{"id":46015,"date":"2019-02-27T21:36:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T02:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=46015"},"modified":"2019-02-27T21:36:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T02:36:36","slug":"star-trek-discovery-renewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/27\/star-trek-discovery-renewed\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Renewed For Third Season, Adds New Showrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The CBS All Access streaming service has renewed its flagship show Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> for a third season. The series second season is currently airing, with new episodes being released every Thursday.<\/p>\n

Making the jump to full-time showrunner for the third season will be The Originals<\/em>‘ Michelle Paradise, who has already been working to guide the current season\u2019s writings and plotlines.<\/p>\n

Kurtzman stated in a press release about the renewal – <\/p>\n

Michelle joined us midway through season two and energized the room with her ferocious knowledge of Trek<\/em>. Her grasp of character and story detail, her drive and her focus have already become essential in ensuring the Trek<\/em> legacy, and her fresh perspective always keeps us looking forward. I\u2019m proud to say Michelle and I are officially running Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Discovery<\/em> had more than a bit of a rocky start leading up to its premier last year. Initially co-created by producer Bryan Fuller alongside Kurtzman, Fuller left while the show was still in pre-production on the first season, citing creative differences with CBS. Stepping into his place were Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts, writer\/producers whom Fuller had hired for Discovery<\/em> after working with them on Pushing Daisies<\/em>. Much of Fuller\u2019s original intent was either jettisoned or reworked, and the show\u2019s premier season was met with mixed reviews. Berg and Herberts were fired soon after production on the current season started, leaving Kurtzman the sole showrunner. It was here that he brought in Paradise. <\/p>\n

Personally, I found the first season of Discovery<\/em> to be about as far from the core concepts of the original Star Trek<\/em> as possible. Rather than be a show that comments on the human condition through science-fiction allegories, it fell prey to the worst two impulses of modern Trek<\/em> \u2013 fan pandering, most egregiously in the form of yet another return to Trek<\/em>‘s Mirror Universe, and the franchise’s penchant for technobabble and stories that are based around and rely on fantastic technology to create false drama. It can make for a fun and exciting science-fiction show, but it is not necessarily good Star Trek<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The show’s second, and current, season has shown a bit of a drift away from that style of storytelling towards more thoughtful stories, though it would still have a way to go before it thematically resembled classic Trek<\/em>. Hopefully this third season will continue that trend. After all, it took Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> until its third season before it really found its legs, maybe Discovery<\/em> just needs some time as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CBS All Access Series is getting another year added to its interstellar voyages.<\/div>\n

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