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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: [QB] It is 2015 - Paramount Pictures, happy with the returns for the opening of Star Trek XIII, the 3rd in the "reimagined" series of films with Matt Damon as Captain Kirk, and eager to celebrate the franchise's 50th Anniversary, are contemplating a 6th "Star Trek" series for a syndicated run to begin in September 2006. You've secured the opportunity to pitch a "Star Trek" television-series idea to "the powers that be" at Paramount (none of whom were at Paramount when "Enterprise" was canceled). This is also a job interview - if successful, you will be hired as the show runner in addition to its creator. Along with the invitation, Paramount sends you some notes about what the "Star Trek Series Six" hiring committee is looking for in the pitches it is presented. 1. Paramount is looking for a show with the classic "Kirk/Spock/McCoy" dynamic: they're looking for three to four series leads, with three to four supporting cast members (no more than seven regular cast members). Who would these characters be and how are they important to the show and unique from the other "Trek" series? 2. Paramount is open to any and all setting ideas. Starship, starbase, planetside. Pre-TOS, post-TNG, everything is fair game (although some people have confidentially whispered that Paramount wouldn't mind a setting that would allow for crossovers from other Trek series) with the understanding that the characters are affiliated with Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets (and/or their precursors or successors). What is your setting and how is it unique from the other series? 3. Paramount is interested in pursuing some of the features of recent television shows that they view as successful: the long-arcs and ongoing mysteries of "Heroes" and "Lost" are an element they would like reflected in a new "Star Trek" series, and as such, would like a general overview for how you, as the show runner, would develop the series over its first two seasons with this in mind. Warning: Paramount isn't opposed to the occasional episode which revists plotlines from previous shows, but it wants the show to stand on its own in terms of storytelling. 4. In addition, Paramount would like a "new" race to serve as principal antagonists, if and when they should appear -- the studio would like to keep away from the Borg, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, etc., as much as possible -- so as to further distinguish the series. Who and what are this new race, and why are they in conflict with our characters? Well? Have at it! (PS - for the purposes of this Topic, I am the Paramount Pictures' "Powers That Be.") [/QB][/QUOTE]
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