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‘Star Trek’ Alum Jonathan Frakes to Direct Sci-Fi Adaptation of ‘Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime’ (variety.com)

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

‘Venus Prime’ is the way the novelizations were branded and marketed starting with the first book ‘Breaking Strain’ in 1987.

As you can see from the cover image, it was an early example of the ‘hot babe with powers’ marketing approach.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Brannon Braga, eat your heart out!

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

Her hair even goes white-blond as of book 2. LOL

I have observed elsewhere that no women are announced in the creative team. I hope they get a strong female-presenting A-list lead who insists on EP status.