
Claiming that Michael Piller knows what it takes to make a show successful is an understatement. After all, he was the executive producer on three STAR TREK hits, THE NEXT GENERATION, DEEP SPACE NINE and VOYAGER. This June, Piller's newest venture, based ...
DEAD ZONE executive producer Michael Piller is talking about how he hopes to spin the classic Stephen King story out into an entire series. The story, which centers on a man who can see people's future by touching them, ended in King's book with hero John...
While updating DEAD ZONE fans on the progress of the TV show adaptation of Stephen King's classic tale of psychic adventure, Michael Piller said it's starting out stronger than any TV show he's ever worked on. And given the fact Piller worked on genre ico...
In an eye-opening interview in the most recent issue of CINEFANTASTIQUE, Michael Piller, co-creator of STAR TREK: VOYAGER, and one of the icons from the NEXT GENERATION's glory years, talks about his pride and disappointment in how VOYAGER turned out."The...
A sad week for SF fans, as Michael Piller has passed away to cancer. As a fan of the man's work, and what I know of the man himself, that saddens me. And as somebody who has faced down and survived the Big C himself, it infuriates me every time somebody...
The Hollywood Reporter reported this week that Michael Piller, who was head writer on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION and who was co-creator/executive producer of THE DEAD ZONE, had died of cancer at age 57. Piller also co-created DEEP SPACE NINE and VOYAG...
In an interview with CINESCAPE magazine, carried in out July issue, Michel Piller has more than a few things to say about his toils translating Stephen King's DEAD ZONE from page to television. All the while, laboring in the shadow of the classic 1983 Chr...
...ny times. Michael Piller came aboard; there was warring with the writing staff; [TREK creator] Gene Roddenberry was still around. The politics of the show were still churning a little bit. What Michael brought to the process was this determination to m...
When it comes to THE NEXT GENERATION feature films, Ronald D. Moore is candid about his successes and failures. He co-wrote the first two with Brannon Braga; Michael Piller wrote the third. Moore says, `I am more than willing to accept at this late date t...
... newcomer Michael Piller coming aboard early in the season. Piller would prove to be a key creative force in the TREK universe, heading up the writing staff of TNG beginning with season three and eventually teaming up with producer Rick Berman to co-cr...

