The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger looks like it will become a reality in coming months, which is leaving Star Trek fans with some questions about the franchise’s future after all its extant shows were cancelled. The franchise was a cornerstone of Paramount’s streaming strategy, but with a new regime incoming, its destiny was unclear. We still don’t have any concrete answers about what shape the future of the science fiction mainstay will be, but we do now know who will be captaining the ship.
Both Paramount and Warner Bros. own a gigantic streaming service of their own: Paramount has Paramount+, while Warner Bros. owns HBO Max. It’s likely that they will eventually be consolidated into a single entity, although there may be a significant period of time when they co-exist. For a recent example, Disney acquired most of 20th Century Fox’s assets in 2019, and has since worked to integrate its own streaming service, Disney+, with Hulu, which was initially a Fox and Universal collaboration. However, seven years later, Hulu still exists as a distinct standalone app.
And who will be tasked with overseeing this mammoth merged entity? It will be Casey Bloys, the current head honcho of HBO, who was chosen over Paramount+ head Cindy Holland, as reported by Variety; Holland will now be departing the company. Bloys has a long history at the company, having taken over HBO in 2016 and shepherded it through a very successful decade. He’ll now be overseeing the fate of Star Trek, which began as a network TV show 60 years ago before moving to first-run syndication, then upstart network UPN, and has now spent the last decade of its existence largely existing on streaming.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
01
You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What ‘Star Trek’ Shows Have Been Streaming Originals?
Star Trek: Discovery, the first new Star Trek series in over a decade, launched in 2017 as the flagship series of what was then known as CBS All-Access. Other Trek series soon followed as the service was renamed Paramount+, including Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, Strange New Worlds, and Starfleet Academy. The latter two were the last ones standing; both have been cancelled, with their final seasons expected to premiere on the service in 2027. Paramount+ also produced one streaming-original movie, Star Trek: Section 31; it was originally greenlit as a series before being repurposed into a feature-length project.
Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
Release Date
2017 – 2024-00-00
Network
CBS All Access, Paramount+
Showrunner
Alex Kurtzman
Directors
Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jonathan Frakes, Douglas Aarniokoski, Lee Rose, Christopher J. Byrne, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Akiva Goldsman, David Barrett, T.J. Scott, Maja Vrvilo, Andi Armaganian, Adam Kane, Alex Kurtzman, David Semel, David Solomon, Jeffrey W. Byrd, Jen McGowan, John Ottman, John Scott, Marta Cunningham, Norma Bailey, Omar Madha, Chloe Domont, Deborah Kampmeier
Writers
Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, Anne Cofell Saunders, Kyle Jarrow, Brandon Schultz, Ted Sullivan, Terri Hughes, Kirsten Beyer, Kenneth Lin, Sean Cochran, Jesse Alexander, Aron Eli Coleite, Chris Silvestri, Jay Beattie, Joe Menosky, Lisa Randolph, Andrew Colville, Dan Dworkin, M. Raven Metzner, Jordon Nardino, Johanna Lee, Kemp Powers
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