Raph's Girl
11-14-2005, 04:32 PM
Longtime Star Trek producer Brannon Braga told SCI FI Wire that he's done
with the franchise, at least for now and for the foreseeable future. "At the
moment, yeah," Braga said in an interview. "There will be a lot of fans
cheering about that," he added wryly, referring to the often caustic fan criticism
directed at him during his 15 years as a writer and producer on Trek series
and movies.
Since the end of Star Trek: Enterprise earlier this year after four seasons
on the air, there have been no plans announced for either a new Trek film or
a TV series for the first time in 18 years. But Braga said that, even if
there were, he would likely turn down any chance to be part of it. "At this
point, most likely not," Braga said. "Just having come off so many years on the
show and having done something different, I just don't think I would be ready
now. Nor do I think they would necessarily ask me. But if they came to me
today, I would have to be very flattered, but politely decline."
Braga served as co-creator and executive producer of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Braga began his tenure with the Trek franchise in 1990 as a writer/producer
on The Next Generation. In 1995, he was appointed executive producer of Star
Trek: Voyager. Braga wrote more than 150 Trek episodes, including the Next
Generation series finale "All Good Things ... ," which earned him the Hugo
Award for excellence in science fiction writing. Braga also co-wrote the movies
Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, which became the
highest-grossing of the nine Star Trek films. Braga worked closely with the other
longtime executive producer of Trek, Rick Berman.
Braga is now an executive producer on CBS' new SF drama Threshold and has
left Trek behind. "You know how it is," he said. "You did something for a long
time. Star Trek was very good to me. And I certainly did my best to
contribute to Star Trek. But there just comes a point where I'm not sure what else I
would have to give. I certainly could see the financial value in it, but at
this point, creatively, I would not want to be involved in something that I
couldn't give to."
Raph's Girl note: Of course... He and Berman kill star trek then decide to leave it. Now if only Berman would leave...we'd all just be satisfied with the great Manny Coto. I LOVE "Threshold" tho.
with the franchise, at least for now and for the foreseeable future. "At the
moment, yeah," Braga said in an interview. "There will be a lot of fans
cheering about that," he added wryly, referring to the often caustic fan criticism
directed at him during his 15 years as a writer and producer on Trek series
and movies.
Since the end of Star Trek: Enterprise earlier this year after four seasons
on the air, there have been no plans announced for either a new Trek film or
a TV series for the first time in 18 years. But Braga said that, even if
there were, he would likely turn down any chance to be part of it. "At this
point, most likely not," Braga said. "Just having come off so many years on the
show and having done something different, I just don't think I would be ready
now. Nor do I think they would necessarily ask me. But if they came to me
today, I would have to be very flattered, but politely decline."
Braga served as co-creator and executive producer of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Braga began his tenure with the Trek franchise in 1990 as a writer/producer
on The Next Generation. In 1995, he was appointed executive producer of Star
Trek: Voyager. Braga wrote more than 150 Trek episodes, including the Next
Generation series finale "All Good Things ... ," which earned him the Hugo
Award for excellence in science fiction writing. Braga also co-wrote the movies
Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, which became the
highest-grossing of the nine Star Trek films. Braga worked closely with the other
longtime executive producer of Trek, Rick Berman.
Braga is now an executive producer on CBS' new SF drama Threshold and has
left Trek behind. "You know how it is," he said. "You did something for a long
time. Star Trek was very good to me. And I certainly did my best to
contribute to Star Trek. But there just comes a point where I'm not sure what else I
would have to give. I certainly could see the financial value in it, but at
this point, creatively, I would not want to be involved in something that I
couldn't give to."
Raph's Girl note: Of course... He and Berman kill star trek then decide to leave it. Now if only Berman would leave...we'd all just be satisfied with the great Manny Coto. I LOVE "Threshold" tho.