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Star Trek turns 60 with no new TV show or film confirmed

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  • Star Trek turned 60 last week with no new TV series or film confirmed in the pipeline, NPR reports.
  • Actress Jeri Ryan said she has "a hard time believing some of the disinterest is not political," citing Paramount's 2025 elimination of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
  • The franchise's two remaining streaming-era series, Starfleet Academy and Strange New Worlds, are both preparing to wrap up their runs.
  • Co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman attributed part of the slowdown to streaming-era viewer fragmentation; former showrunner Ira Steven Behr cited declining cultural belief in technological optimism.
 2026-09-13 · 4 MIN READ

Hugh Laurie, Joe Alwyn join cast of BBC/MGM+ le Carré adaptation 'Legacy of Spies'

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  • Hugh Laurie and Joe Alwyn have joined the cast of the espionage thriller Legacy of Spies, an eight-part series based on John le Carré's novels The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and A Legacy of Spies.
  • The series, which will air on the BBC in the United Kingdom and on MGM+ in the United States, will also feature previously announced actors Matthew Macfadyen, Charlie Hunnam, and Daniel Bruhl.
  • Le Carré's sons and executive producers Stephen and Simon Cornwell said in a statement that reuniting with Laurie and Alwyn was "a remarkable privilege as we build out the world of the Circus."
 2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READ
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