CBS and Paramount has co-own the various “Star Trek” rights.
Being the son of Gene he certainly has a stake in it and will likely get royalties. He is also an exec. producer on the upcoming “Star Trek: Discovery” TV show. I would think being the son would give him quite a percentage of ownership.
Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. Since its creation, the franchise has expanded into various films, television series, video games, novels, and comic books, and it has become one of the most recognizable and highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
The franchise began with Star Trek: The Original Series, which debuted in the US on S...
At Star Trek’s creation, Norway Productions, Roddenberry’s production company, shared ownership with Desilu Productions and, after Gulf+Western acquired Desilu in 1967, with Paramount Pictures, the conglomerate’s film studio. Paramount did not want to own the unsuccessful show; net profit was to be shared between Norway, Desilu/Paramount, Shatner, and NBC but Star Trek lost money, and the studio did not expect to syndicate it. In 1970 Paramount offered to sell all rights to Star Trek to Roddenberry, but he could not afford the $150,000 ($925,000 in 2007) price.[16]
In 1989, Gulf+Western renamed itself as Paramount Communications, and in 1994 merged with Viacom.[16] In 2005, Viacom divided into CBS Corporation, whose CBS Television Studios subsidiary retained the Star Trek brand, and Viacom, whose Paramount Pictures subsidiary retained the Star Trek film library and rights to make additional films, along with video distribution rights to the TV series on behalf of CBS.
Eugene Wesley "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. (born February 5, 1974) is an American television producer and the chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment. He is the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett and is an executive producer on Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Roddenberry was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Majel Barrett and writer and producer Gene Roddenbe...
Rod Roddenberry appears to have no ownership rights to Star Trek. He is the CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment and a producer/consultant hired by CBS/Paramount for various Star Trek projects.
I’ve always found it interesting that Lucille Ball, Desilu Productions, was responsible for putting Star Trek on the air.
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