By GustavoLeao / 11:54, 27 May 2005 / General Star Trek

The latest issue of STAR TREK MAGAZINE, just out in the UK, features an exclusive interview with STAR TREK producer Rick Berman, in which he again talks about ENTERPRISE cancellation, the development of STAR TREK XI, and his future plans. Here are a few excerpts :

About the cancellation of STAR TREK ENTERPRISE, Berman once again blames it on so-called "franchise fatigue." "I don't believe that it is a result of the quality of the show," he said. "The response that I've given before, that I'll give again, is that I think STAR TREK NEMESIS was a very good movie. The executives at Paramount pictures and everybody involved with the movie were shocked that it did two-thirds of the business of the last movie. I don't think that had anything to do with the fact that NEMESIS qualitatively was different than the previous movie. I think it's all part of the same syndrome, which has something to do with the erosion of the fans and the fact that after 700 and something episodes of television, and 10 movies, that people are moving away."

About rumors of an ENTERPRISE pick-up by a cable network like Sci Fi Channel, he said, "Unfortunately, our show costs a lot more than their shows do. A lot of those shows are shot in Canada. A lot of those shows are shot with budgets not much more than half of what our budgets are. I think that to continue our show at the level of production we've kept it at, to keep these actors, it would probably be prohibitive to do it on cable. But it certainly would be possible. And the answer is that the powers-that-be at Paramount seem to feel that the time has come to give things a rest."

When asked about the next STAR TREK feature film, a prequel with an all-new cast of characters to be written by Erik Jendresen, he said, "I think that if this film is made it certainly won't get finished in the next year. If it gets done in two years or three years I think that timeframe for a new, fresh feature with a whole different outlook would be fine."

In regards to non-STAR TREK projects, Berman revealed, "I have a number of things that I'm working on. I even have one project that I'm working on with Brent Spiner, in the creative realm as apposed to the acting realm. But we'll see what the future holds."

More from Berman can be found at Sci Fi Pulse.

To read the full article, get the latest issue of STAR TREK Magazine at your local newstand.

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