John Povill to Direct a Star Trek: Phase II Project

Star Trek: Phase II has signed on Jon Povill as the director for one of its upcoming episodes titled “The Child”, slated to begin production in October 2008.

John is a notable Star Trek alum. He worked closely with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry as his assistant and was the story editor for Paramount’s original “Phase II” series which was planned for the late 1970’s, but never came to pass. Povill co-wrote the series bible for “Phase II” with Gene Roddenberry, and penned the original script for “The Child” with Jaron Summers. The story was later adapted for “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, but Povill has recently restored his script for production by this Phase II cast. It will also feature the Enterprise’s first Deltan crew member.