Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan prequel podcast will tell an untold Kirk story

Khan is returning to the Star Trek universe — you just won’t be able to Please see him.

Revealed during Paramount Plus’ Star Trek Day, Star Trek: Khan – Ceti Alpha V is a scripted podcast that will chart the events between the character’s appearance in the original series’ episode “Space Seed” and his vengeful emergence in the celebrated Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Nicholas Meyer was the director Wrath to KhanTrek’s first venture into narrative podcasting will be led by.

Meyer’s storied career in the Star Trek universe only began with the Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. After the movie’s box office success, Meyer stepped away to other projects, but found himself lured back as a co-writer for another celebrated installment: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.Bryan Fuller hired him in 2016 to assist with the creation of what was eventually called “The Future.” Star Trek: Discovery. The show saw its fair share of upheaval, with Fuller eventually departing the project and the Trek’s current overseer, Alex Kurtzman, using it to jumpstart an entire slate of franchise projects. Meyer wasn’t involved in subsequent seasons. Discovery, PicardOr Strange New Worlds, he’s been lingering in the Trek quadrant; earlier this year, he told TrekMovie that he was actively working on a new Trek movie pitch, while also remaining in talks with Kurtzman. Whether the podcast is a new evolution of that pitch is unclear, but Meyer’s commitment to Trek is unquestionable.

“Nick made the definitive Trek movie when he made Wrath, and we’ve all been standing in its shadow since,” said Kurtzman in a statement. “Forty years have offered him a lot of perspective on these extraordinary characters and the way they’ve impacted generations of fans. Now he’s come up with something as surprising, gripping and emotional as the original, and it’s a real honor to be able to let him tell the next chapter in this story exactly the way he wants to.”

The Trek fan should be concerned that the announcement of this project, though still in development, did not include a specific release date or casting. Though Ricardo Montalbán and William Shatner’s respective portrayals of Khan and Kirk remain iconic in their own right, they aren’t sacred ground; Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed a reimagined version of Khan in Star Trek Into DarknessWhile Chris Pine played Kirk in the three rebooted Trek movies, he was portrayed by. Paul Wesley portrays Kirk as a new character. Strange New WorldsSeason 2. Trek’s new era is all about freedom.