George Takei Upset That Sulu in Star Trek Beyond is Depicted Gay

George Takei, who originally  portrayed Sulu  in the televised Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry - has misgivings about  Sulu in Star Trek Beyond being written as gay. Takei feels that this deviates from  Roddenberry's original intent.

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Gene Roddenberry Inducted into TV Hall of Fame

On January 21st the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducted Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences TV Hall of Fame.

In the video Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane gives a loving tribute to Roddenberry.

Questor Tapes being developed for TV

From Trekmovie.com I see that Gene Roddenberry's The Questor Tapes are once again on tap for TV.

• Roddenberry Productions has entered into a deal with Ron Howard’s Imagine Television to develop Gene Roddenberry’s 1970s pilot "The Questor Tapes" into a new TV series.
• In the 1970s, after the end of the original Star Trek on NBC .... Gene Roddenberry developed a number of sci-fi TV shows which were turned into pilot TV movies, but never picked up as series.... One of these projects was called "The Questor Tapes" which was originally conceived as a television series pilot about an android (played by Robert Foxworth) with incomplete memory tapes who searches for his creator and his purpose. The pilot aired as a TV movie in January of 1974. Star Trek producer Gene Coon also worked on the pilot with (Gene and ) Majel Barrett Roddenberry .... NBC had agreed to a 13 episode commitment, but after failing to agree on changes with Roddenberry, the project was scrapped.

There are a bunch of other really interesting facts about Gene Roddenberry's post Star Trek career. You can read more here