Star Trek

Among the many questions raised by CBS’ announcement of a new All-Access streaming Star Trek for 2017 under Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller, fans had to wonder if a TV return would follow the J.J. Abrams reboot films, return to the original timeline, or perhaps exist independent of both. Now, reports suggest that not only is the original continuity back in play, we know which Star Trek properties the new CBS iteration will fall between.

Star Trek fans have likely heard of some disparity between the movie and TV branches that kept the franchise off regular TV in recent years, seemingly broken by CBS All-Access’ 2017 launch of a new Bryan Fuller series. That said, the two were apparently required to keep six months’ distance, which could spell a questionable future for the film franchise.

When is a $70 million opening not a success? When its predecessor opened to $75 million four years ago. This is the predicament facing 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' which opened at number one at box office while being something of a disappointment.

It’s hard to think that an entire generation of young folk are more intimately familiar with the ‘Star Trek‘ of J.J.  Abrams‘ reboot franchise, given the decades worth of 5+ TV series, and 10 resulting films, but the idea of bring ‘Star Trek’ back to TV is hardly a new one.  So what are the odds of seeing that materialize  in the near future?

‘Star Trek’ and video games haven’t had the most friendly of relationships. ‘Star Wars’ fans have been able to enjoy years of great games from the original ‘Dark Forces’ to ‘Knights of the Old Republic’ while poor Trekkies have one more reason to be disappointed with their lives. Now one group of game developers are trying to rectify that.