At the CBS All-Access panel at the Television Critics Association
Press Tour, Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Bryan Fuller admitted that though he
wasn't allowed to talk too much about the show, but, he did confirm a couple of
interesting details about the franchise's highly anticipated return to
television.
According to Fuller, Discovery will have 13 standalone episodes
at first, each with its own arc, and if proven successful they will order more. The new series will
also have a female lead, and though casting hasn't started yet, expect to hear
something in the coming weeks since production is expected to commence soon.
The new series will also be adhering to Gene
Roddenberry's original vision and be as diverse as possible. "It's vital,
it's at its core," said Fuller, before adding that the (human) female lead
will likely be a woman of color, and not a Captain but a Lieutenant Commander
instead. The showrunner justified his decision with his desire to explore a
different perspective after various series of looking through the Captain's
eyes.
Discovery's timeline will take place a decade before
Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, bridging Scott Bacula's Enterprise and the
original series together. However, expect the new show to examine a very "tantalizing"
event already established in Trek lore, Fuller teased. What event will that be
we do not know, but it won't be the Romulan Wars even though the Black Ops Section
31 could eventually come into play.
With Discovery "airing" on CBS' subscription
app All-Access, expect things to be slightly more graphic than usual for the iconic
franchise, but rest assured that it will still be and feel like Star Trek.
As for the look of the new series, Fuller said that "since
we are doing this series in 2016, and all the other series have been produced
in a timeline that isn’t as sophisticated as we are now in terms of what we can
do production-wise, we’re going to be reestablishing an entire look for the
series. Not only for the series, but for what we want to accomplish for Star Trek beyond
the series. So we have to start early on with a touch point where people can
understand and have access into it, show them how we’re reimagining Star Trek and
then hold their hand as we pull them hopefully into iterations a lot of
different timelines beyond what we have seen."
Finally, familiar characters from the original series
could make and appearance here and there, but for now everyone is happy with
the new characters and want to focus on them. As mentioned, the new crew will
be diverse with multiple aliens among the main cast as well as a gay character.
"What can we say with diversity in every role?" Fuller said.
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