It reminds you: Look, this is still all possible. Simply by making that implied assertion, I think that there is something powerful in that area. In addition, he said, using a real Hollywood musical, as opposed to one starring (as he joked) “‘Ned Bustaire’ and ‘Audrey Snepburn,'” made it clear that “this ‘Star Trek’ universe is actually our universe that we live in, with the same movies in its past that we have in our past. “That worked so well with ‘Wall-E,’ because it’s so not what you expect.” I mean, incongruity can be a source of something shocking. “There is an incredible charm in that kind of incongruity. Invoking “Funny Face” recalls the way Pixar’s “Wall-E” referenced another classic musical, “Hello, Dolly!”, within a far-off future. I assume it’s possible.’ We do all these amazing incredible things. “There’s some part of me that’s like, ‘I hope that’s possible. “It was through some really heroic persistence on the part of various producers on the show that we were able to get the rights to use the clip from ‘Funny Face.’ I was really happy about that,” he said.Ĭhabon hadn’t yet seen the final effect. The short features prominent use of the Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn classic film “Funny Face,” which Craft watches as a three-dimensional projection. He expected pushback from the producers, so he decided to push back on himself first. “If it’s 1,000 years, you know the crew’s not coming back,” he said. The 1,000-years leap in time, Chabon said, came from his desire to create an extreme sense of loneliness. It felt like I would be able to tell a very Star Trek story.” Right away, it had a very rich and very ‘Star Trek’ theme of, What is a human being? Who is a human being? What is the essence of humanity? That’s maybe the prime ‘Star Trek’ question. It seemed like a story that you could tell in a short space, a small space. “Calypso” stars Aldis Hodge (“Underground,” “Leverage”) and is set 1,000 years after “Discovery,” when a soldier known as Craft (Hodge) finds himself on the abandoned starship, run by the ship’s computer - which has evolved after centuries of isolation into a unique personality.Ĭhabon worked from a treatment written by “Discovery” writer Sean Cochran, which he thought “seemed like a great idea for a short film. So while working with “Discovery” executive producer Akiva Goldsman on a film project, Chabon mentioned that he was enjoying the show, and Goldsman offered him the opportunity to write a “Short Trek.” This included “Discovery,” which Chabon thought really kicked into gear around the third episode. Some of them made me happy and some of them made me sad.
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I’ve watched all the series and all the movies. “From that moment on, I just was a fan,” he said. We’re so lucky to have him and that he wanted to participate to the extent that he has.”Ĭhabon’s initial introduction to the “Trek” universe began around the age of 11, when he watched episodes with his babysitter Allison, an avowed Trekker. His voice has been a very, very important and useful voice. Stewart’s involvement, he feels, is “one of the reasons it’s going to be as good as it is going to be… He’s been involved pretty much from the beginning. Kirsten Beyer, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, James Duff, and yours truly. Oscars 2023: Best Adapted Screenplay PredictionsĦ0 Must-See New Movies to Watch This Fall SeasonĪdded Chabon, “I just tried to keep that really to myself and be like, ‘Haha, that’s so funny, Patrick.’ On the inside, I was screaming.” Quality Wins Out: The Best New 'Star Trek' Show Is Biggest Paramount+ Debut for the Franchise 'Star Trek' Cast and Creator's Ashes Will Be Flown to Space for 'Graveyard Orbit' You’re sitting next to Jean-Luc Picard and Professor X at the same time.'” He’s really smart, intuitive, friendly, and warm, and generous, and everything… Then, all of a sudden, it’s like deep inside me this fanboy voice would be like, ‘Oh my god.
“I think we all tried to be cool about it. “To be sitting in the room with Patrick Stewart, just sitting there next to me - I tried to be cool about it,” he said. Without revealing anything about Picard’s new adventures, Chabon said the experience working on the show left him flustered. But that’s really a prelude to the most exciting gig: being a part of the writers’ room for the upcoming series that marks the return of Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard. “It’s so much fun to be able to talk about ‘ Star Trek,'” he said.Ĭhabon makes his television-writing debut with the newest installment of “Short Treks,” a series of”Star Trek: Discovery” short films on CBS All Access. Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer-prize winning author of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” as well as “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” and “Wonder Boys,” sounded almost giddy on the phone.
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