Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir has apologized for his comments about Star Trek in an interview on the Critical Drinker podcast, where he claimed that Paramount had rejected his pitch for a Star Trek TV series and called most of current Trek architect Alex Kurtzman's output with the franchise "shame" and "disgrace" were taken out of context. The comments were in response to Will Jordan's comments about the cancellation of Starfleet Academy and Jordan's belief that every modern Star Trek show should be removed from the series’ canon. Weir also expressed admiration for Kurtzman and offered to talk about his comments in private.