Emmy-winning Screenwriter, Executive Producer. Star Trek: Prodigy.
@RealGDT
’s Trollhunters. Wizards: Tales of Arcadia. LEGO Unikitty! DC Comics. Secret stuff!
REMINDER: The Enterprise in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” had a deck called Cetacean Ops, where dolphins and whales were crew mates who helped with navigation. It was referenced twice in the show, but never seen! (1/4)
Star Trek: Prodigy is coming to Netflix!
Season 1 of the animated series launches onto Netflix later this year while a brand new Season 2 is slated to debut in 2024
Obviously, there is not much I can say. Everyone on the cast and crew loves
#StarTrekProdigy
deeply.
I have noticed some misleading headlines, so all I can do is point to this particular part of the press release.
We are completing season two on schedule and seeking a new home!
Can’t give any spoilers due to NDA…
But I just watched down the final mix of a new
#StarTrekProdigy
episode that ties together 56 years of Star Trek canon, lore, and legacy...
The world needs to see this.
Look what just arrived in the mail!
Thanks again to
@TheAcademy
for honoring
#StarTrekProdigy
with a nomination for “Outstanding Animated Series.”
I’m so proud to be part of the passionate crew that brought this show to life— and I remain confident we will find a new home.🖖🏼
Many are asking what they can do to help
#SaveStarTrekProdigy
as it sets a course for a new home.
Given our unique circumstances — 20 complete episodes in a known IP and another 20 nearly complete/exclusive for debut — prospects are good.
Here’s possibilities, to pitch in:
I like to believe this Starfleet-marine mammal partnership began with the events of “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” when Spock and Kirk rescued whales aboard a Klingon Burd of Prey to save future Earth. (3/4)
UNPOPULAR
#STARTREK
OPINION:
Sybok was actually a compelling villain.
His methods and motivation — a perversion of Vulcan ideology, exploiting emotions rather than suppressing them, searching for meaning through a false god— is fascinating and frightening in its implications.
🚨 RED ALERT 🚨
#StarTrek
fans, you’re being heard!
As of today, all 20 episodes of
#StarTrekProdigy
Season One are available again digitally on Amazon, Apple, Google, etc.
And I can OFFICIALLY confirm the BluRay for episodes 11-20 is coming September 26th loaded with extras!
FUN FACT: In college, I broke the Guinness World Record for most T-Shirts Worn at Once by a Single Human Being.
It's been pointed out these photos no longer exist online anymore... so here there are. My life is strange!
Sadly, it was deemed prohibitively expensive for a meager TV budget to show onscreen, so our TNG cetacean crew remains forgotten lore. However, I suspect the character of Darwin in a future sci-fi series, “SeaQuest DSV” (which shares many Trek writers) was an homage... (4/4)
WOW! Congrats to
#StarTrekProdigy
for its Television Critics Association Award nomination in the category of OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY PROGRAMMING.
Our passionate cast and crew is working tirelessly on this show, and this means the galaxy to us.
#StarTrek
The Television Critics Association revealed its nominations for its 39th Annual TCA Awards with Succession, The Last of Us and The Bear leading the charge. Winners are scheduled to be announced on Monday, August 7
According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (1991), “guidance and navigation research is conducted by twelve Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gilli), who are supervised by two Takaya’s Whales.” (2/4)
For the record, no one has guessed what Murf is yet, and I’m delighted. It may be the most obscure Star Trek reference ever conceived.
#StarTrekProdigy
#StarTrek
When people ask me “what’s your favorite version of Janeway” from Star Trek: Voyager, there are several equally valid responses that spring to mind.
But if I’m being totally honest, there’s one that always wins out.
To be clear:
Struck work is doing work that would otherwise be a paid union gig.
If it is not covered by the union or it is work you were doing for free as a fan, it is not “scabbing.”
Fans talking about a show is not scabbing. Journalists reviewing shows is not scabbing.
A huge thanks to the fans across every show, podcast, social media sphere. Everywhere. It means the galaxy to us.
Star Trek fans are the best. Thank you, everyone, for continuing to support
#StarTrekProdigy
. We can do this.
Wow, it’s true!
#StarTrekProdigy
Blu-Ray is selling out everywhere — Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart— in 24 hours!
Seems like people are voting with their wallets… and eager to discover the show!
#SaveStarTrekProdigy
@GoodAaron
@brothershageman
So, here’s something that may possibly be good news: Looks like *everyone* is sold out of Prodigy Blu-Rays. I had to order mine third-party on Amazon *and* pay shipping.
Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart. All sold out of the Prodigy Blu-Rays.
Whoa. The petition to save
#StarTrekProdigy
just surpassed the campaign to save “The Orville” with no signs of stopping.
Star Trek fans— keep the faith. Between spreading the word, buying the seasons and toys, you’re making a difference.🖖🏼
Wow, the
#SaveStarTrekProdigy
petition just passed 29,000 signatures.
If we hit 30k, that’s tied with the petition for “Strange New Worlds” and the one that brought back “The Orville.”
I wonder if
#StarTrek
fans can make it happen by this year’s
#STLV
?
I find myself thinking back to this card from the writers room wall, put up the first week of Season One of
#StarTrekProdigy
…
… where it remained the entire run.
Great things come from the many.
#SaveStarTrekProdigy
Everyone who has Netflix — or wants to sign up — be sure to watch all 20 episodes of STAR TREK: PRODIGY when it drops on Christmas Day!
The more who watch in the first month, the better. 🖖
ADDENDUM: As a few astute Trekkies have pointed out, the in-canon references mentioned above are: a door in the TNG episode “We’ll Always Have Paris” labeled TURSIOPS CREW FACILITY; also, Geordi asks a visiting Ferengi if he’s seen the dolphins yet in “The Perfect Mate.” (5/4)
For those asking where we are with Season 2 of
#StarTrekProdigy
:
- We are continuing production on the final episodes now.
- Writing, voice recording, and animatics for all 20 are completed. Animation nearly so.
- Episodes 201 - 210 are finished / locked. The rest, by January.
Feeling contemplative today on the release of the S1 finale.
Working on this season of
#StarTrekProdigy
as a writer-producer alongside so many talents was one of the great privileges of my life. What a joy to see it so embraced; can’t wait for you to see where we boldly go next.
For those curious, Season Two of
#StarTrekProdigy
is looking and sounding fantastic — we’ll soon begin working on the final mix for the last quarter of the episodes.
Excited for you to see what we’ve been up to when S2 drops on Netflix in 2024!
FUN
#STARTREK
FACT: Almost all of Star Trek takes place in the Milky Way galaxy, which has been divided into four quadrants -- Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta. Each TV series primarily explores one of these quadrants -- but despite the distance, ships do travel between them! 🖖(1/5)
The glowing reaction to “All the World’s a Stage” has been so overwhelmingly kind.
Thank you, Trek fans, for your willingness to embrace our show,
#StarTrekProdigy
in all its many weird and wonderful incarnations.
Live Logs and Proper! 🖖🏼
Congrats to
@TerryMatalas
and the tremendous cast and crew of
#StarTrekPicard
.
A beautiful send off — but hopefully not the last we see of the 25th century.
Just got misty-eyed mixing the Season Two finale of
#StarTrekProdigy
.
An emotional rollercoaster. The turning of chapters. Honor. Wonder. The everlasting journey.
You are not prepared.
That’s right — more
#StarTrekProdigy
coming in 2023!
Season 2. 20 episodes. Wild surprises.
Some of the boldest storytelling we’ve done yet, with familiar faces and new ones.
Be sure to spread the word — now is the time to catch up! More viewership means more Trek. 🖖🏼 💫
Today’s the day. Our show,
#StarTrekProdigy
is out now on Paramount+. It was lovingly crafted by so many outrageously talented artists, writers, cast and crew over the last two years. I am proud to be among them — on a bold new experiment in Trek. I hope you’ll watch it! (1/4)
Recently watched the final mix for another episode of
#StarTrekProdigy
Season 2 -- one that finally explores the aftermath of one of the most fascinating rivalries in the franchise's history. You are not prepared. 💫🖖
This is incredible.
#StarTrekProdigy
has cracked Netflix Top 10 lists in six different countries and counting. Keep the momentum,
#StarTrek
fans -- you are helping our show take flight!
In a world of deep uncertainty, I choose joy.
It can feel radical to reject cynicism. To try every day to make the world a tiny bit better.
Hope is a tool. It can be a battery, a shield, or a weapon. And it can be used in service of others.
We build a road, stone by stone.
With the film finale of
#TalesofArcadia
out today, many are asking my thoughts — if the series is truly concluding, etc.
Though I didn’t work on the movie, of course I’m sorry to see the story go, as something I helped make over nearly a decade... However, all stories end. (1/4)
I can’t believe
#StarTrekProdigy
fans managed to hire a skywriter in their campaign to save our show. Incredible!
If any Star Trek fans sees the banner flying over Los Angeles this Thursday at 11:30AM, please snap a pic for us! 🖖🏼
✨️
#SaveStarTrekProdigy
takes to the skies this Thursday, 24th August, at approx 11:30 PST ✨️
𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲!
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In the
#Trollhunters
writers’ room, we pitched an episode called “Small Story” that was told entirely from the perspective of Gnome Chompsky and NotEnrique — like a buddy cop movie. Sadly couldn’t find a place to fit it in!
#TalesofArcadia
HUGE CONGRATS to our incredible team on
#StarTrekProdigy
for their 1st Annual Children’s & Family EMMY NOMINATION for “Outstanding Animated Series”!
#StarTrek
💫 🖖🏼
WOW. In less than a week,
#StarTrekProdigy
fans did the impossible.
Watch FLIGHT OF THE PROTOSTAR — a
#StarTrek
fan film from Power543 Films, supporting the campaign to
#SaveStarTrekProdigy
.
Seeing our show in live action made my heart swell!
Just came from another mix of
#StarTrekProdigy
Season Two, an episode setting the stage for our season end game.
Truly feels like every episode is a finale now — aspirations of Deep Space Nine in gallant space opera, hope and heroism in the line of duty.
Since
#StarTrekProdigy
is TAG signatory and TV animation voice acting is allowed to continue under the current SAG-AFTRA contract…
… That means
#StarTrekProdigy
characters are 100% guild compliant for promotion and cosplays by everyone.
See you all at
#STLV
!
#StarTrek
WOW! Huge congratulations to our show,
@RealGDT
's WIZARDS: TALES OF ARCADIA for receiving FOUR Emmy nominations in the categories of Outstanding Animated Series, Main Titles, Editing and Sound Design!
Very proud to be nominated alongside our amazing team. Bravo!
#TalesofArcadia
This makes me happy. A recreation of Dal’s Kobayashi Maru holoprogram on
#StarTrekProdigy
, using new (and old!) action figures.
(Shown here with permission — from Russell Meyers and his crew.)
I’m often asked about when
#StarTrekProdigy
was written in comparison to other shows.
We began writing Season One in July 2019. At that time:
PIC S1 was being finished
LD S1 was being finished
DIS S3 was being written
SNW had not been greenlit
We finished in March 2020! (1/2)
There's nothing I'm allowed to say yet, but boy oh boy, I can't wait for you all to see the final installment of the
@talesofarcadia
,
#Wizards
. It's a wild ride, every episode is a nonstop rollercoaster of radness from beginning to end.
#Trollhunters
#StarTrekLowerDecks
brought so much joy, wonder and lore to the Star Trek franchise. It’s truly been incredible to see what they’ve accomplished — and I hope to see their adventures continue.
The Star Trek Universe is a big place.
Now that
#StarTrekPicard
has concluded, and we wait out the long Trek Winter for more Starfleet…
This is the perfect time to catch up on
#StarTrekProdigy
. I can’t tell you why yet, but if you haven’t seen it… do.
#ItsAllConnected
What a Christmas morning it has been!
#StarTrekProdigy
is now on
@Netflix
.
Your mission, cadets: Stream all 20 episodes this week and show it to friends or family, young or old!
A perfect gift that helps our show.🖖 💫
Inside Arcane, aka
@RealGDT
Bookstore, if the painting at the fireplace shows Guillermo you can keep explore and find great wisdom in books, strange objects and magic devices. If the "creature" is shown get ready because something wicked this way... enjoy. My painting here:
For those curious about the new
#StarTrek
announcements — all of the shows talk to each other.
Each covers very different corners of the Trek universe that align with one another, without repeating ourselves.
How we do that… you’ll have to watch to find out!
Your annual reminder that different Starfleet uniforms have always co-existed, but Trek fans rarely see this because a series usually focuses on one region, crew, or ship! 🖖
There’s another side to the story of
#StarTrekProdigy
…
Starting today, you can follow Vice Admiral Janeway’s weekly logs as she pursues the USS Protostar — unraveling new clues, lore and Trek canon.
Performed by
@TheKateMulgrew
, written by me. Go watch!
Sometimes I think about how the provisional pips given to the Maquis were never acknowledged or mentioned in a single episode of STAR TREK: VOYAGER.
Their exact purpose and meaning, versus being an “acting” officer or other noncom rank, has yet to be explained in canon, ever.
As we near
#StarTrekProdigy
’s return on Oct. 27th, there have been a lot of rumors swirling around Murf. Allow me to clarify a few:
1. Murf’s species has been mentioned in a previous Trek series, but not necessarily TOS.
2. A metaMURPHosis will take place.
3. We ❤️ Murf.
The final
#StarTrekProdigy
log for season one has arrived on Instagram!
In the aftermath of the finale, the erstwhile Protostar crew are settling in as Federation civilians — preparing for training to join Starfleet one day. What does the future hold?
Wow!
#StarTrekProdigy
Season 1B entered the Top 20 of all BluRay sales in its opening weekend!
Equally impressive is that it and Loki are the only TV shows to make the list.
Thank you,
#StarTrek
fandom. You are making a difference. 🖖🏼
Thank you,
@Variety
, for including
#StarTrekProdigy
’s “Kobayashi” on your list of 57 best Star Trek episodes of all time.
Truly an honor to be listed alongside so many incredible stories.
Hey, look at me — I’m finally real, with a blue check mark and everything!
Love the new access it comes with. It’s a big internet celebrity party over here. Time to go DM the President of Ireland.
It’s heartening to see longtime fans sincerely wish for something they want to see in
#StarTrek
, and the replies are filled with kind recommendations to watch animated Star Trek shows where they have already done it.
Keep spreading the word!
Animation is a medium, not a genre.
We specifically referenced this episode with the
#StarTrekProdigy
design team when determining what Chakotay might look like in the 2380s!
Our thought was, alternate future timeline or not, the hair genetics would be the same as he got older.
#StarTrek
Buckle up.
#StarTrekProdigy
Season Two is coming this year.
Duty. Mystery. Strange new worlds and civilizations.
And a chance to become what they were meant to be.
#StarTrek