Star Trek: Discovery co-creator and showrunner Brad Fuller is out of the upcoming new Star Trek series being produced exclusively for CBS All Access, their live streaming and video-on-demand service. Fuller will be succeeded by Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts in running the daily operations on the show. Fuller will remain as executive producer.
“It is without exaggeration a dream come true,” Fuller said of being named co-creator and showrunner on the new Star Trek series in February. He wrote the first episode and is working on two more. To help fill in the void left by Fuller’s diminished role, the series will be bringing in veteran Akiva Goldsman (Fringe) in a senior writing/producing capacity.
CBS TV Studios issued a statement, praising Fuller’s contributions.
“We are extremely happy with the creative direction of Star Trek: Discovery and the strong foundation that Bryan Fuller has helped us create for the series. Due to Bryan’s other projects, he is no longer able to oversee the day-to-day of Star Trek, but he remains an executive producer, and will continue to map out the story arc for the entire season. Alex Kurtzman, co-creator and executive producer, along with Fuller’s producing partners and longtime collaborators, Gretchen Berg & Aaron Harberts, will also continue to oversee the show with the existing writing and producing team. Bryan is a brilliant creative talent and passionate Star Trek fan, who has helped us chart an exciting course for the series. We are all committed to seeing this vision through and look forward to premiering Star Trek: Discovery this coming May 2017.”
This isn’t the first issue Star Trek: Discovery has encountered during its production. Casting and pre-production has been slow and the series premiere was pushed from January to May 2017. The series is also struggling to cast its female lead and filming hasn’t started yet, but is slated to begin next month in Canada.
