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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

A prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, the show follows the crew of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike. A prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, the show follows the crew of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike. A prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, the show follows the crew of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.

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• Alex Kurtzman
• Jenny Lumet
• Anson Mount
• Christina Chong
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• Trivia Bruce Horak , the actor who plays Hemmer, is legally blind, just like his character's species, the Aenar, who are also blind.
• Goofs There are some rank insignia mistakes. Number One is introduced as "Lieutenant Commander Una Chin-Riley" yet she is wearing the rank insignia of a full commander: two full stripes. A Lieutenant Commander's rank insignia is a full stripe under a thin stripe (in TOS it is a full stripe and a staggered stripe). It is not uncommon for a ship's first officer to be a Lt. Commander if they have not been in the position long. Spock at this point is a Lieutenant but he is wearing Lieutenant Commander's stripes; a Lieutenant just has one stripe. La'an is the ship's chief of security and the ship's second officer. She is also wearing Lt. Commander stripes but is addressed as a Lieutenant, but it would make more sense for her to be a Lieutenant Commander. Either way both of their rank insignia are not matching the rank they are addressed by. Ortegas is addressed as a Lieutenant but is wearing Lieutenant Commander's strips. A Lieutenant Commander may be addressed as a Commander or Lieutenant Commander but never as just a Lieutenant, so either her rank insignia or the manner she is addressed by the rest of the crew is in error.

[opening narration]

Captain Christopher Pike : Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

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Strange New Worlds release date, trailer, cast, plot and timeline for the Star Trek spinoff

The classic voyages of the original Enterprise begin anew.

Boldly go! Of all the new Star Trek projects, Strange New Worlds probably has fans the most excited, if only because it seems poised to be the one series that feels the most like “regular Star Trek.” Just a few short years ago, it would be hard to imagine yet another Star Trek prequel whipping the fandom into a lather. And yet, Strange New Worlds is poised to really, truly, take the Trek franchise back to boldly going basics. Here’s everything we know so far.

As Discovery and Picard continue to chart a course into Trek’s future, one part of the Trek franchise is keeping a nostalgic boot firmly planted in its colorful past. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the next new series in this expanding universe, and it's swimming in nostalgia even though not a single legacy actor is involved with the project. Unlike Star Wars, Star Trek continues to boldly recast legacy characters. Here’s what that looks like for Strange New Worlds .

When is the Strange New Worlds release date?

Strange New Worlds Season 1 will hit Paramount+ May 5, 2022. Season 2 is already in production. It looks like each season will be 10 episodes long.

Is there a Strange New Worlds trailer?

There are several videos that are basically different kinds of Strange New Worlds trailers. The first proper video was released in 2021 and was called “Meet the Characters.” More recently, there’s been a teaser trailer that focused on Captain Pike riding a horse, and boundless outer space optimism, in a decidedly pointed pivot away from darker, grittier, Star Trek.

What is the plot of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ?

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a new ongoing TV series set in the 23rd century probably about 5 years before the classic show. It was announced on May 15, 2020, in a video message from Ethan Peck, Anson Mount, and Rebecca Romijn. The cast repeatedly suggested this project came into being because fans wanted it . The show will take place in established Star Trek continuity (Prime Timeline), but during a period that has not been extensively depicted.

The official poster for Strange New Worlds , featuring Captain Pike on a horse.

Why is it called Strange New Worlds ?

The title "Strange New Worlds," is taken from Captain Kirk's opening narration from the classic Star Trek.

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!

In subsequent versions of Star Trek , this narration was changed: in TNG the "five-year mission" became "continuing mission" and "where no man" became "where no one." It's a good bet that if there's an opening narration from Captain Pike in Strange New Worlds , that he will say "five-year-mission" and "where no one has gone before." In canon, this speech is considered to be the motto of Starfleet, and in the J.J. Abrams movie Star Trek Into Darkness (which featured a different Captain Pike) it was called "the captain's oath."

Where is Strange New Worlds in the Star Trek timeline?

Strange New Worlds is a sequel to Discovery Season 2, a sequel to Star Trek: Enterprise , and a prequel to The Original Series . Presumably, the show will chronicle a five-year mission commanded by Captain Pike from roughly 2258-ish to 2263-ish. For context, this is how it shakes out.

• 2150s-2160s Star Trek: Enterprise
• Early 2254: Short Treks episode "Q&A"; Spock's first day on the Enterprise
• 2254: "The Cage"; first (initially) unaired 1965 Star Trek pilot. Also, the first (filmed) appearance of Spock, Pike, and Number One
• 2256-2258: Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1 and 2
• 2258-2263(?) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• 2265-2270 Star Trek: The Original Series .
• 2270s-2290s Star Trek classic movies
• 2360s-2401: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, TNG movies , Lower Decks, and Picard.
• 3189-?: Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 and Season 4.

Trek canon has established that Pike commanded two consecutive five-year missions on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 prior to Kirk taking command in 2265. (Though in some old canon this was 2264.) The events of "The Cage" on Talos IV happen before Discovery and Strange New Worlds , and the Short Treks episode "Q&A" happens before all of that. Pike’s temporary command of the USS Discovery in Discovery Season 2 was seemingly a blip in between back-to-back five-year missions on the Enterprise .

In theory, Strange New Worlds might have taken place between 2254 and 2257, which would then make it a prequel to Discovery and a weird midquel to "The Cage." However, Akiva Goldsman said the showrunners are not "hitting the reset button," on the characters, which confirms the series will take place after Discovery Season 2. So, 2258 or 2259 is a good bet. Goldsman also told the Hollywood Reporter in April 2021 , that various aspects of the Strange New Worlds' aesthetic will be made to look like it matches up closer to The Original Series . This means that yes, the uniforms and the design of the Enterprise have changed again, slightly .

“It's a fine line because obviously we want to keep continuity with the storytelling and the style, but we also want Strange New Worlds to be a different show. It's not Discovery . There are a few more reach-backs (to The Original Series ) and the uniforms have been adjusted slightly, the sets are slightly different. Remember the Enterprise existed as a little piece of [the show Discovery ] but now its its own object. When you close your eyes and think of the key sets and situations that you think of The Original Series , that's what we're looking to do.”

Because Strange New Worlds is literally taking place so close to The Original Series , it will be an interesting dance to see how exactly Pike, Spock, and everybody else is dressed. Will Spock switch back to a gold shirt at some point? (He wears gold in “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” the second TOS pilot episode.)

Number One (Rebecca Romijn) rocking a classic TOS communicator.

Who is in the cast of Strange New Worlds ?

Here’s the full regular cast of Strange New Worlds, all crew members of on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701:

• Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike
• Ethan Peck as Spock
• Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley AKA “Number One”
• Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura
• Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel
• Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga
• Bruce Horak as Chief Engineer Hemmer (an off-shoot of the Andorian species called an Aenar.)
• Christina Chong as Security Chief La’an Noonein-Singh
• Melissa Navia as Flight Controller Lt. Erica Ortegas

As of March 2022, Paramount+ started rolling out 30-second videos that highlight different members of the crew. These videos have included insights into Uhura, La’an, Erica Ortegas, M’Benga, Chapel, and Hemmer. Each video (embedded above) feels like a miniature trailer!

Season 2 of Strange New Worlds will also feature Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk. (But we don’t know if he’s a Captain, yet.)

Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) in 2019’s Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery.

How does Strange New Worlds connect to Discovery and Short Treks ?

The 2018 Season 1 finale of Discovery ended with the arrival of the USS Enterprise, though we didn't see anyone inside. 2019’s Season 2 re-introduced Pike, Spock, and Number One. Captain Pike was in every single episode of Discovery Season 2, the adult Spock started appearing from episode 7 onward, and Number One appeared in three episodes.

After that, Pike appeared in three Short Treks , "Q&A," "The Trouble With Edward," and "Ask Not." Number One and Spock only appeared in "Q&A" and at the very end of "Ask Not."

These versions of Pike, Spock, and Number One are the in-canon versions of the characters previously portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter (Pike), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), and Majel Barrett (Number One) in the TOS episodes "The Cage" and "The Menagerie." However, from a contemporary point of view, you could view Strange New Worlds as a direct spin-off of Discovery Season 2.

Who are the showrunners of Strange New Worlds ?

Strange New Worlds will be produced by Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman . At least one episode, probably the premiere episode, will be written by Jenny Lumet. As of 2021, Akiva Goldsman is the co-showrunner of Strange New Worlds along with Henry Alonso Myers. Kirsten Beyer also has revealed that she will be part of the writers’ room in Season 2.

We don't know all the directors of Strange New Worlds episodes, but Will Riker himself , Jonathan Frakes, has already said he can't wait to work with the cast:

"I’ve had great experiences with all three of them. Anson and I worked through finding Captain Pike. And Ethan and I worked through finding who Spock was. And the mantle of Spock, in particular, was so complicated and so emotionally taxing and was such huge shoes to fill, and Ethan felt it. Rebecca and I have a long relationship from back on The Librarians , and we have a fabulous working shorthand, so it will be great getting back to the floor with three old friends."

In addition to directing two Trek films in the '90s ( First Contact and Insurrection ) Frakes directed episodes of The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine , Voyager, Discovery, and Picard . He has also directed at least two episodes of Discovery Season 3.

Akiva Goldsman also confirmed he has directed the pilot episode of Strange New Worlds . Previously, he directed the season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard .

How many episodes will be in Strange New Worlds Season 1?

Strange New Worlds Season 1 will run for 10 episodes.

How is Strange New World s different from other new Star Trek shows?

One of the biggest departures for Strange New Worlds will actually be a return of sorts. Since 2017, the various new Trek series have focused on heavily serialized seasons in which each episode must be watched in order to avoid being totally confused. Strange New Worlds is poised to return to stand-alone, episodic stories, a type of sci-fi storytelling that defined The Original Series and The Next Generation .

"We're going to try to harken back to some classical Trek values, to be optimistic, and to be more episodic," Akiva Goldsman told Variety in May 2020. "Our plots will be more closed-ended than you’ve seen in either Discovery or Picard . I imagine it to be closer to the original series than even DS9 . We can really tell closed-ended stories. We can find ourselves in episodes that are tonally of a piece."

Something Goldsman pointed out while on the official Star Trek aftershow, The Ready Room , was that the subgenres of Discovery and Picard were somewhat fixed, while TOS and TNG could hop genres week-to-week. Goldsman labeled Discovery as "science fiction/action-adventure" and Picard as "science fiction/drama." Some episodes of TOS and TNG are outright comedies("Trouble With Tribbles," or "Q-Pid"), while others are murder mysteries with barely any science fiction elements at all ("The Conscience of the King," or "Suspicions").

This is all to say that modern Trek seasons scan more like 10-15 hour long single episodes, whereas Strange New Worlds will focus more on self-contained episodes.

In April 2021, Goldsman doubled down on the episodic, stand-alone aspect of Strange New Worlds telling the Hollywood Reporter : “It's unlike the other [new] shows in that it's really episodic... Strange New Worlds is very much adventure-of-the-week but with serialized character arcs.”

Where can I watch Strange New Worlds ?

Strange New Worlds will stream on Parmount+ in the United States, on Crave in Canada, with a global rollout to be announced.

This article was originally published on June 10, 2020

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: everything we know about the Star Trek prequel

The latest intel on Original Series prequel Strange New Worlds – including its release date and mysterious Khan connections.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2

The adventures of the USS Enterprise didn’t start with James T Kirk. Star Trek : Strange New Worlds is set around a decade before he embarked on the most famous five-year mission in TV history, and puts his predecessor – Christopher Pike – back in the captain’s chair.

Pike first appeared in original Star Trek pilot ‘The Cage’ back in 1966, but it was his comeback in Star Trek: Discovery’s second season (where he was played by Anson Mount) that earned him his own spin-off show. Pike and fellow ‘Cage’ veterans Number One (played by Rebecca Romijn) and Spock (Ethan Peck inheriting the role made famous by Leonard Nimoy) proved so popular with fans that Paramount Plus decided to make Star Trek: Strange New Worlds the latest addition to Trek’s rapidly expanding shared universe .

And when it launches later this year, the show will feature a few more iconic names from the ’60s, including Nurse Chapel, Dr M’Benga and a genuine Trek legend in the form of Uhura. There’s also a mysterious crew member called La’an Noonien-Singh, whose surname has a special resonance for fans of the final frontier.

With producers promising less serialized storytelling than Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds looks set to get back to the cosmos-exploring traditions of the Original Series and The Next Generation. Here’s everything we know so far – hit it!

What is it? A Star Trek: Discovery spin-off following the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike, science officer Spock and first officer Una Chin-Riley (better known as Number One) on the USS Enterprise, around a decade before James T Kirk takes command. 

Release date: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will beam onto Paramount Plus on May 5, 2022 – after Star Trek: Discovery season 4 and Star Trek: Picard season 2 have finished boldly going.

Cast: Alongside its familiar trio of lead characters (still played by Discovery's Anson Mount, Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn), six new crew members will be taking their places on the Enterprise bridge. Read more about them below. 

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds release date

Star trek: strange new worlds release date: may 2022.

It's so long ago that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds got its greenlight (May 2020) that Paramount Plus was still known as CBS All Access at the time. 

Unfortunately, coronavirus significantly delayed its departure from Spacedock, and the show didn't make it in front of the cameras until March 2021. Production on Strange New Worlds' 10-episode first season eventually wrapped in October 2021, as confirmed in a video announcement from star Anson Mount:

Incoming transmission from Captain Pike himself Anson Mount ✨ #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds pic.twitter.com/7MzivTtKCH October 11, 2021

Now the wait for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is almost over. StarTrek.com confirmed on January 18, 2022 that the new voyages of the USS Enterprise will boldly go onto Paramount Plus in the US on Thursday May 5, 2022 – coinciding with the conclusion of Starfleet stablemate Picard's second season. 

Jess Bush, who'll play Nurse Christine Chapel in the show, celebrated the announcement by posing in one of the Enterprise's Jefferies Tubes with co-star Christina Chong (La'an Noonien-Singh).

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While we know Strange New Worlds will stream on Paramount Plus in the US, it may vary depending on where you are. The streamer is set to launch in the UK in 2022, and we'd expect to see Strange New Worlds debuting on there – especially after the recent controversial announcement that Discovery's fourth season has been shifted from its traditional international home on Netflix, to help launch Paramount Plus around the world.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds trailer

Is there a star trek: strange new worlds trailer.

There's no sign as yet, but with less than three months until the series' launch, it can't be long until we get to see a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds trailer. Indeed, with Star Trek: Discovery returning from its mid-season break and Picard's second season kicking off in early March, Paramount have a pair of tentpoles they can hang a promo off.

That said, journalists at the show's Television Critics Association panel on February 1, 2022 were treated to first-look footage focussing on Cadet Nyota Uhura (played by Celia Rose Gooding), the character made famous by Nichelle Nichols in the Original Series. Den of Geek reported that most of the bridge crew were also accounted for in the clip.  

Back in September 2021, the Star Trek Day event also unveiled a brief teaser introducing the cast. It contains a few stills from the new series, including a glimpse at the new-look USS Enterprise uniforms – a modern riff on the classic gold, blue and uniforms we saw in ’The Cage’ and the original series.

Meet the cast of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds 💫 https://t.co/M6D2tyQuBA pic.twitter.com/z6ImvEKwZV September 9, 2021

Going back even further in time, leads Anson Mount, Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn beamed in an announcement video in May 2020:

As you’d expect, the party line was very much that the show exists because of fan demand. “Without you this wouldn’t be happening,” says Peck, while Mount explains a bit about the tone of the series. “[It’s] a classic Star Trek show that deals with optimism and the future.”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds poster: the frontier is waiting

While Paramount are keeping us waiting for a trailer, the tantalizing new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds poster is doing more than enough to get us excited about the show. It features Captain Pike on horseback in what looks like his home in the Mojave desert – but the real excitement comes from what's in the sky above him. The iconic USS Enterprise is hovering in front of a pair of alien worlds – and, no doubt, several new life forms and new civilizations. 

If the "The frontier is waiting" tagline isn't enough to get Trek fans firing up their warp drives, chances are nothing will.

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“We wanted [the poster] to reflect that the [concept] of the final frontier is at just the beginning,” executive producer (and Star Trek's de facto commander-in-chief) Alex Kurtzman told the show's TCA panel (via Syfy ) . “We think it brings the sense of nostalgia hope, optimism, exploration and sense of adventure."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast

Star trek: strange new worlds cast: who’s beaming onto the enterprise bridge.

The principal Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast looks like this:

• Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike
• Ethan Peck as Mr Spock
• Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley/Number One
• Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel
• Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh
• Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura
• Melissa Navia as Lt Erica Ortegas
• Babs Olusanmokun as Dr M'Benga
• Bruce Horak as Hemmer

Ever since Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was confirmed in 2020, we've known that three actors would be reprising their roles from Discovery.

Anson Mount is back in the captain’s chair as Captain Christopher Pike. Meanwhile, after proving himself worthy of donning the pointy ears that once belonged to Leonard Nimoy, Ethan Peck returns as Spock. Rebecca Romijn continues as first officer/helmsperson Number One.

A ‘start of production’ video released in March 2021 introduced five other members of the cast: 

The five new additions to the USS Enterprise bridge crew are Melissa Navia (from Dietland), Celia Rose Gooding (Jagged Little Pill), Christina Chong (Doctor Who, Line of Duty), Babs Olusanmokun (Black Mirror), and Jess Bush (Skinford). 

At the Star Trek Day panel in September 2021, it was finally confirmed who each of them would be playing.  We also learned that the full name of Number One is Una Chin-Riley – the first time this has been confirmed in the character’s 56-year history.

Intriguingly, three of the new cast members are playing characters who – like, Pike, Number One and Spock – were first established in the 1960s. 

The most famous of these roles goes to Celia Rose Gooding, who plays a younger version of Nyota Uhura, the Enterprise communications officer famously portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in the original series and first six Star Trek movies. (Guardians of the Galaxy's Zoe Saldana took on the role in JJ Abrams' rebooted Trek.) 

Gooding explained to the assembled journalists at the TCA event in February 2021 that this will be a much less experienced version of the communications officer we saw serving alongside Captain Kirk in the Original series. 

“Nichelle had a level of understanding and clarity [in her portrayal], but we're showing different parts of her humanity, which isn't as sure and asks questions as we go along,” the actress explained. “Getting to represent an iconic character in a multi-faceted way is an honor and now we're getting to see other sides of Uhura that go outside of the limitations set for Black women in the '60s."

Babs Olusanmokun plays Dr M'Benga (originally played by Booker Bradshaw), a character who filled in as the Enterprise's chief medical officer when Dr McCoy was absent in the original series. Jess Bush, meanwhile, inherits the role of Nurse Christine Chapel, who worked alongside McCoy in the Enterprise Sick Bay. 

Chapel is one of two Strange New Worlds characters who were originally played by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry back in the 1960s – the other is Number One, who made her one-and-only vintage Trek appearance in 'The Cage'. (Barrett-Roddenberry also went on to play Lwaxana Troi and voice the Enterprise computers in The Next Generation.)

Of the Starfleet newbies, Bruce Horak's Hemmer is a member of the Andorian species. The fact he's wearing a red shirt – aka Star Trek's sartorial kiss of death – doesn't bode well for his life expectancy. The same could be said for Melissa Navia's Lt Erica Ortegas.

The most mysterious addition to the cast, however, is Christina Chong's La'an Noonien-Singh. The fact she shares a surname with The Wrath of Khan's Big Bad can't be a coincidence, but seeing as Trek canon tells us the cryogenically frozen 20th century villain won't be thawed out until after Kirk has taken command of the Enterprise, it's unclear how they're linked – but there definitely is a connection. 

"She's related to Khan for sure, and, uh, the deal will unfold...” co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman confirmed at a Television Critics Association panel in February 2022 (via the Hollywood Reporter ).

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds already has its first great mystery...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds story

What can we expect to see in the star trek: strange new worlds story.

Star Trek: Discovery spoilers ahead – proceed with caution if you haven't seen season 2.

Pike, Spock and Number One have been part of the Star Trek story even longer than James T Kirk – they were on board the Enterprise in original Star Trek pilot ‘The Cage’, unaired in the ’60s and set more than a decade before Kirk’s famous five-year mission. Jeffrey Hunter, Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett originated the three roles.

While we know that the trio have been together at least three years by the time Star Trek: Strange New Worlds kicks off and that a tragic fate awaits Pike – more on that later – most of their voyages remain undocumented. That means it’s prime storytelling territory and – after the more serialized Discovery and Picard – a chance for Trek to get back to the standalone stories of its earlier years. 

“We’re going to try to harken back to some classical Trek values, to be optimistic, and to be more episodic,” executive producer Akiva Goldsman (and director of the Strange New Worlds pilot episode) told Variety in May 2020. “Obviously, we will take advantage of the serialized nature of character and story building. But I think our plots will be more closed-ended than you’ve seen in either Discovery or Picard.”

The ability to visit a huge galaxy of, well, strange new worlds, should allow the show to feel different from week to week – after all, this versatile formula is a big reason for the franchise’s longevity.

“We want to do Star Trek in the classic mode; Star Trek in the way Star Trek stories were always told,” fellow EP Henry Alonso Myers said at a Star Trek Day panel (via TrekMovie ). “It's a ship and it's traveling to strange new worlds and we are going to tell big ideas science fiction adventures in an episodic mode. So we have room to meet new aliens, see new ships, visit new cultures..."

Strange New Worlds won't be entirely devoid of serialization, however, as writer Akela Cooper explained: “While we'll have individual one-off plots, the character arcs are what's going to carry us through in a more serialized fashion. There's probably one point that we will be sprinkling through this series until we actually get to the episode. And that's all I can say about that.” 

Goldsman explained a bit more about the structure of the show in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter in April: “If you think back to the original [Star Trek] series, it was tonally more liberal – I don‘t mean in terms of politics but it could sort of be more fluid. Like sometimes Robert Bloch would write a horror episode. Or Harlan Ellison would have ‘City on the Edge of Forever’, which is hard sci-fi. Then there would be comedic episodes like 'Shore Leave’ or ‘The Trouble with Tribbles’. So [co-showrunner] Henry Alonso Myers and myself are trying to serve that. We’ve all become very enamored, myself included, with serialized storytelling. Picard is deeply serialized but Strange New Worlds is very much adventure-of-the-week, but with serialized character arcs.”

Going on Mount’s performance in Discovery, Pike is the ideal captain for an optimistic mission of exploration. 

“The writers have done a magnificent job of establishing this captain as his own iteration of what a Starfleet captain should be, independent of other captains in canon,” the actor said at the TCA panel (as reported by Syfy ). “Humility is a big part of his character. And his father was a science teacher and scholar of comparative religion, so exploration is a big part of Pike. He’s looking at the things that made us see what’s next over the horizon? Are we searchers or conquerors?”

We can also expect to see a Spock more prone to displays of emotion than his Original Series counterpart, as the younger version of the character struggles to balance his logical Vulcan side with his human urges.

Indeed, in ‘The Cage’, Number One was the more buttoned-up, logical member of the crew – her personality traits passing to the Vulcan when Star Trek went to series. “She's way more complex than y'all know,” actor Rebecca Romijn teased in the cast introduction video released on Star Trek Day, and she expanded on the theme in the panel.

“'The Cage' being such an old pilot, the writers have this very unique opportunity where they've had this character that's existed since the beginning of the canon, but she's never been written,” Romijn pointed out. “I can't wait to find out how vast her skill set is. What are the arrows in her quiver? My number one question is, 'What's her backstory?’ [The writer's room] floated an idea for Number One's backstory that I'm not going to share right now because it blew my mind when they said it.”

Despite being made more than half a century after the Original Series, the look of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will echo those early ’60s designs – from the Enterprise starship interiors to the Starfleet uniforms. 

“It’s a fine line because, obviously, we want to keep continuity with the storytelling and the style, but we also want Strange New Worlds to be a different show,” Goldsman told the Hollywood Reporter. “It’s not Discovery. There are a few more reach-backs [to the Original Series] and the uniforms have been adjusted slightly, the sets are slightly different. Remember, the Enterprise existed as a little piece [of Star Trek: Discovery], but now it’s its own object. When you close your eyes and think of the key sets and situations that you think of the Original Series, that’s what we’re looking to do.”

Intriguingly, at this point in the Star Trek timeline , Kirk and other members of the original crew must be out there somewhere in the universe, so the smart money would be on a few headline-grabbing (recast) guest appearances – as the older members of the Original Series line-up, McCoy and Scotty would seem prime candidates.

If a few familiar faces do turn up, however, we may have to wait a while to see them, with Goldsman telling the TCA panel that bringing classic characters back into the fray isn't a priority.

“We’re starting wth this crew and don’t want to bring folks into the show to be splashy,” he said. “We want to dig deeply into the characters in this ensemble. We’re open to widening our arms, but right now, and this is said in the best possible way, what you see is what you get."

Perhaps the biggest elephant on the Enterprise bridge, however, is Pike’s tragic story…

When we meet him in Original Series two-parter ‘The Menagerie’, it’s revealed that he’s been left severely disabled by a radiation leak. In Discovery, he’s forced to endure a vision of that future, so it'll be intriguing to see how that knowledge preys on his mind, and how much it plays into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ story.

“The most honest thing I can say is, I'm still figuring out,” Mount explained at Star Trek Day. “Pike didn't just learn how he dies, he learns in what circumstances. So we do know that at some point he's going to be presented with a promotion opportunity to Fleet Captain. And he has to accept that in order for the fate to come into existence. So what is it that's going to allow him, both in terms of circumstance and emotion, to accept that promotion? It's a tough question but I think we'll figure it out together.”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 is already confirmed

The show hasn't even aired yet and Strange New Worlds: season 2 has already been confirmed by Paramount Plus via StarTrek.com . In fact, the streaming service is so engaged by the prospect of a follow-up season that it's already shooting – one journalist at Strange New Worlds' TCA panel on February 1, 2022 noted that Ethan Peck was wearing his Vulcan ears and costume because he was already working on the new season. 

At the #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds #TCA22 panel, Ethan Peck has his costume and Vulcan ears on. He's currently shooting. February 1, 2022

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Gets Major Filming Update From Paul Wesley

C aptain Kirk actor Paul Wesley reveals when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 is expected to begin filming. Spinning out of Star Trek: Discovery , the sci-fi show follows the earlier voyages of the starship Enterprise before the events of the original series. In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , Wesley follows in the footsteps of William Shatner and Chris Pine in taking on the role of James Tiberius Kirk before he took the Enterprise's command seat.

As Wesley opened up about his career to The Hollywood Reporter , the actor shed light on his upcoming commitments to the Star Trek franchise. Wesley founded a bourbon brewing company with his Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder, and he revealed that he expects to hand over duties to Somerhalder and others when filming on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 commences next year. He said:

For example, Im going off to shoot season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in February, and they know that. So, Ive accounted for that time, and Im committed to that, and Ians gonna take over some of my duties, and I have other team members.

The actor also explained how maintaining his acting career remains an important part of his life, saying:

I need to be in front of the camera. I need to do things, as far as finding characters. That, for me, thats rewarding. Ive done it since I was a child. Ive literally been doing theater since I was in third grade, and so I have to continue doing it. And also it feeds the product. If Im doing well, then the companys thriving as well, because I have more eyeballs on me, I suppose.

What This Means For Star Trek's Future

Farewells and new beginnings are on the horizon.

Currently, the Star Trek franchise is undergoing great change, with many of its shows either wrapped or about to bring their runs to a close. Discovery 's 5-season voyage concluded in May, Picard took its bow in 2023, Prodigy essentially ended in July, and Lower Decks will conclude in the fall. As such, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the only ongoing series that will carry on beyond 2024, with season 3 expected to be released in 2025. Wesley's comments reiterate its longevity, as season 4 puts it on track to rival Discovery and Prodigy for the longest-running new Trek show.

However, the next chapter of Star Trek is already in progress. Also following on from the events of Star Trek: Discovery , the upcoming Starfleet Academy will depict a new generation of heroes at the titular institution learning the ropes as they prepare for their own adventures. Furthermore, Star Trek movies will return in the form of the Michelle Yeoh-led Section 31 movie for Paramount+. Section 31 is also building off a story established by Discovery, so between that, Starfleet Academy , and Strange New Worlds , it so far seems like Star Trek 's future is rooted in its first streaming series.

Our Take On Star Trek: Strange New World's Season 4 Update

There shouldn't be a break in star trek's yearly releases.

While the scope of Star Trek 's television output is largely slowing down, the franchise as it exists under Alex Kurtzman isn't at risk of breaking its streak of yearly releases since Discovery 's debut in 2017. Not only is Strange New Worlds season 3 confirmed to air in 2025, but Section 31 is currently expected to air later in the same year. As such, fans will not be left with gap years not featuring any new on-screen Star Trek releases.

Furthermore, no word has been given on whether season 4 will bring Pike's journey to a close, so it is fairly likely that Strange New Worlds will continue into a potential fifth season and beyond, even if the Enterprise's current captain has his fate sealed by the original series. With the show's typical turnaround times and Wesley's confirmation of season 4's early 2025 filming, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds should be able to maintain the franchise's television presence until the new projects can gain their footing.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

A spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a television series that takes place before the events of the original series and follows Captain Christopher Pike as he mans the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The show focuses on this previous crew of the Enterprise as they explore the galaxy with returning characters from Discovery.

Cast Bruce Horak, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Melissa Navia, Ethan Peck, Babs Olusanmokun, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Chong, Anson Mount

Release Date May 5, 2022

Genres Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman

Directors Amanda Row, Chris Fisher

Showrunner Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers

Where To Watch Paramount+

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: how to watch, episodes and everything we know

Where are Captain Pike and the Starship Enterprise crew boldly going next?

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is just one of many Paramount Plus entries in the streaming service's expansive Star Trek universe. Other Star Trek shows on the streaming service include Star Trek: Discovery , Picard , Star Trek: Lower Decks and Prodigy .

Following the success of Star Trek: Discovery and the popularity among Trekkies of a certain Captain Pike (though we suspect actor Anson Mount’s jawline has much to do with it), the Star Trek studio finally gave in to fan demand and greenlit this latest spin-off. 

Strange New Worlds has now completed its initial mission (season), but here's everything you need to know about the new series? Hit it.

How to watch Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

All episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are available to stream exclusively on Paramount Plus in the US and UK. The Paramount Plus original series is available to all subscribers to the streaming service, whether they are signed up for the ad-supported or ad-free version.

When is the next Star Trek: Strange New World episode?

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode 10, the season 1 finale, debuts on Paramount Plus in the US on July 7.

For UK Paramount Plus subscribers, episode 5 is now available on the streaming service.

Other Star Trek shows like Star Trek: Discovery ’s fourth season , are moving from their original UK home on Netflix to Paramount Plus.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episodes

Here are the synopses for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episodes:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 1, "Strange New Worlds" "When one of Pike’s officers goes missing while on a secret mission for Starfleet, Pike has to come out of self-imposed exile. He must navigate how to rescue his officer, while struggling with what to do with the vision of the future he’s been given."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 2, "Children of the Comet" "While on a survey mission, the  U.S.S. Enterprise  discovers a comet is going to strike an inhabited planet. They try to re-route the comet, only to find that an ancient alien relic buried on the comet’s icy surface is somehow stopping them. As the away team try to unlock the relic’s secrets, Pike and Number One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent the  U.S.S. Enterprise  from interfering."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 3, "Ghosts of Illyria" "The  U.S.S. Enterprise  encounters a contagion that ravages the ship. One by one, the entire crew is incapacitated except for Number One, Una Chin-Riley, who must now confront a secret she’s been hiding as she races to find a cure."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 4, "Memento Mori" "While on a routine supply mission to a colony planet, the  U.S.S. Enterprise  comes under an attack from an unknown malevolent force. Pike brings all his heart and experience to bear in facing the crisis, but the security officer warns him that the enemy cannot be dealt with by conventional Starfleet means." In this episodes, Star Trek fans were re-introduced to an iconic villain .

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 5, "Spock Amok" "It’s a comedy of manners when Spock has a personal visit in the middle of Spock and Captain Pike’s crucial negotiations with an unusual alien species."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 6, "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" "A threat to an idyllic planet reunites Captain Pike with the lost love of his life. To protect her and a scientific holy child from a conspiracy, Pike offers his help and is forced to face unresolved feelings of his past."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 7, "The Serene Squall" "While on a dangerous humanitarian mission, the crew of the  U.S.S. Enterprise  stumbles into a harrowing game of leverage with the quadrant’s deadliest space pirate."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 8, "The Elysian Fields" "The Enterprise becomes stuck in a nebula that is home to an alien consciousness that traps the crew in a fairy tale."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 9, "All Those Who Wander" "The  U.S.S. Enterprise  crew comes face-to-face with their demons – and scary monsters too – when their landing party is stranded on a barren planet with a ravenous enemy."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 episode 10, "A Quality of Mercy" "In the season one finale, just as Captain Pike thinks he’s figured out how to escape his fate, he’s visited by his future self, who shows him the consequences of his actions."

Will there be a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2?

Affirmative. In January 2022, five months before season 1 had even aired, Paramount confirmed a season 2 was going ahead. Only a few months later they assigned their Captain Kirk ( The Vampire Diaries ’ Paul Wesley) and began shooting.

We don't know yet when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 is going to premiere on Paramount Plus.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds plot

While Strange New Worlds is an all new adventure in the Star Trek universe for the uninitiated (unlike Picard for example), there’s a bit of background it’s good to be aware of. The show’s main man, Captain Pike, was Star Trek ’s very first captain, appearing in a long-unseen pilot episode of The Original Series entitled "The Cage" (the episode finished filming in 1965 but was not seen by audiences until 1986, via home video) set in the year 2254. 

William Shatner’s iconic Captain James T. Kirk then took over, with Pike (having suffered a debilitating accident) popping up again mid-way through season 1 for a farewell double-bill appearance. Shenanigans with fan favorite Lieutenant Spock ensue, leaving Pike to live out a pain-free life on the planet Talos IV from the year 2267 onwards. 

How is this relevant? Well, Strange New Worlds takes place in the years between Pike’s adventures in Discovery ’s second season, circa 2257, and his final days in The Original Series , so there’s a lot of ground to cover and not a lot of precedent, which we think bodes well for some out-of-the-borg-cube thinking.

Series co-creator Akiva Goldsman confirmed Strange New Worlds will take on a near-fully episodic approach (heads up The Next Generation and Voyager fans), confirming there will be, "room to meet new aliens, see new ships, visit new cultures." The one thing that will break the episodic structure? Character arcs.

The poster and trailer show Pike’s transition from his idyllic home in the Mojave desert to the bridge of the Enterprise. We know his two trusty subordinates from Discovery — Science Officer Spock and First Officer 'Number One' (real name Una Chin-Riley) — will be by his side. 

Some iconic legacy characters return here too, including Nurse Chapel, who assisted Dr. McCoy in The Original Series sickbay and Nyota Uhura (famously played by Nichelle Nichols in The Original Series and Thandi Newton in the alternate timeline movies of 2009, 2013 and 2016).

There’s also a new addition we’re particularly excited about, Chief of Security La’an Noonien-Singh, whose surname will trigger Trekkie memories of Ceti eels (think hard-skinned killer leeches) and one of the best space showdowns in Star Trek — perhaps even sci-fi film — history. Whether or not she’s related to Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically-engineered superhuman and the show’s most memorable villain, is yet to be seen, but it’s certainly a thrilling prospect (for the avoidance of doubt, we’re referring to Khan in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan , not the alternate timeline Khan of Star Trek Into Darkness ).

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast

The headline cast here remain those from Discovery , namely Anson Mount, Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn as Pike, Spock and Number One. Jess Bush plays Nurse Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Gooding takes on Cadet Nyota Uhura and Christina Chong plays La’an Noonien-Singh. Pilot Lt. Erica Ortegas is played by Melissa Navia and sickbay is manned by Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga. Bruce Horak will feature as a recurring guest star as Andorian officer Hemmer.

Is there a trailer?

Yes, Anson Mount unveiled it to the internet on his Twitter feed on April 3, 2022. Check it out below:

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Paul Wesley Just Beamed Up a Bold Update on ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 4

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Captain James T. Kirk himself has just shared a new exciting update on when filming will begin for Season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . While the wait for Season 3 is beginning to feel awfully long given that huge Season 2 cliffhanger, this new update is pacifying, as it means that the wait between Season 3 and Season 4 will be relatively shorter. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Paul Wesley who plays the iconic Captain Kirk the character originated by William Shatner , shared a bit of his filming schedule for his upcoming projects, revealing when filming will begin, and it is sooner than the previous projections given by Captain Christopher Pike actor, Anson Mount .

In an earlier report , series star, Mount shared that filming for Season 4 will begin next spring, writing: “We’ll see you again in the spring when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds goes back into production for Season 4!" However, it appears there’s been a slight schedule adjustment as filming will now begin a bit sooner with Wesley telling THR that production will start early next year in late winter. “I’m going off to shoot season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in February,” he said.

Wesley’s interview with THR was primarily about his career where he shared how he juggles time between set life and non-acting commitments. While discussing his Brother's Bond Bourbon brand of bourbon whiskey co-owned with The Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder , Wesley shared that the other Salvatore brother will be handling things while he’s off to shoot the next chapter of Strange New Worlds . He said: “For example, I’m going off to shoot season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in February, and they know that. So, I’ve accounted for that time, and I’m committed to that, and Ian’s gonna take over some of my duties, and I have other team members.”

What Are Other Upcoming Star Trek Projects?

A few Star Trek projects have recently reached their concluding chapters, but there’s more trek to look forward to as the beloved franchise continues to expand with more exciting additions. Up next is the fifth and final season of the adult animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks set to premiere on October 24, 2024. The young-adult-centered series, Starfleet Academy , is currently in production in Toronto. No release date has been fixed yet, but it is known that the exciting new series is set in the Star Trek universe's 32nd century, just like Seasons 2 - 3 of Discovery .

There’s also a new feature film, Section 31 on the horizon, set for release sometime in 2025. The new feature will be directed by Andor ’s Toby Haynes from a script by Seth Grahame-Smith . Set decades before the events of J.J. Abrams ' Star Trek (2009), Section 31 will star Michelle Yeoh and Chris Pine .

Strange New Worlds Season 3 will pick right up from where Season 2's cliffhanger left things and will arrive Paramount+ on a yet undecided date in 2025. Stay tuned for future updates.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ First Two Episodes to Air on CBS Next Month

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is beaming up from Paramount+ to the CBS mothership.

The first two episodes of the streaming Trek series will re-air on CBS, TVLine has learned, on Friday, Sept. 8 at 8/7c. The special airing is part of the annual “Star Trek Day” celebration, held each year on Sept. 8 to mark the anniversary of the original Star Trek ‘s TV debut in 1966.

Also included in the “Star Trek Day” festivities: a special program hosted by Jerry O’Connell that will stream online and feature an exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming Season 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks , along with new merchandise for sale and theatrical screenings of Lower Decks across the U.S., the UK and Canada. (Head to StarTrek.com/Day for more info.)

Any Trekkies out there who will be watching Strange New Worlds for the first time on CBS? Beam down to the comments and let us know what you think about the special airing.

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Honestly they should just air entire seasons of shows that were Paramount Plus given the current strikes.

The old one or two episode tease.

That’s “Trekkers” and yes.

You’re showing your age. We originals are Trekkies. And of course, I’m showing my age too. — If you went to the original cons in the 70s, you’re a Trekkie. And if you bought excellent replicas of phasers and tricorders from a man named James T. Kirk who drove a van that was painted to look like the shuttlecraft, you’re a super Trekkie. — We super geeknerd Trekkies and those cons kept the show alive.

You’re welcome.

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He i’m a second generation fan minor since day one major since Voyager. Inhereted my mom’s books one which was signed by the author does that make me a Trekkie?

The only thing that can make you a Trekkie is a desire to be one. You sound eminently qualified for the title.

Robbing broadcasting to pay for streaming and robbing streaming to pay for broadcasting.

Why not just air the whole first season of strange new world?? U did it with Star Trek discovery during the first year of Covid

Plus, they already put that whole first season on YouTube for free to help launch season 2 on P+.

They have to pay or do new contracts depending on previous contracts signed. Streaming and prime time different money paid out. Also discovery even season 2, the pike year didn’t do great so would probably be better to burn thru criminal minds, seal team, and Yellowstone 1st.

Granted discovery was on with little promo on 10p thur a time slot that’s always an issue

They already played the whole first season of SNW on Pluto TV for free. And the first episode of S2 was also available for free on Paramount.

They should’ve been airing ALL the Star Trek Shows on CBS or one of their Networks from the start to show proper honor to Gene Roddenberry’s legacy! Gatekeeping Star Trek behind a paywall like they have been doing is just a show of greed.

First contact day is just something Paramount+/CBS All Access came up with 3 Yrs ago to promote their streaming show and new things you could buy. Don’t remember any Trek fans celebrating this in the past 40 Yrs I’ve been alive. Maybe we might care on the date listed in the shows 4/5/2063.

Love you coming tomorrow broadcast. Some of us flat out refuse to stream but miss our favorite who have abandoned mainstream.

I love it, but after the two episodes, where do I watch any continuations?..im not on paramount+…so it’s a teaser for those of us who don’t have paramount+..why can’t it stay on CBS?

It stinks that we only get 2 episodes. The original series was on FREE TV and now they want us to pay for it. You CBS execs don’t get it do you, you will make way more money in ad revenue on free TV than you will ever make on pay-per-view. I might would watch the commercials if you get more than drug ads.

So in conclusion I hope you overly paid execs choke on your pay services this year as you won’t have any new showes due to the strike. Us as viewers I hope won’t help your bloted salaries by paying for a service that was once ad supported, and I also hope the advertisers won’t continue to pay for ads on reruns.

From a disgruntled viewer!!!

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 to film in early 2025

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There have been a lot of Star Trek shows coming out in the past few years, but few have captured hearts and minds like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . This prequel series follows Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise, filling in the years before Captain James T. Kirk took over the ship in the original series. After experimenting with weightier storytelling in Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek: Picard , Strange New Worlds signified a return to form for the franchise with its adventure-of-the-week episodes and lighter tone.

It's obvious that Paramount+ knows it's got a hit on its hands, because Strange New Worlds has already aired two seasons and has a third on the way in 2025. But that's not all! The show also got an early renewal for season 4 all the way back in April of 2024, so we've known for a while now that we've got a few more outings with Pike on the Enterprise ahead. And the latest news coming out of Starfleet indicates the fourth season may start filming even earlier than expected — which means we may be watching it even earlier than expected. It's exciting times on the final frontier!

This comes from The Hollywood Reporter , which just published an interview with Paul Wesley, the actor who portrays young James T. Kirk in Strange New Worlds . The interview is primarily about how Wesley launched his Brother's Bond Bourbon business with his Vampire Diaries costar Ian Somerhalder, but it did contain an interesting tidbit about the filming schedule for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as well .

"Definitely, for me, neither takes a priority," Wesley replied when THR asked how he balances his time between acting and his business endeavors. "I mean, it’s one of these situations where, with acting, it’s very much a freelance job. For example, I’m going off to shoot season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in February , and they know that. So, I’ve accounted for that time, and I’m committed to that, and Ian’s gonna take over some of my duties, and I have other team members. I need to be in front of the camera. I need to do things, as far as finding characters. That, for me, that’s rewarding. I’ve done it since I was a child. I’ve literally been doing theater since I was in third grade, and so I have to continue doing it. And also it feeds the product. If I’m doing well, then the company’s thriving as well, because I have more eyeballs on me, I suppose."

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 to film in February 2025

It's important to note that the February date is just when Wesley is being called to Toronto for filming — for all we know, it could start even earlier than that for other actors. But regardless, it's good to have a finite time window where we know production will be ramping up on Strange New Worlds season 4. This means it'll likely be filming before season 3 even releases in 2025. And that makes it very possible that we could get season 4 in 2026, which is fantastic. Take that, two-year-gap norm for genre shows!

Of course, Strange New Worlds isn't the only Star Trek show on the way. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy began production last month in Toronto as well. That one stars Holly Hunter as the head of the titular Starfleet Academy which trains prospective members of Starfleet. Paul Giamatti plays a mysterious villain, and Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané, Zoë Steiner, and Sandro Rosta play new recruits at the academy. It's also expected to feature appearances from a bunch of Star Trek veterans like Tig Notaro, Oded Fehr and Mary Wiseman from Star Trek: Discovery and Robert Picardo from Star Trek: Voyager . Starfleet Academy is an ambitious show, and it's going to be interesting to see how it stands besides the likes of Strange New Worlds .

So strap in for more Star Trek in 2025 and 2026! Something tells me it's going to be a good few years in Starfleet.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Reveals Season 2 Teaser Trailer and Poster

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Paramount+ today revealed the official teaser trailer for the highly anticipated second season of its hit original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .

New Season 2 teaser art featuring the U.S.S. Enterprise was also released.

Season two will premiere Thursday, June 15 on Paramount+ in the U.S, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The second season will also be available to stream on Paramount+ in South Korea, with premiere dates to be announced at a later date. Following the premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode season will drop weekly on Thursdays.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike commanded the U.S.S. Enterprise . The series features fan favorites Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One , Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock , Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel , Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura , Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga .

Season two also features the return of special guest star Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk and new addition Carol Kane in a recurring role as Pelia . The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk guided the U.S.S. Enterprise , as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

The new season includes the previously announced special crossover episode featuring both live-action and animation, and Star Trek: Lower Decks ’ Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner and Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler joining the U.S.S. Enterprise . The episode was directed by Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard actor and director Jonathan Frakes.

Paramount+ previously debuted a first look clip from the upcoming season during the Star Trek Day 2022 celebration.

First Look | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 2

Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners. Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Jenny Lumet, Alonso Myers, Aaron Baiers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serve as executive producers.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In addition, the series airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave in Canada and on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Central and Eastern Europe. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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Pike is missing 1 important thing other star trek captains have.

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I want strange new worlds to break star trek canon & save captain pike, star trek's upcoming prequel movie is pulling the same trick for the 4th time.

Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds still lacks one important thing that other Star Trek captains have. Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds have made Captain Christopher Pike more well-known than the footnote in Star Trek history that Pike once was. Pike combines the best of Star Trek 's past captains, with Captain James T. Kirk's (William Shatner) eager curiosity, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) diplomacy-first approach. Like Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), Pike understands his own destiny, and like Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), Pike is unerringly devoted to his crew.

Captain Pike is undoubtedly a great Star Trek captain, with all the best qualities of a Starfleet legend, but who is Christopher Pike when the chips are down? Captain Pike has faced challenges, to be sure, from pirates to Klingons to Star Trek 's first musical. So far, Pike's greatest enemy is his own future, looming darkly ahead with unavoidable certainty, since Pike's survival means war with the Romulans . Pike's dilemma is a fantastic Star Trek story, but no single voice has risen up to push the Captain of the Enterprise into the desperate corner that would reveal the true moral center of Pike's character.

Captain Pike Needs His Own Star Trek Arch Enemy

Star trek: strange new worlds' gorn aren't pike's arch enemy.

Unlike other Star Trek captains, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Captain Pike is missing an important arch enemy. More than being an antagonist, Pike's enemy should be a singular character who stands strong as Chris' moral opposite. Christopher Pike's best quality as a leader is his compassion, so Pike's nemesis should be selfish. Captain Pike views the Starship Enterprise crew as a family, so Pike's enemy would taint that concept by treating family members as objects instead of people. Pike's acts of self-sacrifice might be considered weakness by a rival who values self-preservation over all else.

Pike buries his compassion and redefines the Gorn as monsters to do his job.

Because Chris is missing an arch enemy, Pike's leadership lacks the conviction that other Starfleet captains have. Strange New Worlds ' Gorn Hegemony come close, but as a force of nature without a representative, Pike's usual talk-first approach won't work. Pike's only recourse is to destroy the Gorn before they destroy his crew. Against the Gorn, Pike can't lead by reaching across the aisle, so Pike buries his compassion and redefines the Gorn as monsters to do his job. A true enemy would force Captain Pike's character development by pushing Pike to stick by his morals, and that hasn't happened yet.

Why An Arch Enemy Can Define A Star Trek Captain

Star trek captains' enemies are the opposite side of the coin.

Arch enemies define Star Trek captains by being their direct and equal opposite. As a genetically-engineered despot, Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban) defies Captain Kirk's love for the galaxy's diversity. The Borg Queen (Alice Krige, Susanna Thompson) is the greatest nemesis of both Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Captain Kathryn Janeway, assimilating Picard's natural diplomacy by making Jean-Luc Locutus, and commanding drones in a dark reflection of Janeway's steadfast care for her crew. Gul Dukat's (Marc Alaimo) fall from grace inverts Captain Sisko's ascension as Bajor's Emissary. Captain Pike has yet to be defined by an equal opposite.

Like Captain Pike, Star Trek: Discovery 's Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) lacks a single primary nemesis, but Discovery 's season-long arcs feature a series of adversaries, like season 1's Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs), season 3's Osyraa (Janet Kidder), and season 5's Moll (Eve Harlow), who help define Burnham's character by opposing Burnham's best qualities.

By giving a Star Trek captain something to stand against, what captains stand for becomes clearer. Sisko's confident responsibility is thrown into stark relief when contrasted with Dukat's careless entitlement. Janeway values curiosity and independence even more after encountering the Borg. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek: First Contact make Kirk and Picard, respectively, dig their metaphorical heels in as cinematic heroes after their USS Enterprise shows end. Hopefully, it won't take a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds movie to reveal an arch enemy who defines Captain Pike by more than his future alone.

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