Nicholas Meyer, frequently referred to as the "man who saved Star Trek" thanks to his having co-written and directed Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, is up to his old tricks as he's been brought aboard the forthcoming 2017 series being created and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Bryan Fuller.
Enthuses Fuller, "Nicholas Meyer chased Kirk and Khan 'round the Mutara Nebula and 'round Genesis' flames, he saved the whales with the Enterprise and its crew, and waged war and peace between Klingons and the Federation. We are thrilled to announce that one of Star Trek's greatest storytellers will be boldly returning as Nicholas Meyer beams aboard the new Trek writing staff."
For his part, Meyer, who co-wrote Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and co-wrote and directed Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, has said of the overall Star Trek concept, "In many way it tends to reflect what's going on in the real world. At its best, Star Trek appears to function as pop metaphor, taking current events and issues - ecology, war, and racism, for example - and objectifying them for us to contemplate in a science fiction setting. The world it presents may make no sense as either science or fiction, but it is well and truly sufficient for laying out human questions. Removed from our immediate neighborhoods, it is refreshing and even intriguing to consider Earth matters from the distance of a few light years. Like the best science fiction, Star Trek does not show us other worlds so meaningfully as it shows us our own - for better or for worse, in sickness and health. In truth, Star Trek doesn't even pretend to show us other worlds, only humanity refracted in what is supposed to be a high-tech mirror."