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We couldn't be more excited to jump aboard," the Hagemans said in a statement to Variety. Alex Kurtzman, the overseer of all things Trek for CBS TV (for at least the next 5 years), said: "Star Trek's mission is to inspire generations of dreamers to build a brighter future Dan and Kevin have crafted a story that[...]

All Rights Reserved. In a related video also released by CBS All Access, "Moments of Discovery: Pike's Sealed Fate," available on MSN, show-runner Alex Kurtzman talks about how filming "Through the Valley of Shadows" was freeing for both the showrunners and writers Pike's choice allowed them to break from canon and work with a situation no[...]

Want to hear more from the #StarTrekDiscovery cast & creatives? Rent the VOD on #PaleyTV: https://t.co/Jgk99ISlQN pic.twitter.com/Xn8hiI3ez6 — paleycenter (@paleycenter) March 26, 2019 In a separate chat with SYFYWire, the cast and showrunner Alex Kurtzman discussed a satisfying end for season 2. Ethan Peck, who plays Spock on DISCO said: "I personally think that the end of the season is[...]

When I was asked last season what I thought of Discovery, I would tell them "It is one of my favorite Star Trek movies, but it doesn't feel like a show." The people at CBS All Access and the showrunners–current-title-holder Alex Kurtzman and formerly Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J[...]

Some claim Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi dramedy, The Orville is more true to Roddenberry's vision than Discovery is. The random crew deaths, the conspiracies, the decision to set the series in the past, and the dramatic design changes that didn't gel with canon are just a few of the reasons Discovery divided the hardcore Trek fanbase–while being[...]

Alex Kurtzman probably made the right choice when he opted to exit the planned Universal Monsters Universe after the….disappointing…box office performance of his feature film starring Tom Cruise– The Mummy. To be fair, there were certainly some good ideas contained within the film, like Russell Crowe as Henry Jekyll/Mr[...]

Not really 'classic' Trek, but in some ways holding to the original ideals better than the last two JJ Abrams Kelvin timeline films. DISCO has caused yet another rift in the Starfleet community, one that may start to see some repair come 2019 and the release of Captain Jean Luc Picard's own series. Producer Alex KurtzmanPhoto by[...]

Yes, Star Trek does already have an animated series in it's past, but it would appear that CBS All Access is moving forward with a new one. Already picked up for two seasons, a half-hour animated comedy series called Star Trek: Lower Deck, which will reportedly will focus on the "support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least[...]

CBS is ready to embark on a 5 year mission with Star Trek: Discovery interm showrunner Alex Kurtzman Following the exit of the two previous showrunners on the CBS All Access series, Kurtzman stepped into the position to continue production on season 2 of the 6th live-action Star Trek tv show. Variety broke the news this morning that Kurtzman[...]

Editorial credit (left): Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com CBS All Access is hoping that Star Trek: Discovery's second season goes boldly where no other Star Trek series has gone before, and they're looking to executive producer Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek) to make it so Based on exclusive reporting from Variety, the series co-creator is set to direct[...]

Producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan have fled Universal's Dark Universe franchise, so quickly that there are still Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan shaped puffs of smoke in the spot they were standing in, following the disappointing performance of the Kurtzman-directed The Mummy The news comes via a report from THR, which notes that the future[...]

In a recent interview with IGN, Mummy (2017) director Alex Kurtzman was asked about his status on the Dark Universe franchise The Dark Universe, for those who don't know, is the Marvel Studios-esque "shared universe" idea that Universal Pictures is trying with the classic "Universal Monsters" like Dracula, the Wolfman, the Invisible Man, and the aforementioned Mummy[...]

This includes a discussion with star Tom Cruise who went director Alex Kurtzman and pushed for this type of stunt after reading about the plane crash in the script The video is surprisingly long for a behind-the-scenes piece, clocking in at over 11 minutes, but it is very interesting to watch. Official Synopsis: Tom Cruise headlines a[...]

I like Tom Cruise movies well enough. Enjoyed the Jack Reacher films, his earlier work, etc. And I really don't care about him jumping on Oprah's couch.

At that time, Alex Kurtzman was set to direct Moments after our report went live, ERC dropped another tasty Venom fact – Alex Kurtzman would direct But will he? WILL HE? Over at The Hollywood Reporter, Hollywood reporter Borys Kit had some new info about the film In particular, Kit said that a new script had[...]

They hired Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to develop the universe starting with the Jon Spaihts written The Mummy: The First Monster being first out of the gate. If you believe Badass Digest, that last part may not be true Sources have told them that Universal went back and did some reshoots to Dracula Untold, allowing[...]

The first film in the reboot of the classic monster franchises was just in the news this week as Alex Kurtzman, who had originally been brought on to produce and guide the reboots with Chris Morgan, is now set to direct the film according to deadline. Universal's The Huntsman, the prequel to Snow White And[...]

We've been getting an idea of what Roberto Orci is up to since the split, but what is his former partner doing? Alex Kurtzman and writer Chris Morgan have been tapped to reboot Universal's classic monster movie franchises according to deadline.com. Before the Fast and the Furious, Jurassic Park and the Bourne franchises became what Universal[...]

Back in April we got word that Robert Orci and long time writing/producing partner Alex Kurtzman would no longer be working on new projects together Anything that was already in the works would remain with them both attached Orci has since been rumored to be the possible director for Star Trek 3 and is working[...]

And what about Benedict Cumberbatch? Will we be seeing him return?

When Steven Spielberg brought in Jon Favreau to direct and Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman to write, Spielberg's concern wasn't for the alien side of things so much as the western He solution was to given Favreau, Orco and Kurtzman a Western Starter Pack In fact, the first time that Favreau sat down in a[...]