{"id":46209,"date":"2017-06-27T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=46209"},"modified":"2017-06-27T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T21:34:34","slug":"frakes-to-direct-star-trek-discovery-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2017\/06\/frakes-to-direct-star-trek-discovery-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Frakes To Direct Star Trek: Discovery Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Jonathan Frakes<\/strong> will be directing a first season <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> episode.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jonathan Frakes will rejoin the Trek world with <em>Discovery<\/em>,\u201d said Writer-Producer <strong>Gretchen J. Berg<\/strong>. &#8220;He&#8217;s a fantastic guy and great director.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our cast is dying to work with him,&#8221; said fellow showrunner <strong>Aaron Harberts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frakes is an experienced director. He directed episodes of <em>The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine <\/em>and<em> Voyager, <\/em>as well as<em> First Contact <\/em>and<em> Insurrection<\/em>. Non-Trek shows that were directed by Frakes include <em>Leverage, Burn Notice, NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em> and <em>Roswell<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In other <em>Discovery<\/em> news, Harberts, in an earlier interview with <em>Entertainment Weekly,<\/em> said that the new series will be shot in 2:1 widescreen. &#8220;<em>CBS<\/em> has allowed us to find a cinematic language that&#8217;s wider in scope,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Our aspect ratio is 2:1 and it just lends itself to a very lyrical way of telling the story. And just visually speaking, there&#8217;s also a little hint in terms of what <strong>J.J. 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