Undeveloped Star Trek projects
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
(written from a Production point of view)
Many projects have been partially developed for Star Trek beginning in the 1970s. There have also been deleted scenes for completed projects.
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[edit] Movies
- Star Trek: Planet of the Titans (1976-1977)
- Star Trek: The First Adventure (1989)
- Star Trek: IMAX (1997)
- Star Trek: The Beginning (2005)
[edit] Nemesis follow-up
An eleventh Star Trek movie was initially planned during production on the tenth film, Star Trek Nemesis. Nemesis co-writers John Logan and Brent Spiner intended to follow that film with a "crossover" sequel. After Nemesis failed financially, however, this plan was abandoned. [1]
[edit] Live-action television series
- Assignment: Earth (1967-1968) [2]
- There were some plans for a fourth season of Star Trek: The Original Series, including a second episode featuring Kor, that would have aired 1969-1970.
- Star Trek: Phase II (1977)
- There were some plans for a fifth season of Star Trek: Enterprise, which would have aired 2005-2006.
- Undeveloped Star Trek episodes
- Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and Bryce Zabel (Dark Skies) proposed a reboot of the franchise with the crew of the original series in 2004[3], but Paramount ignored the proposal as they were not "even willing to talk about Star Trek".[4]
[edit] Animated Star Trek
- Star Trek: Final Frontier (2006)
[edit] 1990 animated Star Trek
In 1990, Paramount Pictures attempted to sell an idea for an animated series that combined characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: The Original Series. None of the networks or syndicators at the time were interested in the series and it was unsold. Rick Berman said such a project would have "diluted the franchise."
Cel art from this series has been seen in various Star Trek conventions over the years, and it has been stated to be well-drawn.
[edit] CGI cartoon based on the original series
In the late 1990s, Paramount briefly considered creating CGI original series cartoon inspired by the success of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, and the art (using motion capture for the characters) of the unreleased game Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury. [5]
[edit] Star Trek: The Lions of the Night
Around 2003 Star Trek: The Lions of the Night was the concept by writer Jimmy Diggs to produce a movie era CGI animated Star Trek adventure. He described the plot the following way: "... Captain Sulu takes command of the USS Enterprise-B and must stop a Kzinti invasion of Federation Space." Artist Court Jones created several sketches to depict a new concept of Kzinti that were looking more dangerous as well as a concept of how the Kzinti assault fleet would look.
The material of this animated series would be recycled by the writer for an article in Star Trek: Communicator (issue #149) and later for the Star Trek: Enterprise season 5 episode "Kilkenny Cats".
