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‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch: Their “Shows Are Sh**”

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‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch: Their “Shows Are Sh**”
The Hollywood Reporter
‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch: Their “Shows Are Sh**”
The author of the blockbuster film says Paramount turned down his 'Star Trek' idea and suggested that modern 'Trek' shows have lost their way.
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dangerphone Mar 29, 2026 +141
Whatever. Weir went on Critical Drinker. I know what problems he has with new Star Trek and it ain’t the plotting.
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shadowromantic Mar 29, 2026 +25
Ugh. Bummer
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8JHF8 Mar 29, 2026 +10
Could you explain? What did he say?
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omgFWTbear Mar 29, 2026 +1
Critical Drinker is, at best, a venue to pretend other critiques aren’t, actually, the speaker disguising “why didn’t an ubermensch just solve things?” Which, if anything, sadly recasts his previous work in an (ironic turn of phrase) darker light.
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No_Swing_6959 Mar 29, 2026 +12
Oh really ya that sucks
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NothingPersonalKid00 Mar 29, 2026 +15
I don't care what he goes on, the new Star Trek shows are dogshit.
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trevrichards Mar 29, 2026 +18
I mean. Their shows *have* been shit.
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PresidentMagikarp Mar 29, 2026 +1
The animated series are a notable exception to this, which makes it that much more frustrating that they were left out of the 60th anniversary visualizer.
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LakeEarth Mar 29, 2026 +1
He singled out Lower Decks (and SNW) as an exception.
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PresidentMagikarp Mar 29, 2026 +1
Don't sleep on Prodigy. Once the first six episodes build the arc for the series going forward, it doesn't let off the gas.
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embarrassedalien Mar 29, 2026 +1
I’m not even a Trekkie but I know that means he’s a real one.
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gildedbluetrout Mar 29, 2026 +11
Yeah. Both things can be true. Academy was a bin fire. *‘I think I swallowed my comms badge!’*
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AffectionateKey7126 Mar 29, 2026 +1
He definitely has an issue with the plotting as well.
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SlouchyGuy Mar 29, 2026 -25
Yes, celebrities google everything about every stop on their press tour. I love internet tendency to ascribe the worst things to people right off the bat
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AtheonsLedge Mar 29, 2026 +1
Funny to think of Mr Nonpolitical writing a Star Trek show
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nic_haflinger Mar 29, 2026 +35
Sounds like he’s getting a bit full of himself. Someone didn’t like my ideas so they’re show is shit.
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ThisI5N0tAThr0waway Mar 29, 2026 +16
Most successful people in entertainment are full of themselves, doesn’t mean he’s right or wrong. I guess we can somewhat look at the result.
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Royd Mar 29, 2026 +24
They're recent shows..... They're kinda shit though.....
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WinPuzzleheaded7117 Mar 29, 2026 +1
You only need one period at the end of sentences. Even if you wanted to use an ellipsis, that’s only three dots.
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AlwaysRushesIn Mar 29, 2026 +1
I call it "pulling a Tarantino".
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JohnR1977 Mar 29, 2026 +1
i seriously hope you’re joking
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CalvinYHobbes Mar 29, 2026 +31
The Star Trek shows have been absolute shit. Starfleet Academy was a new low.
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Inosh Mar 29, 2026 +1
Try stargate sg1 if you haven’t already.
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InfoBarf Mar 29, 2026 +6
I feel like his whole thing is like the opposite of star trek. I dont think id wanna see his star trek show.
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CryptographerUsed841 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Yet try to make a slight criticism about his over the top wholesome competency listnookcore p*** books and people on here will faint.
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Achemaker Mar 29, 2026 +13
You're gonna say I'm proving your point by calling you out on this, but that is the most ridiculous sentence I've ever read. God forbid someone write a wholesome story about competent people with a happy-ish ending.
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watch_out_4_snakes Mar 29, 2026 +1
Hail Mary as a novel is boring as all hell. The movie made it sooooooo much better.
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NothingPersonalKid00 Mar 29, 2026 +9
I will take competency over, "I swallowed my comms badge" any day of the week.
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shadowromantic Mar 29, 2026 +1
Bummer. He seemed like a cool dude. I wish he would've kept his mouth shut. 
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gummi_eater Mar 29, 2026 -9
Lol you like the new stuff like Starfleet academy?
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Turbulent_Advance836 Mar 29, 2026 +1
Dude Andy…… you need my buddy mike, and like 3 other dudes I went to high school with. Fix that franchise right quick.
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NeatFool Mar 29, 2026
Mike...stoklasa?
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Admirable_Bet5157 Mar 29, 2026 +1
I love the Martian and Project Hail Mary, but I'm not convinced Andy Weir and Star Trek is a good combination. Star Trek fundamentally focuses on characters and Weir has had success by doing the opposite.
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Zealousideal_Order_8 Mar 29, 2026 -17
Andy, just so that you are aware, you are not the end-all and be-all of science fiction. Take a step back and appreciate those who came before.
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No_Swing_6959 Mar 29, 2026 +40
I think he means their current product shows not the og trek
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Chicken_Chaser_420 Mar 29, 2026 +25
He's not talking about those who came before....read the article.
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DelcoUnited Mar 29, 2026 +1
These are people who have come *after* him
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rwm4604 Mar 29, 2026 +10
Yeah, but he’s also right
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MrPNGuin Mar 29, 2026 -7
Author mad someone didn't like ideas, trashes them.
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CDavis10717 Mar 29, 2026 +1
Perhaps the Star Trek people don’t want Mr Weir’s copy/paste of NASA documents explained by a few immature characters while joking of music/TV long past with no relationship experience to build upon and no closure to the story.
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