Star Trek: Is Paramount selling Star Trek to another studio?
Does Paramount need to sell off the Star Trek brand to save the company?
The world of Star Trek is in an unusual place right now—there are multiple television series appearing on the Paramount+ streaming channel, while the film side of the studio has been stumbling as it continues to talk about whether or not there are going to be more movies.
The folks at YouTube channel Sci-Trek discuss the rumor that streaming service Paramount+ isn’t making enough money from its Star Trek content —and parent company Paramount Studios might be considering selling off the brand altogether. This can mean either selling its products to another channel (instead of streaming it on their own channel) or selling the whole brand to another studio.
How likely is that? As Sci-Trek talks through the possibilities, it doesn’t sound as ridiculous as one would hope…
Star Trek franchise to be sold to save Paramount? | SCI-TREK
About Star Trek
The Star Trek brand kicked off in 1966 with the TV series Star Trek (now called Star Trek: TOS or “The Original Series”). Originally airing for only three seasons, the show followed the voyages of the U.S.S Enterprise, a starship built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century, “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
When creating Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry’s inspirations included TV western Wagon Train, the 1956 space horror film Forbidden Planet, Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satirical travel novel Gulliver’s Travels, and C. S. Forester’s historical naval military Horatio Hornblower novels.
Star Trek has since expanded to include multiple spin-off television series, two different film series, plus novels, games, comics, toys, and other media adaptations. After the conclusion of TOS, several members of the original cast continued to portray their characters (and more) in the 22-episode Star Trek: The Animated Series. They also appeared in six feature films before the film series passed the torch to the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Star Trek spin-off series include:
Star Trek: The Animated Series (ST:TAS)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (ST:TNG)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9)
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Picard
Short Treks
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Star Trek: Prodigy
Over the years, Star Trek has often been a champion of diversity—going all the way back to the original series. One member of that cast, Nichelle Nichols, even leveraged her role to make a real-world impact and bring diversity to NASA.