BREAKING: Nicholas Meyer Working on Khan Limited TV Series

Writer-director Nicholas Meyer became a Star Trek icon in 1982 when he directed (and for the most part wrote) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the low-budget follow-up to the first Star Trek movie from 1979, which was a box office hit but which cost so much to make that Paramount elected to follow it up with a smaller picture produced by their television division.

Khan had everything 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture lacked: action, acting histrionics, and the warm and often amusing character interplay between Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and McCoy (Deforest Kelley). The sequel earned about what the first movie had, on approximately a quarter of its budget, setting the template for further Star Trek movies. Meyer returned to co-write the most popular entry in the series, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and he directed and co-wrote the final movie featuring the original series cast, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

More recently, Meyer has been involved as a writer on the new Star Trek series for CBS All Access, Star Trek Discovery. But according to two separate sources, Meyer is moving on from that position for a new Star Trek project, something he has hinted at in recent interviews. According to the sources, Meyer’s new project takes him back to Khan Noonien Singh, the “genetically superior” villain played by Ricardo Montalban in the original series episode “Space Seed” and in The Wrath of Khan, and by Benedict Cumberbatch in the J.J. Abrams-helmed Star Trek Into Darkness. Meyer will reportedly be developing a prequel miniseries, or limited series that would take place on Ceti Alpha V and chronicle Khan and his followers struggling to survive in the years between when Kirk dropped him off on the planet at the end of “Space Seed” and when the crew of the U.S.S. Reliant finds them early in The Wrath of Khan.

dahmage said:

Tobar said:

Granite Flats (2013-2015)

Saw this series pop up as a suggestion on Netflix on more than one occasion. Decided to give it a go. So glad I did. What seems like a simple premise quickly escalates in scope and stakes throughout the first season. The second season continues this, introducing new facets and characters played by the likes of Cary Elwes and the brilliant Christopher Lloyd! Season Three, while it wasn’t meant to cap the series, does so admirably. If you’re a fan of mystery and intrigue or hold a fascination with '60s era conspiracy, I highly recommend you give this series a chance.

Sounds interesting. Any similarity to Taken?

Oof, haven’t seen that in over a decade. From what I recall of Taken, Granite Flats is similar in the amount of intrigue but with far less adult themes while being far more grounded. Also different subject matter.

Granite Flats (2013-2015)

Saw this series pop up as a suggestion on Netflix on more than one occasion. Decided to give it a go. So glad I did. What seems like a simple premise quickly escalates in scope and stakes throughout the first season. The second season continues this, introducing new facets and characters played by the likes of Cary Elwes and the brilliant Christopher Lloyd! Season Three, while it wasn’t meant to cap the series, does so admirably. If you’re a fan of mystery and intrigue or hold a fascination with '60s era conspiracy, I highly recommend you give this series a chance.

Glorious!

Apparently they were handing out three different posters that when combined look like this:

JOHN POWELL TO SCORE UNTITLED HAN SOLO MOVIE

Composer John Powell, who may be best known for his memorable soundtracks to the Matt Damon Bourne series, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda (1 and 2), and How to Train Your Dragon (1 and 2), will be lifting the baton to score the upcoming young Han Solo movie, due in theaters next year.

Powell, a London native, has written music for dozens of films since moving to the US in 1997, earning an Academy Award nomination for his stirring score to How to Train Your Dragon. Powell is only the third composer to be welcomed into the exclusive family of Star Wars live-action music writers, which includes the legendary John Williams (the eight Skywalker saga movies) and Michael Giacchino, who scored last December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The untitled Han Solo movie will be scored in the style of the original Star Wars movies but retain Powell’s distinctive voice.

The untitled young Han Solo movie, which is being directed by Ron Howard, will be released on May 25, 2018.

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Jedit: Here’s a sample of his past work

I’d call him the letdown Doctor. Let down by poor writing and a companion that should have left after her first season.

Capaldi himself was brilliant when he was allowed to be.

I’ve been dying to see some Rodians in one of these new films. We need more classic aliens mixed in with all these new ones to tie the films together.

stealthboy said:

All I want is for Hayden to not appear in episode VIII. For real.

Because then it will have validated the asinine alteration to the very end of ROTJ with the ghosts.

THIS.

For those that would like to discuss this latest revelation, might I recommend this format:

SPOILERS

Spoilers go here!

Ooo, a latecomer but very welcome:

“Thor: Ragnarok” Official Trailer

Hasn’t been released anywhere outside of the convention sadly. However some other things just dropped…

Marvel’s The Defenders | Official Trailer 2

“MARVEL’S INHUMANS” - Official SDCC 2017 Trailer

Ugh.

These Discovery Props Reveal a Ton About Star Trek’s New Klingon Foes

Speaking as an old school Apes fan I love the new films. They’ve done a beautiful job of building toward the original Planet of the Apes.

Burton’s attempt can remain in the dustbin of history.

That is…rough.

You literally clipped it out of his post you quoted. Reading comprehension, failed at it you have.

YES! Re-canonizing Chewie’s family is something I’ve been wanting so badly.

TV’s Frink said:

Just wait until they find out Chewie will be female in the Star Wars reboot.

Did you know George Lucas’ original intention was for Han to have a Wookiee wife?

Screenwriter Lenny Ripps said:

What was interesting to me was that Lucas started talking about Star Wars as if it was a real world. He said things like “Well, you know Han Solo is married to a Wookiee. but we can’t say that.”

Ross Plesset of StarWars.com said:

As outrageous as Ripps’s recollection sounds, there is evidence supporting it. Pat Proft corroborates it and an early draft of the Star Wars script (January 28, 1975) has Han Solo living with a furry female creature who he kisses. Proft also remembers learning that Han was raised by Wookiees, which is verified on pages 46 & 131 of Laurent Bouzereau’s Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays.

The showrunner for Discovery has finally spoken up about their awful “Klingons”:

Aaron Roberts said:

In the different versions of Trek, the Klingons have never been completely consistent. We will introduce several different houses with different styles. Hopefully, fans will become more invested in the characters than worried about the redesign.

towne32 said:

And he’s choosing an actress that he has lots of experience working with. The show will survive. And, I think, it will prosper.

For the sake of the series I hope you’re right. I also hope Whittaker can surprise but I doubt it. Her character on Broadchurch left a very bad impression.

towne32 said:

I have no problem with people disagreeing with it. Women or otherwise. You can’t always agree with everything, and certainly not on a show that runs for that long. As I’ve said to Warbler before this news even broke, he might not like the next cycle of the show, but maybe he will again some day after that. It’s a show that reflects the era it’s made in. It always has been, always will. I think many of the posts on the other side, today, make you guys look (as you say) like “assholes”. I’m not going to be sweet and comforting in return to inflammatory statements.

The ‘tears’ were specifically regarding responding to the news like a small angry child.

Well I’m glad you’re engaging in good faith. Personally I don’t think they’re doing this for the right reasons and I worry about the ramifications on the future of the series.

towne32 said:

Great casting decision, great tears from the predictables!

Now you see, a response like that makes you and the others who have responded like this sound like assholes.

The Doctor himself wasn’t too keen on the idea:

The Fifth Doctor said:

I have a slight problem with that because it’s not as if genders are interchangeable on Gallifrey. I have no problem with female Time Lords, and my daughter [Georgia Moffett, now married to Tennant] has already whizzed round the galaxy [she played the Doctor’s daughter, created from his DNA, in a 2008 episode]. But I don’t like the idea of the Doctor having a sex change - it’s not as if you would have a female James Bond.

The Seventh Doctor said:

I’m a feminist and recognise there are still glass ceilings in place for many women, but where would we draw the line? A Mr Marple instead of Miss Marple? A Tarzanette?

I’m sorry, but no – Doctor Who is a male character, just like James Bond. If they changed it to be politically correct then it would ruin the dynamics between the doctor and the assistant, which is a popular part of the show.

I support feminism, but I’m not convinced by the cultural need of a female Doctor Who.

What is your response to all of the women who disagree with this decision? You can’t so readily dismiss them by flinging around accusations of sexism. Nor should you for all of the male fans who disagree with this either.

I actually would be open to giving it a go if they had cast say, Hayley Atwell. But instead he went with the one actress I was actively dreading the most. Her character on Broadchurch is easily the worst of the entire ensemble. I just don’t see it working. But we’ll see.

It is tired because ever since Moffat dropped in the reference to the Corsair it’s been used as the “SEEEEEE!” excuse for years now. That same episode also had the TARDIS claim it had only been travelling with the Doctor for 700 years.

oojason said:

We have seen / been told that Gallifreyans regenerate into a different sex before too - The Corsair or The Master/Missy for example…

There’s that tired excuse again. This “precedent” was created after Moffat was accused of sexism and the new fangirls started demanding a female Doctor. Since then to combat that image he kowtowed and started to introduce those elements. Nowhere in the classic series is something like this hinted at. If NuWho can’t get the Doctor’s age right, I’m certainly not going to trust it with something like this.

I’ll be watching the Christmas Special and first episode of series 11 but will probably be stopping after that. I would not be surprised to see the show’s ratings start to drop after this.