Bryan Fuller crowned showrunner of CBS’ new Star Trek series
That sound you hear is fandoms colliding, as Variety reports that Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller has just been entrusted with the sacred post of Star Trek showrunner. Fuller, who began his TV writing career on Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, humbly accepted the honor on Tuesday, describing it as “without exaggeration a dream come true to be crafting a brand new iteration of Star Trek with fellow franchise alum Alex Kurtzman and boldly going where no Star Trek series has gone before.” And Kurtzman described his fellow executive producer as the ideal steward for the sci-fi legacy: