The series will be executive produced and written by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, both veterans from Star Trek: Discovery. Kurtzman will direct, too. And they clearly see a way to modernize the concept — they liken the alien’s Prometheus-like gifting of technology to the work of real-world entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. However well the All Access show turns out, it could be particularly relevant to the modern era.