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Star Trek: Discovery loses showrunner Bryan Fuller

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One to beam down…

Bryan fuller is no longer the ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ showrunner.

According to Variety, the 47-year-old television producer has stepped back from the upcoming new ‘Star Trek’ TV show… with Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts taking over.

“Bryan Fuller is stepping back from the showrunner role of CBS’ ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ as he juggles production responsibilities on two other series,” they revealed. “

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“The decision was made late last week to hand the day-to-day showrunning reins to “Star Trek” exec producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts as “Discovery” gears up for the start of filming next month and a May 2017 premiere date.”

Although Bryan Fuller has now stepped away from ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ as showrunner, he remains on board as executive producer, and will still be involved in breaking stories.

“The show will continue to follow his vision for the universe that this latest “Trek” series will inhabit.”

“Writer-director Akiva Goldsman is also expected to join “Discovery” in a top creative role. He’s envisioned as serving as producing support for Berg and Harberts, Fuller and exec producer Alex Kurtzman as they juggle the demands of the series that CBS is counting on to be the marquee selling point for subscriptions to its CBS All Access SVOD service.”

But why did Bryan Fuller choose to leave the show?

Apparently, there’s been some friction behind the scenes - particularly over the progress of the upcoming ‘Star Trek’ show. On top of that, Fuller has been juggling commitments to two other shows: ‘American Gods’ and ‘Amazing Stories’.

Can’t blame him for lightening the load, then.

“It became clear that he couldn’t devote the amount of time needed for “Discovery” to make its premiere date and with production scheduled to start in Toronto next month. In September, CBS pushed the “Discovery” premiere back from January to May in order to give the team more time to work out stories and ensure sufficient time for production of visual effects.”

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ heads to TV in 2017.

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