Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch, Proceeds to Blast Modern ‘Trek’ Highlight

We don’t know what Weir’s pitch for Star Trek looks like, but putting aside the paradox of the writer being a lifelong Star Trek fan while also wanting the series to be about phaser fire rather than social allegories—i.e., the thing that Star Trek has been about since its very beginning and even continues to be in the example of modern Trek that Weir does enjoy, Strange New Worlds (for better and worse, at times)—the line of thinking that leads to “I just want to watch Romulans and the Federation shoot at each other” does not necessarily make for an interesting pitch for a Star Trek show.