Is There a New 'Star Trek' TV Series in the Works?

By Liezl Dunuan, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, March 31, 2015

If rumors are to be believed, "Star Trek" may go back to its small screen roots soon. The rumor came out over the weekend that CBS is looking at possibly developing a new Star Trek TV series.

The new series will be reportedly based on an old pitch that was called the "Star Trek: Federation" which originated 10 years ago, Latino Review reported. The pitch is supposedly the basis for a TV series that was being considered for development during that time.

Some of the team that put together that pitch may be back together again to revive the idea for a series. Some of the producers involved in the "Federation" pitch included Robert Burnett, Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, while Geoffrey Thorne served as script writer.

Bryan Singer's name reportedly came out as one of the possible producers that CBS is talking to. Burnett, on the other hand is working on a fan-made feature called "Star Trek: Axanar" but when asked about the "Federation" and the new TV series, he said that he did not know of anything new under development. He also said that as far as the "Federation" pitch was concerned, it did not prosper most especially after J.J. Abrams took over the creative reins.

The original "Star Trek" TV series was created by Gene Roddenberry and aired from 1966 to 1969. Several successful spinoff TV series followed, and eventually a series of feature films as well. A total of 12 films have been made, and another one in the making due for release in July 2016.

According to the SlashFilm report, TV is still the best home for the series where it can have "the room to really explore the ideas that made it unique in the first place."