New Star Trek TV Series in Development at CBS?

Over the weekend,Latino Reviewreported that CBS is looking to develop a newStar TrekTV series, withBryan Singerrumored to executive produce through his Bat Hat Harry production company. You may recall thatBryan Singerwas also part of a team that pitched a series entitledStar Trek Federation10 years ago, along withRobert Meyer BurnettandChristopher McQuarrie, with Geoffrey Thorne writing the script. This report alleges that thisStar Trek Federationteam is all back for the new series, but it seems that may not be the case.

io9reached out toRobert Meyer Burnett, who said he knows nothing about a newStar TrekTV series for CBS. Of course, that doesn’t mean it isn’t happening, but if it is, the project is going forward without him. Here’s what he had to say below.

“All of the FEDERATION information is true…but we did that TEN YEARS AGO. The treatment was written but effectively killed when JJ took over. It never went further than the treatment…and no one ever pitched it…and I don’t know if Geoffrey wrote a full script. While I have been working on AXANAR, and we are building sets, etc,…I know NOTHING about a new CBS Trek series. As for currently working on something with Skydance? NO COMMENT (but if I WERE, it is NOT related to TREK in any way).

Robert Meyer Burnettis currently working on a 90-minute fan film entitledStar Trek: Axanar, which centers on the Four Years War in theStar Trekcanon. It’s worth noting that back in 2012, we reportedHannibalcreatorBryan Fullerwanted to team up withBryan Singerfor a newStar TrekTV series, although he said nothing “official” would be announced until afterStar Trek Into Darknesscame out. It’s been nearly two years since that movie hit theaters and we still haven’t heard anything official.

The time would certainly be right forStar Trekto come back to the small screen, since the 50th anniversary of the originalStar TrekTV show is next year. Paramount is timing the release ofStar Trek 3to coincide with the anniversary, but it’s possible that CBS could roll out a new TV show next year as well. Would you rather seeStar Trekon the big screen, small screen, or both? Let us know what you think below.