Alex Kurtzman, who co-scripted the two J.J. Abrams-directed “Star Trek” movies, is overseeing a new Trek series set to debut on CBS in January 2017.
It will feature new characters "seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations," according to a CBS press release issued Monday morning.
I am 99% sure it will be set in the new-ish Trek universe co-created by Kurtzman for the 2009 "Star Trek" movie, so don't expect too many visits to Vulcan.
It will be the first series developed specifically for CBS All Access, though it will launch via an old-school CBS network broadcast.
CBS All Access is a digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service -- so you're going to have to pay $5.99 a month for your new Trek.
Not participating on the project will be Kurtzman's longtime writing partner Roberto Orci, the Trekkie who co-wrote the 2009 "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Into Darkness" with Kurtzman and wrote an early (and apparently rejected?) script for a "Star Trek Into Darkness" sequel. Orci remains an executive producer on the movie "Star Trek Beyond," now in post-production and due in cinemas July 22.
Kurtzman is a longtime collaborator of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" writer-director J.J. Abrams, serving as a writer-producer on "Alias" and "Fringe" before scripting the two Abrams-directed "Trek" movies.
Next September brings the 50th anniversary of the original NBC Kirk-Spock series launch.
The last episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise" featured cast members from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and aired more than a decade ago, on May 13, 2005. Television has had to make do without fresh Trek episodes ever since.
Find all of CBS' press release here.
