Rod Roddenberry Joins New Star Trek Series

STUDIO CITY: Rod Roddenberry, son of the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth have joined the new Star Trek series as executive producers.

Roddenberry Entertainment, which Gene Roddenberry created in 1967, will also co-produce the new Star Trek series alongside CBS Television Studios, Secret Hideout and Living Dead Guy Productions. Roth, Roddenberry Entertainment’s COO, and Rod Roddenberry, the company’s president, join Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin and Bryan Fuller in executive producing.

The new Star Trek series marks the first original series developed for CBS All Access. This next chapter in the franchise will also be distributed concurrently for television and multiple platforms around the world by CBS Studios International.

“Gene Roddenberry, the Great Bird of the Galaxy, left a finely feathered nest for all who love Star Trek to enjoy,” said Fuller. “And it is only fitting that Rod Roddenberry and Roddenberry Entertainment join our new Trek adventure to ensure that his father’s legacy of hope for the future and infinite diversity in infinite combinations runs through our tales as Gene Roddenberry intended.”

“Moral dilemmas, human issues, complex characters and a genuine sense of optimism: These are the cornerstones of Star Trek and are what have made it such an influential and beloved franchise for the last 50 years,” said Rod Roddenberry. “While I will always be humbled by its legacy and the legions of fans who are its guardians, it’s a genuine honor to be joining a team of imaginative and incredibly capable individuals whose endeavor it is to uphold the tenets of Star Trek’s legacy while bringing it to audiences in a new era and on a contemporary platform.”