Star Trek: Picard’: Michael Chabon Named Showrunner Of CBS All Access Series
EXCLUSIVE: “I’m really so delighted, and I can’t believe I get a chance to be part of this,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Michael Chabontold Deadline last fall about joining the writers room of
CBS All Access’
Star Trek: Picard series as an executive producer. The lifelong
Star Trek fan has now been named showrunner of the
Star Trek revival that is bringing
Trek icon Patrick Stewart back into Federation space.
Chabon, who had been part of the core creative team on the series, is working closely on the day-to-day production with fellow executive producers, veteran
Star Trekwriter/producer Akiva Goldsman, and Alex Kurtzman, who continues to oversee the expansion of the growing
Star Trek universe for CBS TV Studios.
“Daring, lyrical, humane, whimsical, celebrated: words that describe both Jean-Luc Picard and the literary genius of Michael Chabon,” said Kurtzman. “Despite a laundry list of accomplishments most writers only dream of, Michael shines with the heart and soul of a Trekkie who’s finally found his dream job. We’re so fortunate to have him at the helm as we explore this next chapter in the great captain’s life.”
In
Star Trek: Picard, Stewart reprises his role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on
Star Trek: Next Generation. Star Trek: Picard will follow Picard in the next chapter of his life.
Star Trek: Picard, produced by CBS TV Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, will also star Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd and newcomer Evan Evagora.
Stewart, Kurtzman, James Duff, Goldsman, Chabon, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth executive produce, with Aaron Baiers of Secret Hideout serving as co-executive producer and Kirsten Beyer as supervising producer. Hanelle Culpepper will direct the first two episodes of the series, making her the first woman to direct a pilot or debut episode of a Starfleet series in the franchise’s 53-year history.
“
Star Trek has been an important part of my way of thinking about the world, the future, human nature, storytelling and myself since I was ten years old,” said Chabon. “I come to work every day in a state of joy and awe at having been entrusted with the character and the world of Jean-Luc Picard, with this vibrant strand of the rich, intricate and complex tapestry that is
Trek.’”
Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novels
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Moonglow, Wonder Boys and
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, among others
. His screenplays and teleplays include
John Carter, Spiderman 2, Unbelievable– which he wrote with his writing partner and wife, Ayelet Waldman – as well as the
Star Trek: Short Treks episode “Calypso.” In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Chabon has won the Hugo, Nebula, Mythopoeic, Sidewise and Ignotus awards (Spain’s Hugo Award) and many others.