The merger between Paramount and Skydance is full, and Star Trek: Enterprise and Voyager author and producer Michael Sussman thinks that would imply we’ll see extra Star Trek tasks transferring ahead.

“The hope is that Paramount is planning to take a position extra in Star Trek on tv, they usually’ve been very clear about how they wish to make Paramount+ an actual participant within the streaming area,” Sussman informed TrekMovie.

It seems that Sussman already has an thought in thoughts, one which he had inadvertently laid the groundwork for twenty years in the past, when Enterprise’s “In a Mirror Darkly, Half II” aired in April 2005. In that episode, we see a file on the way forward for Captain John Archer (performed by Scott Bakula).

“It occurred to me that somebody on the writing workers, not the artwork division, wanted to jot down this graphic,” Sussman mentioned. “Any individual wanted to consider this, proper? This was going to be a graphic that spelled out Archer’s life and profession after the collection ended.”

That graphic included the word that Archer turns into President of the United Federation of Planets. From that word, Sussman got here up with the concept for a present known as Star Trek: United, which adopted Archer on this presidential function. Sussman described it to TrekMovie as “a political thriller and a household drama set in these chaotic, youth of the Federation,” and likened it to exhibits like The West Wing and The Diplomat. He additionally mentioned that he thought the collection “might do for Star Trek, what Andor did for Star Wars. It’s a present the place you’ll be able to inform grownup tales about adults and inform them in a really grounded, sensible manner.”

Sussman had beforehand pitched the concept (Bakula has additionally expressed curiosity), and whereas he mentioned the concept was well-received, the mission was initially handed on. With the merger, nevertheless, Sussman hopes the brand new management may take curiosity. He’s not the one one: Unusual New Worlds co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman is reportedly wanting to pitch his Star Trek: 12 months One idea, following Kirk from the day after he takes the captain’s chair on the USS Enterprise to the primary episode of The Authentic Collection.

The place all these Star Trek tasks find yourself remains to be up within the air, although we will at present watch new episodes of Unusual New Worlds weekly on Paramount+, and the subsequent present, Starfleet Academy, will come out in 2026.