CBS ALL ACCESS HAS BIG STAR TREK PLANS
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Star Trek: Discovery season two is being made right now and the show isn’t the only Star Trek show planned for CBS All-Access. For season two Hell On Wheels’ Anson Mount has joined the series as Captain Christopher Pike, who takes command of the Discovery according to Regulation 19, Section C, because it is in imminent danger. Here is what else we know: Season 2 premieres in January but in December we’ll get four short films…we’ll see Harry Mudd again…Spock will appear…Mary Wiseman’s Tilly still wants to be captain…Rebecca Romijn will join the cast as the original Number One from The Cage…the series will finally synch up fully with canon…season one showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts were fired and Alex Kurtzman has taken over as sole showrunner for the second season while also overseeing the Discovery writers’ room. Berg and Harberts took over the series when Bryan Fuller left due to creative differences. The two blew out the budget for the five episodes they did and were perceived as abusive to the writing staff. CBS also has plans for multiple other Star Trek series besides the already announced Picard series starring Patrick Stewart. When the series was first announced there was a question of whether it was a short run series or an ongoing but Kurtzman confirmed it was going to be an ongoing with no connection with Discovery.