Overview

• Writer-producer Michael Sussman and actor Scott Bakula have developed Star Trek: United, a spin-off envisioning Archer’s post-captaincy life as President of the Federation.
• The concept was seeded in Enterprise’s Mirror Universe episode “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II,” where a graphic hinted at Archer’s future presidency.
• Sussman describes the series as a political thriller and family drama set during the Federation’s formative years, comparing its tone to The West Wing.
• Paramount and Secret Hideout shelved the project during recent streaming budget cuts and over concerns it overlapped with the Starfleet Academy series.
• With the Paramount-Skydance merger complete, Sussman hopes renewed streaming investment will allow him to advance the Star Trek: United pitch.