Teaser Trailer for the new Star Trek Series

CBS Studios debuted a teaser trailer and revealed the logo for the new Star Trek series today at the CBS upfront presentation for advertisers at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Les Moonves introduced the first elements for the show, which will premiere in January, 2017.

SOURCE: http://www.startrek.com/article/watch-teaser-trailer-for-new-star-trek-series

Star Trek Series Boldly Going to Toronto, Canada

There's a rumor going around that the new Star Trek series has booked studio space for September 2016 in Toronto Canada. There has been no official word yet from the Star Trek producers, but we will keep you posted if this rumor is confirmed true.

CONFIRMED : Pinewood Studios in Toronto 

Posted on Twitter on May 2nd 2016

A New Trek Series for a New Generation of Fans?

Star Trek Convention -- Photo Credit: Sam Morris

 As you may or may not know the Star Trek franchise has one of the largest generational fan bases in the world spanning over 50 years from 1966 to 2016. Fans from all walks of life gather worldwide to the many Star Trek Conventions, Special Events and Movie Premiers to show their love of everything Trek. These fans have always been vocal about the Star Trek Series especially when it's about to be cancelled.

Long time fans will remember the infamous letter writing campaign, but the newer fans may not know about Bjo and John Trimble. Back in 1968 NBC was ready to axe Star Trek altogether and if it weren't for Bjo we would not be discussing Star Trek at all. The Trimbles started a grassroots letter-writing campaign that saved the show and resulted in a third season.

Bjo Trimble - The Woman who saved Star Trek

Subsequently Star Trek emerged as a new phenomena and from there the franchise grew and grew and grew to 7 series and 13 movies. This includes the new movie Star Trek Beyond coming in July 2016 and the new Untitled Series coming in January 2017.

But fans haven't always been positive when it comes to their beloved Star Trek, dissatisfaction with the last series Enterprise resulted in a decline in viewers and a cancellation of the series altogether.  Fans reacted by grumbling online and some even created their own fan-based Web Series presenting Star Trek the way they would like it to be. They want a return to the old order with as many references to The Original Series as possible.

Which brings us to the 2009 Star Trek film directed by J.J. Abrams. This is where the fan-base definitely splits apart in two. The older fans that were faithful to The Original Series do not like this rebooted movie at all and have made their thoughts known online while some even refuse to watch it.

Fans react to the 2009 Reboot of Star Trek Directed by JJ Abrams

But in all fairness the 2009 Star Trek film was indeed successful grossing over $385.7 million worldwide and was nominated for 4 Academy Awards. So who was watching this film? Well that answer lies in the newer generation of Star Trek fans who like movies that are action packed and quick paced. Most of them probably don't even know about The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager or Enterprise. For many new fans this was the first time they were introduced to the Star Trek franchise.

So this brings us to the new series coming in 2017. What will the writers do with this show? How can they make the Star Trek fans of old and new happy with this upcoming series? It's been made pretty clear that the older fans do not want to see any more reboots, yet how do the writers get the newer generation of  fans to understand the Star Trek timeline or prime universe without diving into the past? The Star Trek fan-base is huge and split apart in their opinions of how the series and films should move forward.

It has been rumored that the new series will be a Seasonal Anthology where a different story-line will be presented each season. This could get interesting and be the solution Star Trek writers are looking for. They could go into the future for one season, then go back into the past for another season. Possibly even tie up some loose ends with the other story-lines, like whatever happened to the Voyager crew after they made it back to Earth? Or what happened after the Dominion War and did Sisko ever make it out of the wormhole?

Star Trek on CBS All Access

The possibilities with an Anthology Series are endless and could surely fill up 7-8 seasons if not more, while appealing to the wide range of Star Trek fans old and young. It also could save the series from getting cancelled if the story-line is not gathering viewers. They could wrap it up and start a new adventure next season with a new crew, new ship, and new timeline. All this is speculation of course but a good solution to keep the Star Trek fan-base all together for years to come.

RUMOR: New Trek Series to be set After TUC and Before TNG

New Star Trek Series Timeline somewhere inbetween The Undiscovered Country and The Next Generation

Rumor has it that the new Star Trek series will be set after Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and before Star Trek: The Next Generation. This means the series will take place between Stardate 2293 and 2364. The time span separating Captain Kirk and Captain Picard hopefully keeping within the Prime Universe.

But this time period may only apply to Season 1 as the show is rumored to be a "Seasonal Anthology" meaning the time period will change from Season to Season which has never been done on any of the previous Star Trek series before.

While details of the new series have been quiet, one thing we do know for sure is that it will not be set in the re-booted JJ Universe. We'll keep you posted with more details as they come out.

Teaser Poster for New Star Trek Series

Thanks to Romain Nigita of 8 Art Global for noticing these!

New Teaser Poster for Star Trek 2017 Featured at Cannes MIPTV Expo

Paired with CBS's other premium television projects, this large poster for the 2017 Star Trek show vividly announces the return to the small screen, in a design reminiscent of that early sales graphic we saw two weeks ago. Again, there's no spoilers or hints to the direction of the series, but as CBS president Les Moonves detailed earlier this year, it's a big draw for the international market. SOURCE: treklore.com

Treklore: The New Star Trek Series

The first episode of our Star Trek talk show, TrekLore In this episode, Bobbi and Dan discuss their wishes for the new Star Trek series, arriving in January of 2017

Possible Star Trek Villains in the New Series

The Borg Queen and Locutus

"The really great villains are the ones that you root for"  ~ Nicholas Meyer 'Wrath of Khan' Director

Every good story needs an evil villain to antagonize the hero and Star Trek sure has presented us with some of the greatest villains of all time. Cruel and vicious some of these Star Trek archenemies could give a person nightmares. But we love them, and why do we love them? Because their evil actions play an important part of the plot. It causes a conflict between the hero and villain either by fighting or by competition. Generally, the villain serves as an obstacle that the hero must struggle to overcome and a really great villain can transform a good try into a triumph. So let's take a look at some of the Star Trek villains that have evolved over the last 50 years.

Star Trek - The Original Series 1966-1969

Set destination: Starfleet Headquarters!

 Khan Noonien Singh
- Genetically Engineered Superhuman
- Archenemy of Captain Kirk
- Controlled 1/4 of Earth during Eugenics Wars
- Attempted to capture the Starship Enterprise
- Set the ships engines to self-destruct
- Exiled on Ceti Alpha V

 

 

Star Trek - The Next Generation 1987-1994

We are the Borg. Resistance is Futile.

The Borg Collective
- Menacing threat to those with superior technology
- Cybernetic organisms that function as a hive mind
- Assimilates beings into their collective
- Turned Captain Picard into Locutus of Borg
- Injects nanoprobes into a beings bloodstream
- Tried to stop Cochrane's 1st contact with Vulcans

 

 

Star Trek - Deep Space Nine 1993 - 1999

Remember: Victory is Life.

The Jem'Hadar
- Genetically engineered humanoid race
- Served as the military arm of The Dominion
- Attacked & destroyed the USS Odyssey
- Fought against the Federation in the Alpha Quadrant
- Addicted to an isogenic enzyme called Ketracel-White
- Ability to shroud themselves like a cloak

 

 

Star Trek - Voyager 1995 - 2001

I am not your son, Federation. I am your executioner!

Kazon Order
- Violent warrior species from the Delta quadrant
- Two racial variants of brown & copper skin
- A collection of semi-independent sects
- Attacked Voyager multiple times
- Stole a transporter module & replicator from Voyager
- Briefly captured Voyager to steal Starfleet Technology

 

 

Star Trek - Enterprise 2001 - 2005

I won't risk any more interference. Fire!

 Xindi Council
- Collective of six different intelligent species
- Planned a biological weapon based on human genetics
- Violent enemies wanting no interaction with humanity
- Launched a probe that attacked Earth & killed 7 million
- Pawns of The Gaurdians in the Temporal Cold War
- Tricked into believing Humans would destroy them







This list is just some of the villains that have appeared on Star Trek antagonizing the Captains and their crews. We can only wonder what the new series has in store for us. Will these old archenemies make a new appearance or will they create a whole new species of Villains ?? The Borg have already crossed over into 2 series & the movie Generations, so they probably won't make an appearance on the new show. Let us know who your favorite Star Trek villain is and if you think they will make an appearance in the new Star Trek series.