Star Trek Captain Alex Kurtzman Extends TV Pact With CBS Studios to 2026

The late Gene Roddenberry has become legendary as the creator of “Star Trek”, and the life of the trailblazing TV writer and producer is now being brought to the screen.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorA biopic based on the life of the late “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry is in the works from Roddenberry Entertainment.Gene Roddenberry’s son Rod Roddenberry is producing with Trevor Roth; the duo serves as executive producers on current series “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Picard.” Adam Mazer, the Emmy-winning writer of the Dr. Jack Kevorkian movie “You Don’t Know Jack” starring Al Pacino, is writing the screenplay.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some news that’s fitting for what would be Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s 100th birthday.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe life work of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of  “Star Trek,” will be meticulously captured and catalogued in a new digital archive from leading tech company OTOY.The multimedia Roddenberry Archive will produce everything from holographic and digital renderings of the famous Starship Enterprise vessel to TV and movie sets.

It’s no secret that at one point, Paramount and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot worked with Quentin Tarantino on a script for a new “Star Trek” film.

Making it work! Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux called it quits in February 2018, but they’ve worked hard to maintain a friendship since then.

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Jerry O'Connell and wife Rebecca Romijn are both part of the universe, but who's the bigger fan? ET's Matt Cohen spoke with the 47-year-old actor at the season 2 premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday, where he revealed the answer to that very question.«My wife was the bigger fan. My wife,» O'Connell admitted.

Along with five “Star Trek” shows, including “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Picard,” Secret Hideout has also produced shows like “The Comey Rule” and the upcoming “The Man Who Fell to Earth” for Showtime.

Alex Kurtzman, the top producer on CBS Studios’ roster and architect of the studio’s Star Trek universe, has closed a massive new nine-figure overall deal there for his Secret Hideout banner. No financial terms are being disclosed but I hear the pact is in the $150 million range, putting Kurtzman in the very top tier of television writer-producers.

new season was announced on October 16, 2020, just a day after season 3's debut, and filming began a few weeks later on November 2, 2020.  In July 2021, Doug Jones, who plays Saru, confirmed to Collider that filming was about to come to an end.

Star Trek: Prodigy" for Paramount+ and Nickelodeon has arrived.  Th trailer, which was unveiled Friday (July 23) as part of the "Star Trek" Universe panel at the virtual San Diego Comic-Con@Home event, opens on a prison planet and we hear the voice of Dal (Brett Gray) saying, "I'm getting out of here, to a better life.