Title: J.michael Stracznski
Description: Could this be true?
ken1701e - February 16, 2005 08:18 PM (GMT)
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Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, aka JMS, asked fans to lobby Paramount to have himself and Bryce Zabel made executive producers of a new Star Trek series, then said that since no new Star Trek series was likely to be produced for at least a year and he had an offer to oversee a new series for 2006, he was no longer interested.
In an entry at The J. Michael Straczynski Message Archive, which collects posts by the writer-producer from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated and other newsgroups and forums, Stracynski said that he and Zabel, the creator of Dark Skies, had "out of a sheer love of Trek as it was and should be" written a series bible for what he labeled "a return to the roots of Trek...to re-boot the Trek universe." However, when they brought the proposal to Paramount, the studio rejected it "because of 'political considerations,' which was explained to us as not wishing to offend the powers that be."
Straczynski said that he and Zabel were both passionate fans of the original series who felt that none of the spinoffs (with the exception of The Next Generation, "because Gene [Roddenberry] was still around to shepherd its creation and execution") had lived up to the promise of the original. "That's why I had Majel appear on B5, to send a message: that I believe in what Gene created," he added. "When Enterprise went down, those involved shrugged and wrote it off to 'franchise fatigue,' their phrase, not mine...there's a tremendous hunger for Trek out there. It just has to be Trek done *right*."
After citing his own track record and implying that Paramount would not risk offending Rick Berman by bringing in outsiders, Straczynski asked for the large number of fans who had "called for a jms take on Trek" in a poll at SciFi.com to "let the folks at Paramount know" because if they did, "there'd be a new series in the works tomorrow."
However, Straczynski later posted that he had heard from a trusted source that Paramount would give the Trek TV franchise a rest "for maybe one to two years", and said that he has received an offer to run a new TV series for fall of 2006, "and since there's no way anything Trek can happen in the interim, I've said yes." |
Taken from Trek Today
Crichton Kicks - February 16, 2005 09:32 PM (GMT)
It would be great, but it's never going to happen. Joe's too good for Trek, and in all honesty, the franchise needs him a hell of a lot more than he needs it ;)
Im_Here - February 16, 2005 11:22 PM (GMT)
this is just what trek needs, new blood, i think if paramount approached and said help us, he would gladly help!!!
i just hope paramount see sense and ask him!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
bye bye braga and berman!! :wox: :wox:
Number Six - February 17, 2005 12:53 PM (GMT)
[/QUOTE]Straczynski Ends Trek Campaign
A day after calling for a letter-writing campaign by fans who wanted to see his version of Star Trek produced, Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski posted a follow-up message to the same newsgroup retracting his statement. "[B]elay everything I just said," Straczynski wrote. "In the 24 hours between the time I composed the prior note, and sent it, and it made its way through the moderation software, two things happened."
The two things that changed Straczynski's mind were a tip from a trusted source at Paramount, which owns the rights to the Star Trek franchise, that the studio is "giving the Trek TV world a rest" for a year or two, and an offer to run a series premiering in the fall of 2006, which Straczynski has accepted. In Straczynski's words, the Trek campaign is now "kind of moot."
The writer/producer apologized to fans and assured them that he hasn't abandoned the project completely. "We can reconvene a year or two down the road to see where this takes us," he said. "But in the interim ... my apologies for waking everybody up in the middle of the night."
Taken from SciFi.Com
Rest Trek for a couple of years and then bring in JMS. Sounds like 'The Best of Both Worlds' to me
star_fury - February 17, 2005 05:42 PM (GMT)
JMS would be the best thing to ever happen to Star Trek but let's face it the Star Trek franchise is too safe and too middle of the road. I don't think they're ready to take the chances they would want to take to make the franchise a success again.
Personally I hope JMS gets too involved expanding his own Babylon 5 Universe further and/or possibly something brand new (maybe Star Wars) rather than a new Star Trek series. Star Trek needs an extended hiatus, more than just a couple of years break.
By the way can you see B&B just handing over the reins without a fuss? I can't.
Crichton Kicks - February 17, 2005 07:22 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (star_fury @ Feb 17 2005, 05:42 PM) |
| By the way can you see B&B just handing over the reins without a fuss? I can't. |
It's not up to them though. Paramount can replace them any time they feel like it :thumbsup: And, they're well aware of B&B's ineptitude over recent years.