Details Revealed For Bryan Singer’s Failed ‘Star Trek’ TV Pitch
A little while back,Star Trek: The Next Generationactor and director Jonathan Frakes revealed that directorBryan Singer(X-Men) once had a pitch for a Star Trek television show that never came to fruition. Singer is a well-knownTrekfan, and thanks to some string-pulling byX-MenandStar Trekstar Patrick Stewart, has even appeared in an uncredited role onStar Trek: Nemesis.
Recently, more details have come to light about Singer’s failedStar Trekproposal. Read on after the jump to fantasize about what could’ve been.
Some details about the proposed series:
Sadly, the pitch was never actually, well, pitched. The team finished the proposal in early 2006, planning to pick the project back up later in the year after Singer completed post-production onSuperman Returns. But before they could actually present it, Paramount announced J.J. Abrams’Star Trek, and Singer and his team scrapped their plans.
I’ve never been hugely intoStar Trek, myself, so I can’t say whether Singer’s vision of the series would appeal to realTrekfans. As a television viewer, though, I think this sounds great — rich, interesting and smart. The proposal in some ways reminds me ofBattlestar Galactica, another excellent show that juggled large-scope political allegories and vivid, fleshed-out charcters. It’s a shame the proposal never actually went anywhere.
For a more in-depth look atStar Trek: Federation, check out both TrekMovie’sfirst post, which explains how the proposal came together, and thefollow-up post, which offers more specifics about the series itself.
Discuss:What do you think of theStar Trek: Federationproposal? Would you have watched it?
