![]() ![]() It reached the point that they had signed most of the original cast and they were about to begin shooting when suddenly Star Wars came out and Paramount decided to turn the pilot script into a movie. Finally a TV series- Star Trek II or Star Trek: Phase II-was given the green light for development. After that, a movie was developed but the script was ultimately rejected. The first culmination was the animated series. ![]() Essentially, it revealed that soon after the cancellation of the original series, Gene Roddenberry had been approached to develop some new version of the series. Even then, that book only contained tantalizing hints. I didn’t really get the story about what happened until I read Susan Sackett’s The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture a year or so after the movie came out. A new Star Trek movie and series.Īs time went on, I heard less and less about the new series. The article, as I recall, expressed some hope that if the movie proved a success, Paramount would move ahead with the series. Apparently the sets and models for Star Trek II would be upgraded and used for the new movie. The article also mentioned a planned television series called Star Trek II was on hold. As a young Star Trek fan, this was exciting news indeed. I remember picking up a magazine sometime in 1978 announcing the forthcoming movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture. ![]()
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