Many people consider Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan to be the best Star Trek movie ever made, and director Nicholas Meyer has a lot of credit for that success. Meyer has now written a prequel to the film, which will air as a narrative podcast.
It turns out that over the past few years, Meyer has been working on a potential TV series or film project that would be a prequel to The Wrath of Khan, focusing on the time the villain Khan and his superhuman crew spent on the dying planet Kita Alpha. V between the episode of the original television series “Space Seed”which introduced the characters and the movie “The Wrath of Khan”which concluded their story.
For various behind-the-scenes reasons, this television and film project was not realized. But Meyer rewrote the story to work as a narrative podcast, a modern-day descendant of the radio drama that has gained momentum as a form of storytelling in recent years.
Current franchise overlord Alex Kurtzman had this to say about the Meyer project in a public statement:
Nick made the ultimate Trek movie when he made Wrath and we’ve all been in his shadow ever since. Forty years has given him a fresh look at these extraordinary characters and how they have influenced generations of fans. Now he’s come up with something as amazing, exciting and emotional as the original, and I’m honored to let him tell the next chapter of this story just the way he wants to.
The announcement was made during Paramount+’s Star Trek Day celebrations and marketing campaign, but it didn’t give casting details, a release date, or much more other than the concept, format, Meyer’s involvement, and the title: Star Trek: Khan – Kita Alpha IN.