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Bryan Fuller will no longer be showrunner on Star Trek Discovery, the CBS All Access series set to launch next May.

The news was announced on October 26. “We are extremely happy with the creative direction of Star Trek: Discovery and the strong foundation that Bryan Fuller has helped us create for the series,” a statement from CBS Television said. “Due to Bryan’s other projects, he is no longer able to oversee the day-to-day of Star Trek, but he remains an executive producer, and will continue to map out the story arc for the entire season. Alex Kurtzman, co-creator and executive producer, along with Fuller’s producing partners and longtime collaborators, Gretchen Berg & Aaron Harberts, will also continue to oversee the show with the existing writing and producing team. Bryan is a brilliant creative talent and passionate Star Trek fan, who has helped us chart an exciting course for the series. We are all committed to seeing this vision through and look forward to premiering Star Trek: Discovery this coming May 2017.”

“Riker spent 7 years of TNG unready for Captaincy, @GretchenJBerg @AaronHarberts are ready. Thrilled to see them in command of the Bridge,” Fuller tweeted about an hour after the news became public. Fuller is currently running the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and preparing a new version of Amazing Stories, and although concerns were expressed some time ago that this would be too heavy a schedule, fans were reassured that he would be able to work on everything – which has proved not to be the case. Others working on the show have praised his input, and it seemed clear from the NYCC panel that the writers were working to achieve Fuller’s vision of the series. Neither Berg nor Harberts have worked on a genre show since Fuller’s Pushing Daisies.

According to Deadline, Akiva Goldsman will be coming on board “in a senior writing/producing capacity”.