Bryan Fuller has stepped down as showrunner on the forthcoming Star Trek TV series Star Trek: Discovery. The show is set to debut in 2017 but Deadline report that the show’s co-creator has stepped down from the day to day running of it due to his heavy schedule with other projects.
Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts will succeed him in the role.
Fuller will still act as executive producer on the series, which will debut next May, and will still be overseeing the breaking of the stories for the first season.
CBS, who are backing the project, released a statement through the trade blog.
“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,” the statement said. “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.”
Producers are still looking for a female lead (Lieutenant Commander) for the project, but they’ll have to get cracking as shooting is scheduled to start in Canada next month (November).
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