Alex Kurtzman
Founder and Executive Producer, Secret Hideout. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Alex Kurtzman is an American writer, director, and producer who heads Secret Hideout, through which he oversees Paramount's expanded Star Trek television universe. Previously partnered with Roberto Orci, he co-wrote and produced major Hollywood blockbuster films, including Transformers, Star Trek (2009), Mission: Impossible III, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Everything Alex Kurtzman said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Star Trek monetizes via a 30-year licensing waterfall, ignoring quarterly metrics
“What I can tell you is that Star Trek is a waterfall that keeps rolling downstream for 30 years in terms of licensing. So it's not just a matter of saying, okay, you have to decide in this quarter whether you're successful financially. My argument is you have …”
Franchise expansion requires satisfying the core fanbase first, says Alex Kurtzman
“And I believe that the only way you can build new fans is to first please the core fans. It's everything.”
Netflix is the hands-down winner of the streaming wars, says Kurtzman
“I would say that the winner of the streaming wars was easily and hands down Netflix, but even they are saying, we're not going to spend the kind of money that we spent before on shows.”
Kurtzman intentionally recruits non-fans to Star Trek writers rooms for objectivity
“When a writer says to me, yeah, I'm not really a Star Trek person, I will go hard at bringing them onto that staff, because I need that objectivity.”
Blockbuster fate is sealed by 3:00 PM opening Friday, says Alex Kurtzman
“Oh, it's, you know, it's, you can call it a crapshoot, or you can call it Russian roulette. I mean, it depends on how you look at it. And it's particularly competitive now, but yes, it's you know, it's a strange thing, because people will spend literally years…”
Micromanaging showrunners destroys a franchise's creative differentiation, warns Alex Kurtzman
“And then I stay involved on the shows that I'm not showrunning. I stay involved, but I'm not there to micromanage them. I think that is a huge mistake. If my mission is I want each show to be its own unique color in, in a rainbow, then I cannot begin muddying …”
Unsustainable standalone economics will force a wave of streaming service mergers
“I think what you're going to start seeing is that some of these companies are going to start merging. Because it's very difficult to sustain them On their own.”
Star Trek produces its shows for significantly less than rival major franchises
“We spend far less Producing our shows than my understanding of other big franchises in terms of what they spend to make their shows.”
Hollywood buyers completely froze spending on new pitches immediately post-strike
“The thing I noticed most immediately was that when Work came back. Anybody who had something that they were looking to sell, nobody was buying anything. Nobody. It was like there was a freeze on spending for new, new things.”
Star Trek fragments into distinct genres to capture different audience segments
“We can do one show that's an adult drama, we can do one show that's a comedy, we can do one show that's an action-adventure, and that way we will be able to speak to each segment of the Star Trek audience.”
Live-action Star Trek requires a three-year pipeline from greenlight to screen
“From the minute we decide we're going to make a Star Trek show, a live action Star Trek show, you're two to three years out from it ever ending up on screen. Because you have to assume it's going to be a year of writing, a year of production, and a year of pos…”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Alex's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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