Hannibal's author named showrunner for new Star Trek
Brian Fuller returns to his roots. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the writer and producer will take over the duties of co-creator and showrunner of the Star Trek reboot, which he will share with Alex Kurtzman. A new version of Star Trek, ordered for production by the channel CBS will bypass the pilot stage and will be released on the CBS digital platform - CBS All Access. The series will present a new modern take on the popular sci-fi classic, which will debut on CBS in January 2017. Star Trek will be the first original series designed specifically for CBS All Access. For Fuller, working on the project means returning to the franchise where he started as a freelancer and has grown to co-produce. The author of "Miracle Fall" and " Dead on Demand "began his career in the series Star Trek: Deep Space 9" and "Star Trek: Voyager." Fuller's scripts belong to 22 episodes of the franchise. "My very first experience in" Star Trek I got when my older brother turned off all the lights in the house and launched his D7 Class Klingon Battle Cruiser model ship in the lobby. Before I saw footage from the show, the Star Trek universe sparked my imagination, Fuller said in a statement. Given the new assignment, Fuller will have to juggle showrunner duties on two upcoming projects – " CBS's Star Trek and Starz's American Gods. As for Hannibal, then the screenwriter in an interview with the media in August 2015 said that the executive producer of the show Marta De Laurentiis plans to shoot a full-length movie. "There is something in the novel" Hannibal "that did not make it into any adaptation, and I would like to fill this gap with Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter. I hope that one day - even in a year, in two - we can tell this story. " The Topic of Article: Hannibal's author named showrunner for new Star Trek. |
