Alex Kurtzman says Star Trek spinoff Section 31 is alive but is that a good thing?
You know, when you have to refer to something as “still alive”, that gives one the idea that it’s very close to death. “Hey, how’s Great Grandma Helen doing?” “Well, she’s still alive…” The fact that we’ve gotten to this point where Star Trek: Section 31 is “still alive” after it was greenlit is super sketchy.
It’s no doubt the pandemic killed a lot of shows, and a show that was already not getting a lot of positive traction with the fanbase (after all, Section 31 are bad guys), seems like the right candidate to get the ax.
It also doesn’t help that its star, Michelle Yeoh, is already the lead on another, potentially bigger series, it isn’t exactly a good look. Speaking to Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast, Star Trek head honcho Alex Kurtzman said the property is still in development.
"We’re in a very exciting place. I can’t tell you anything yet. But but it’s still very much alive."
Star Trek’s Section 31 may never see the light of day at this point
it’s been nearly three years since the show was originally discussed. The show had lead writers, Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt, who not only was eventually moved to Star Trek: Discovery, but later the duo left to executive produce Netflix’s, Sweet Tooth.
Yeoh, the series star, is now starring in The Witcher: Blood Origin. That series, unlike Section 31, has a lot of forward momentum behind it and took only months to get into production. During the pandemic.
You lost your writers, your lead star has new obligations and you’re heading into the start of “year four” of the project. The project was once described as having been on a “great track”. It seems like it’s anything but on a great track.