13 Star Trek Pitches Out There (And Where They're At)

4. A JANEWAY LIVE-ACTION SERIES?

Normally, we’d chalk this one up to simply happy actor talk — but this time, there’s more than a happy actor on one side of the conversation.

Back in late 2024, none other than Kate “Janeway” Mulgrew herself told interviewers more than once about “conversations” she’d had with none other than Alex Kurtzman as early as 2022. Or maybe it was more than that: “I'm not sure it has all the elements,” she told a Fan Expo audience, in public, as if there’d been work put into it. (and, weeks later, something about its “Wild West” vibe). Fast forward to earlier this year, and she has been quoted as saying “Alex and I are still talking.”  

Voicing Janeway for Prodigy was eye-opening for Mulgrew, and it's clear now she's embraced the idea of returning in live-action—but only if it was “something pretty great” and still brought the Star Trek mix of hope, promise, excitement, and danger. "And Janeway’s mind is the mind of somebody who can go anywhere at any moment, on a dime," she explains. :"I’d like to go back to that, but only if it’s excellent.”

On one hand, this is exactly how Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout team approached a skeptical Patrick Stewart about doing a live-action Picard series of some kind — and overcame his reservations after more than one pass at it. On the other hand, Secret Hideout's unclear contract renewal status by fall means any iteration of a Janeway series is just as uncertain.

Status: TALKING STAGE — AMONG CURRENT TALKERS FOR NOW