Star Trek is still going strong as a TV franchise on Paramount+ with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , but Paramount-Skydance's new leadership could finally fix the biggest problem that has plagued the 60-year-old franchise created by Gene Roddenberry.
In early August, Skydance Media completed its purchase of Paramount Global, Star Trek' s parent company. Led by CEO David Ellison, who executive-produced Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond , the new Paramount-Skydance discussed their plans for the future of Paramount Studios with members of the press. Encouragingly, Star Trek was hailed as a "priority" for Paramount's new leadership.
Under executive producer Alex Kurtzman and Secret Hideout, Star Trek returned to