Ryan Britt Aug 7, 2019
Ira Steven Behr’s Star Trek labor of love is finally available to the general public. Here’s what you need to know...
If you’re a hardcore Trekkie, you probably already know about What We Left Behind; the crowd-funded documentary that looks back on the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. And if, you don’t, the best way to describe the doc is that it’s a snapshot of a particular fandom, curated by someone who helped create that fandom in the first place.
Producer and showrunner Ira Steven Behr wasn’t the creator of Deep Space Nine (that would be Rick Berman and the late Michael Piller), but, he certainly is the biggest advocate of the series these days. In What We Left Behind (a riff on the show’s series finale titled “What You Leave Behind"), Behr interviews the expansive cast, crew,...
Ira Steven Behr’s Star Trek labor of love is finally available to the general public. Here’s what you need to know...
If you’re a hardcore Trekkie, you probably already know about What We Left Behind; the crowd-funded documentary that looks back on the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. And if, you don’t, the best way to describe the doc is that it’s a snapshot of a particular fandom, curated by someone who helped create that fandom in the first place.
Producer and showrunner Ira Steven Behr wasn’t the creator of Deep Space Nine (that would be Rick Berman and the late Michael Piller), but, he certainly is the biggest advocate of the series these days. In What We Left Behind (a riff on the show’s series finale titled “What You Leave Behind"), Behr interviews the expansive cast, crew,...
- 8/7/2019
- Den of Geek
Warning: If “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” was a seminal show for you in the ’90s, the documentary “What We Left Behind” will probably make you cry. The platonic ideal of a loving tribute, this crowdfunded documentary directed by “DS9” showrunner Ira Steven Behr and “The Captains” producer David Zappone gathers nearly every key member of the “DS9” family to look back on arguably “Trek’s” most progressive and game-changing series.
Behr puts himself front and center in the documentary, breaking the fourth wall periodically as a quasi-narrator and guide through “DS9’s” legacy. Full of touches that will invoke memories of the show’s most iconic moments (including a hysterical post-credits gag or two), “What We Left Behind” is almost like Behr’s memoir of the making of the show, albeit with a ton of familiar faces popping in to add their two cents.
Only Avery Brooks, who played...
Behr puts himself front and center in the documentary, breaking the fourth wall periodically as a quasi-narrator and guide through “DS9’s” legacy. Full of touches that will invoke memories of the show’s most iconic moments (including a hysterical post-credits gag or two), “What We Left Behind” is almost like Behr’s memoir of the making of the show, albeit with a ton of familiar faces popping in to add their two cents.
Only Avery Brooks, who played...
- 5/9/2019
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Last month, we brought you news that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writer and showrunner Ira Steven Behr was raising money for a documentary that would explore “the changing legacy” of the series. Behr was inspired to reunite with fellow DS9 writers Ronald D. Moore, Rene Echevarria, and Hans Beimler to imagine what an eighth season would have brought, as well as write a whole new episode. Well, fans will soon learn exactly What We Left Behind, as Indiewire reports the documentary has just surpassed its fundraising goal.
Behr & Co. were initially seeking $150,000 to film their documentary, but DS9 fans showed up en masse and boosted donations to well over $600,000. Those extra funds mean What We Left Behind will have a 90-minute runtime instead of the planned 60 minutes. There will be cast interviews with the likes of Terry Farrell, Michael Dorn, Nana Visitor, Colm ...
Behr & Co. were initially seeking $150,000 to film their documentary, but DS9 fans showed up en masse and boosted donations to well over $600,000. Those extra funds mean What We Left Behind will have a 90-minute runtime instead of the planned 60 minutes. There will be cast interviews with the likes of Terry Farrell, Michael Dorn, Nana Visitor, Colm ...
- 3/13/2017
- by Danette Chavez
- avclub.com
Imagine TV and Showtime are teaming to develop the period drama series epic "Conquest" about the fall of the Aztec empire says Deadline.
Ron Howard is attached to direct while he and Brian Grazer will executive produce along with Jose Rivera ("The Motorcycle Diaries") who will work on the script.
Set in Mexico in the early part of the 16th century, the story will deal with the complicated strategic battles and rivalry between between Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes and Moctezuma II, the final ruler of the empire.
"Star Trek" scribe Hans Beimler will serve as consultant on the project which was initially planned as a feature but will now become a series. Showtime certainly has experience in lavish period dramas with shows such as "The Tudors" and "The Borgias".
Ron Howard is attached to direct while he and Brian Grazer will executive produce along with Jose Rivera ("The Motorcycle Diaries") who will work on the script.
Set in Mexico in the early part of the 16th century, the story will deal with the complicated strategic battles and rivalry between between Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes and Moctezuma II, the final ruler of the empire.
"Star Trek" scribe Hans Beimler will serve as consultant on the project which was initially planned as a feature but will now become a series. Showtime certainly has experience in lavish period dramas with shows such as "The Tudors" and "The Borgias".
- 7/31/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Showtime entertainment president David Nevins is getting back in business with his former company Imagine TV in a big way. Showtime has put in development Conquest, a sweeping period drama that has been a passion project of Imagine principal Ron Howard. Oscar-winner Howard is attached to direct Conquest, which will be written by Oscar-nominated scribe Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries). Conquest, from Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV’s cable division Fox21, tells the story of famed Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes, who led the Spanish conquest in Mexico, and his clash with Moctezuma II, the last ruler of the Aztec Empire which fell at the hands of Cortes and his men. Filled with blood, lust, gold, magic and mythology, Conquest is described as “a classic war story about two powerful men and their people ultimately leading to the destruction of the Aztec culture and the men themselves.” Imagine...
- 7/30/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
I had never heard of The Middleman, the comic book it was based on or creator-writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Lost) before I was given the job of reviewing Shout Factory’s DVD of the complete (and cancelled) series. To be up front, I wasn’t too enthused at the prospect of watching an ABC Family show that required me to view 12 episodes (nine-plus hours), listen to four commentaries and then have to finish it up with an entire disc of special features. In hindsight, well...it Was a tremendous amount of time to dedicate to a DVD review, but time well worth it. The Middleman is an entertaining, engaging, jolly, smile-inducing TV series made by genre fans for genre fans that has more references than the New York Public Library. If you don’t giggle or grin when you see Frank Herbert Junior High School in an episode, then this Isn’T the show for you.
- 8/4/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Allan Dart)
- Starlog
New York -- Cartoon Network is taking a big step into live-action, prepping a slew of programs that represent the channel's largest slate in a long time.
The channel has more than a dozen projects in development including projects from writers David Titcher ("The Librarian"), Paul Dini ("Lost") and Mike Werb ("Face/Off," "The Mask"), among others. Chief content officer Rob Sorcher said that the network could possibly go to pilot with three of the projects this year, then launch a night of live-action programming sometime in 2010.
"That would absolutely be a win for us," Sorcher said Thursday.
The channel opened a Burbank-based scripted development series about a year ago. Last year, the network said it would pursue two avenues with live-action scripted series -- one in fantasy, action and adventure and the other in comedy.
"This is part of the overall expansion of programming at Cartoon Network," Sorcher said.
The channel has more than a dozen projects in development including projects from writers David Titcher ("The Librarian"), Paul Dini ("Lost") and Mike Werb ("Face/Off," "The Mask"), among others. Chief content officer Rob Sorcher said that the network could possibly go to pilot with three of the projects this year, then launch a night of live-action programming sometime in 2010.
"That would absolutely be a win for us," Sorcher said Thursday.
The channel opened a Burbank-based scripted development series about a year ago. Last year, the network said it would pursue two avenues with live-action scripted series -- one in fantasy, action and adventure and the other in comedy.
"This is part of the overall expansion of programming at Cartoon Network," Sorcher said.
- 1/15/2009
- by By Paul J. Gough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Variety reports that Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, who recently walked away from Disney's The Alamo, is now considering another project centering around Mexican history. Universal, along with Howard's Imagine, have made a preemptive buy of The Serpent and the Eagle, the story of how Spanish conqueror Cortez flattened the Aztec nation and plundered its riches with the help of an Aztec princess-turned-slave. Written by Hans Beimler and Robert Wolfe, Howard has not yet committed to directing the film, as he is also looking at helming The Burial (possibly starring Denzel Washington), and the Universal/Imagine picture Cinderella Man, which would star Russell Crowe as Depression era boxer and folk hero Jim Braddock.
- 9/17/2002
- IMDbPro News
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