Star Trek Disvovery loses Showrunner

[Jester David]

The decision was made late last week to hand the day-to-day showrunning reins to “Star Trek” exec producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts as “Discovery” gears up for the start of filming next month and a May 2017 premiere date. Fuller, who will remain an executive producer, will still be involved in breaking stories, and the show will continue to follow his vision for the universe that this latest “Trek” series will inhabit. Writer-director Akiva Goldsman is also expected to join “Discovery” in a top creative role. He’s envisioned as serving as producing support for Berg and Harberts, Fuller and exec producer Alex Kurtzman as they juggle the demands of the series that CBS is counting on to be the marquee selling point for subscriptions to its CBS All Access SVOD service.​

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/bryan-fuller-showrunner-star-trek-discovery-cbs-1201901398/
http://io9.gizmodo.com/dont-freak-out-too-much-about-the-latest-star-trek-dis-1788260493

Not a good sign...

 

[Ryujin]

I actually don't find this particularly surprising. CBS changed the release schedule for ST: Discovery rather significantly, thereby also changing the workload for Fuller. He's also listed on both "American Gods" and the reborn "Amazing Stories", so he's got more than a lot on his plate. Something had to give.