Another setback for the eagerly awaitedStar TrekTV series revival.
Bryan Fuller is stepping down as showrunner onStar Trek: Discovery.
The acclaimed writer-producer ofHannibalandPushing Daisieshas shepherded the project for months.
Fuller will stay on board as an executive producer.
TheTrekseries was announced a year ago for a January, 2017 premiere.
The series was conceived as the first original series for the CBS All Access streaming service.
But no cast has been announced; the production has been searching for a diverse female lead for months.
Sources say the show is around $6-7 million per episode price tag.
In August, Fullersketched the outline for his visionfor the show to the press.
The new series will focus on a female lieutenant commander on a starship before Captain Kirk helmed the Enterprise.
