to go but up. Via Variety, ViacomCBS'
TCA presentation revealed several new details about the upcoming
Star Trek shows.

The streaming service is currently preparing new seasons of
Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Lower Decks. Fans also have
another season of Star Trek: Picard to look forward to. Season 2
of Picard is currently in "active production" along with the
previously announced Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. That series
will feature Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn
reprising their Discovery roles as Pike, Spock, and Number One
respectively. And while all of these shows take place in the Star
Trek canon, executive producer Alex Kurtzman explained why they
won't be as closely connected as other shared universes like the
MCU.

"We're aiming to have our shows feel unique and different from
each other," said Kurtzman. "We want to give everybody a reason
to watch each show."

Additionally, the animated Star Trek: Prodigy animated series is
still in the works. But instead of premiering on Nickelodeon as
originally intended, the show will debut on Paramount+. Once the
series concludes its first season on the platform later this
year, Nickelodeon will air all 10 episodes on their own. Prodigy
also marks the first Star Trek series to feature no humans as
part of its main cast of characters.

As always, the franchise's producers continue to think about the
spinoff potential for its many shows. That's why conversations
are still being had about a potential series starring Michelle
Yeoh's Philippa Georgiou. But according to Paramount+
programming chief Julie McNamara, they don't want to premiere
too many Trek shows at once. Instead, they're aiming to debut
one new series on the service per quarter.

"We're very careful about curating the pacing," said McNamara.
"The number of shows at any given time. And what those shows are,
so that we make sure that it's always exciting when there's a new
track show coming out."


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