Star Trek: Discovery To Blur Line Between Movies And TV

The line between Star Trek movies and television is about to get very thin.

While set in the same timeline as all previous live-action Star Trek television series, Star Trek: Discovery's trailer showed a visual style that seems to borrow from the cinematography of the modern Star Trek movies.

"The line between film and television is utterly blurred," executive producer Alex Kurtzman tells Collider. "Not just at a storytelling level, but visually now. What we're doing on Star Trek right now, that's not that different from what we're doing in the movies. I think that's what people expect when they pay for Netflix, or for HBO, or whatever they're going to pay for. That actually makes, as a storyteller, it makes it, in the many ways, you're not limited by oh, we could never really do that on television scope wise because now, take a look at Game of Thrones. That's a movie."

If Star Trek: Discovery can match the quality of Game of Thrones and other premium cable and streaming service shows then it should definitely warrant the price of a CBS All Access subscription.

Star Trek: Discovery was originally slated for a May debut, but a production delay pushed the release window back further. When it does premiere, the first episode Star Trek: Discovery will air on CBS. The remainder of the 15-episode first season will debut on CBS's streaming subscription service CBS All Access.

Star Trek: Discovery was created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman. Fuller was originally intended to be Discovery's showrunner but was forced step down due to commitments to Starz' adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts have taken over as showrunners.

Star Trek: Discovery takes place roughly a decade prior to the five-year mission of Star Trek: The Original Series. In breaking with franchise tradition, the show's main protagonist will not be a captain. Instead, it will be First Officer Michael Burnham, played by The Walking Dead alum Sonequa Martin-Green.

Star Trek: Discovery's cast also includes Jason Isaacs as Captain Lorca, Rainn Wilson as Star Trek: The Original Series character Harry Mudd, James Frain as Sarek, Spock's father, and Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou, the captain of another Starfleet ship, the Shenzhou, which will be important to the plot of Star Trek: Discovery. Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp both play science officers. Mary Wiseman will play a final year Starfleet Academy cadet.

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