Film & TV Friday: Discovery Shakeup

didic (68)in #news • 6 years ago

Two Star Trek show runners leave, one enters. I am worried. This is Film & TV Friday.

The Discovery News

In a post on The Hollywood Reporter yesterday, we learned that Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts have been fired from the show, with Kurtzman stepping in. I didn't have a blog here when season 1 was running, which is why y'all probably don't know how much I loved season 1. It was daring and bold, and it was a serious examination of the values of Starfleet. Berg and Harberts have been fired due to budget overruns, and possibly also staff mistreatment.

Now, if the rumors of staff mistreatment are true, fuck'em. Goodbye. If those rumors have been spread to make the departure more palatable to fans, however, I am worried. Berg and Harberts were picked by original showrunner Bryan Fuller, and they shared his vision for the show. While Kurtsman's production company was always generally in charge, and he has always had a "created by" credit, he is a writer I do not trust. I loved Fringe, but the writing was riddled with issues. I do not love the Trek films he wrote. So, yeah. Worried.

On the bright side, the worst screenwriter to ever win a writing Oscar, Akiva Goldsman, who apparently was Kurtsman's guy in the writer's room, is also out. So that's something.

The show is due to return in 2019.

Wide Release Films Opening This Weekend:

Film	# of Theaters
Incredibles 2	4,410
Tag	3,382

Source: BoxOfficeMojo
With all due respect to Tag - which seems like a fun, odd film, based on a real story - this weekend is all about one film, the long awaited sequel to one of Pixar's biggest films ever. Looking at the reviews, this one looks closer to Toy Story 2 than Cars 2. That's a very good thing.

TV Show Premieres This Week

Show	Season	Country	Network or Service	Day	Time
The Affair	4	US	Showtime	Sunday	9:00PM EST
Deep State	1	US	Epix	Sunday	9:00PM EST
Yellowstone	1	US	Paramount	Wednesday	9:00PM EST
Queen Of The South	3	US	USA	Thursday	9:00PM EST
Detroiters	2	US	Comedy Central	Thursday	10:00M EST
Shooter	3	US	USA	Thursday	10:00PM EST
Take Two	1	US	ABC	Thursday	10:00PM EST
Marvel's Luke Cage	2	Worldwide	Netflix	Friday	3:01AM EST

Source: The Futon Critic
I have a theory on why Luke Cage won't follow the previous Marvel Netflix second seasons in sucking. I may have shared it here already. Here it is: The second half of season already was the crappy second season, and now we can proceed to the awesome.

Trailers

This week brings mostly horror trailers, some of which aren't even meant to be horror trailers.

Siberia

After killing the entire Russian mob in John Wick, ageless vampire Keanu Reeves is sent by what appears to be the Russian mob to Siberia. They will try to kill him. He will probably win. Because he's Keanu.