Originally Posted by Freya Thanks to less lazy people on reddit, have a collection of news! Star Trek News Will be set in the Prime Universe. 10 years before Kirk's 5-year mission. Prequel Confirmed.Fuller says Star Trek: Discovery takes events mentioned in previous iterations of Trek but "never full explored"Incident at the center of Star Trek: Discovery is not the Romulan War, Fuller saysStar Trek: Discovery to have Female leadFemale lead will be human, but not captainLead will be a Lt. Commander "with caveats"The first season will be 13 episodesFuller: “We’ll probably have a few more aliens than you normally do in a Star Trek cast” "Absolutely we're having a gay character." - Bryan Fullerwill be serialized but each weekly chapter will also feature closed-end stories"Discovery is set so close to the Kirk era that we can play with all the iconography of those ships and those uniforms.”Fuller: "We are not subject to broadcast standards & practices. Neither was Hannibal and we got away with murder."Spock's mother Amanda Grayson "maybe" will be featured in Discovery but will not be central.Bryan Fuller on the lead not being a captain: "We’ve seen 6 series from a captain’s point of view"Series will center around an event referenced in TOSOne of the alien characters is named SaruThere will be robots in Star Trek Discovery. You can also bend space and timeSources tell THR the rest of the cast will also feature an openly gay actor to play one one of the male leads (which Fuller confirmed), a female admiral, a male Klingon captain, a male admiral, a male adviser and a British male doctor. CBS All Access information There will be ads. about 12 minutes per hourHead of CBS All Access: "It’s the lightest ad load you can get. We’re toying with the idea of a commercial free option." good word I am so stoked for this. I mean I've been disappointed by new Treks before (hi Enterprise) but I dunno I have high hopes for this one. KLINGON CAPTAIN I am hyped. I am ready.
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