Rumor: new limited Star Trek series focusing on Khan in development by Nicholas Meyer - Sensationalist Headlines

[quote]Writer-director Nicholas Meyer became a Star Trek icon in 1982 when he directed (and for the most part wrote) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the low-budget follow-up to the first Star Trek movie from 1979, which was a box office hit but which cost so much to make that ParaNmount elected to follow it up with a smaller picture produced by their television division. More recently, Meyer has been involved as a writer on the new Star Trek series for CBS All Access, Star Trek Discovery. But [b]according to two separate sources, Meyer is moving on from that position for a new Star Trek project, something he has hinted at in recent interviews. According to the sources, Meyer’s new project takes him back to Khan Noonien Singh,[/b] the “genetically superior” villain played by Ricardo Montalban in the original series episode “Space Seed” and in The Wrath of Khan, and by Benedict Cumberbatch in the J.J. Abrams-helmed Star Trek Into Darkness. Meyer will reportedly be [b]developing a prequel miniseries, or limited series that would take place on Ceti Alpha V and chronicle Khan and his followers struggling to survive in the years between when Kirk dropped him off on the planet at the end of “Space Seed” and when the crew of the U.S.S. Reliant finds them early in The Wrath of Khan.[/b][/quote] [url=http://www.geekexchange.com/news/breaking-nicholas-meyer-working-on-khan-limited-series/]Source: Geek Exchange[/url] If this was being done by anyone else but Nicholas Meyer I'd be wary of it, but I'm actually interested in seeing what comes of this. Plus, it's in the Prime timeline and not the Kelvin timeline.

Who would they get to play Khan though? Ricardo Montalban is dead and having Cumberbatch again would piss people off

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52525450]Who would they get to play Khan though? Ricardo Montalban is dead and having Cumberbatch again would piss people off[/QUOTE] As long as they're a good actor and can keep up the mannerisms of Montalban (since this is Prime) I'm happy. A lot of people were pissed by Cumberbatch playing Khan, but honestly the character was always kind of a mess casting-wise. In TOS and TWOK, it was a Hispanic actor, and in STID it was a British actor, while the character is from India. Both delivered good, if differing performances of the character.

This is a rumour, and one of the sources is from a very un-trustworthy guy. [editline]31st July 2017[/editline] No wait, that was another rumour. But this one is still not very credible at all.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;52525469]This is a rumour, and one of the sources is from a very un-trustworthy guy. [editline]31st July 2017[/editline] No wait, that was another rumour. But this one is still not very credible at all.[/QUOTE] Actually just did a bit more digging, and this does seem to be rumor based on speculation from a recent interview with Meyer. I'll get the title changed.

[QUOTE=Flicky;52525454]As long as they're a good actor and can keep up the mannerisms of Montalban (since this is Prime) I'm happy. A lot of people were pissed by Cumberbatch playing Khan, but honestly the character was always kind of a mess casting-wise. In TOS and TWOK, it was a Hispanic actor, and in STID it was a British actor, while the character is from India. Both delivered good, if differing performances of the character.[/QUOTE] Now I think about it, if this new Khan series were legit, why not get Ben Kingsley to play Khan?

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52525450]Who would they get to play Khan though? Ricardo Montalban is dead and [B]having Cumberbatch again would piss people off[/B][/QUOTE] What? Why?

[QUOTE=DeEz;52525819]What? Why?[/QUOTE] Because he looks nothing like Khan. Also Into Darkness wasn't a great movie.

[QUOTE=DeEz;52525819]What? Why?[/QUOTE] Some people got upset that Khan was played by a white actor despite being technically Indian and previously played by a Colombian.

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52525895]Some people got upset that Khan was played by a white actor despite being technically Indian and previously played by a Colombian.[/QUOTE] [sp]Well he followed the Sikh religion[/sp]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;52525879]Because he looks nothing like Khan. Also Into Darkness wasn't a great movie.[/QUOTE] Are any of the JJ Abrams movies even any good?

[QUOTE=ironman17;52525962]Are any of the JJ Abrams movies even any good?[/QUOTE] Only '09 Beyond was excellent, but JJ had little involvement with that one.

I'm glad he's a veteran writter who actually has both the chops and previous experience with the franchise instead of JJ or some other greenhorn. But to be fair, Khan was a two part. You needed both good writing and dialogue and a charismatic, almost-seductive yet elegantly vengeful acting execution that Montalban nailed.

I was sort of bummed it was going to take place on Ceti Alpha V. I was hoping for maybe a super-prequel about the Eugenics Wars that would end with Kahn taking off in the SS Botany Bay. Thinking about it, maybe this is the best way to go. If you go too far back you lose, well, the Trek.

[QUOTE=eomsten;52526147]I was sort of bummed it was going to take place on Ceti Alpha V. I was hoping for maybe a super-prequel about the Eugenics Wars that would end with Kahn taking off in the SS Botany Bay. Thinking about it, maybe this is the best way to go. If you go too far back you lose, well, the Trek.[/QUOTE] Yeah, anything prior to the Federation (ala First Contact) is too far back to be considered Trek. I consider something like The Expanse to be the closest thing to something akin to Pre-Federation Trek universe.

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;52526198]Yeah, anything prior to the Federation (ala First Contact) is too far back to be considered Trek.[/QUOTE] As one of the twelve people who liked Enterprise, this saddens me.

[QUOTE=Ardosos;52526458]As one of the twelve people who liked Enterprise, this saddens me.[/QUOTE] You know I'm talking even before Cochrane's first warp flight right? Well before Enterprise? I'm talking about the early 21st century of the ST universe post their WWIII & the Eugenics Wars.

For reference, Khan left Earth in 1994

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52527009]For reference, Khan left Earth in 1994[/QUOTE] And Star Trek 1994 is also incredibly different from real world 1994; what with the Eugenics Wars and World War III only 30 years later.

[QUOTE=Flicky;52527111]And Star Trek 1994 is also incredibly different from real world 1994; what with the Eugenics Wars and World War III only 30 years later.[/QUOTE] well hold your horses for a few years yet

[QUOTE=Flicky;52527111]And Star Trek 1994 is also incredibly different from real world 1994; what with the Eugenics Wars and World War III only 30 years later.[/QUOTE] How was this handled in the canon with the TOS Movies (Specifically Voyage Home) and Voyager (Specifically the Future's End episodes)? Wasn't the eugenics wars retconned to take place in the mid 21st century then?

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;52527227]How was this handled in the canon with the TOS Movies (Specifically Voyage Home) and Voyager (Specifically the Future's End episodes)? Wasn't the eugenics wars retconned to take place in the mid 21st century then?[/QUOTE] The Eugenics Wars always happened in the 1990s; in The Voyage Home they go back in time to the 80's. In Future's End, it was a conscious choice to not verbally reference the Eugenics Wars because of the episode taking place during the "present" from a production and premiering standpoint, though they still happened and are referenced in small details like a model of the Botany Bay and a photo of its launch.

I wish Khan was more like the Apache Chief Birdperson 80's Rockstar Khan from the original. The modernized one with Cumberbatch is just boring imho.