Michelle Yeoh of Discovery in discussion for a derivative series

Another Star Trek The series is in progress, and it will be directly derived from Discovery.

The proposed series would allow Michelle Yeoh to transform her character, Captain Philippa Georgiou of the mysterious Mirror universe into her own show, according to the same source. Deadline.

This untitled program will further explore Georgiou's connection with the Federation's secret security force, known as Section 31, which will be presented in the second season of Discovery.

If CBS All Access in the United States actually orders the series, the series will be determined by Yeoh's ability to budget time, since it's already committed to Discoverysecond season and potentially the Crazy Rich Asians after.

This would be the fourth Star Trek series ordered by CBS All Access. It was recently announced that Sir Patrick Stewart would return to the franchise to play Jean-Luc Picard in a show that would take place years later. The next generation.

Last month, Rick and Morty writer Mike McMahan began working on a humorous series Star Trek: Lower Bridge, which follows the crew low on "one of the least important Starfleet ships".

All this is part of a recent plan of Star Trek producers to reinvent the franchise by creating new interpretations of this 50-year-old science fiction institution.

"I think the most general thing we can say is that the fact that each project has its own voice and occupies its own space is a real conscious effort," said producer Heather Kadin.

"I'm not talking about his own space in the barrel, I'm talking about his own tonal vision, because you should not be tuning Discovery and I wonder if you reversed the channel, that it was Picard. They should feel different, they should have different messages from different people. "

Star Trek: Discovery airs on CBS All Access in the United States and Netflix in the world, including the United Kingdom.

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