‘Star Trek’ Live-Action Comedy Series in Development From Tawny Newsome and Justin Simien
variety.comAdam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “Star Trek” is preparing to beam up some laughter. Actor-writer Tawny Newsome (“Star Trek: Lower Decks”) and writer-director Justin Simien (“Dear White People,” “Haunted Mansion”) are developing a new live-action comedy set in the world of the storied sci-fi franchise.
The show will be set in the 25th century. According to an official logline, it will follow “Federation outsiders serving a gleaming resort planet find out their day-to-day exploits are being broadcast to the entire quadrant.” Newsome and Simien announced the project, along with fellow executive producer Alex Kurtzman, during the “Star Trek” Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con, which Simien moderated.
Newsome was there with the cast of “Lower Decks” to discuss the fifth and final season of the animated comedy, in which Newsome voices Beckett Mariner, one of the junior officers on the USS Cerritos.
Simien, Newsome and Kurtzman will also write on the show. Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth will executive produce.
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