Star Trek: Strange New Worlds nonetheless has three extra seasons to air earlier than its deliberate ending, however govt producers are already teasing a attainable sequel collection. The present is a prequel to Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence, following the adventures of the USS Enterprise beneath Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) within the years instantly previous to James T. Kirk (Paul T. Wesley) taking up. Nevertheless, TOS didn’t truly begin with Kirk assuming command of the Enterprise — it picked up about two years into the vessel’s five-year exploratory mission. With that in thoughts, showrunners say they’d like to proceed their story with what they’re calling Star Trek: Yr One, however they want followers’ assist.
Showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers broached the concept of Star Trek: Yr One on Saturday in the course of the present’s panel in Corridor H at San Diego Comedian-Con, together with EP Alex Kurtzman. The long-awaited third season of Strange new Worlds premiered this month and continues into September, whereas Season 4 lately wrapped filming. Paramount has introduced an order for Season 5 as nicely, however it is going to be shorter with solely six episodes, and it is going to be the top of the collection.
Goldsman, Myers, and Kurtzman acknowledged that they’ve a protracted method to go earlier than their collection is over, and so they “gotta stick the touchdown,” however with the end line in sight, they will’t assist however start to invest concerning the risk for a couple of extra seasons beneath Captain Kirk. They advised attendees of their panel to contemplate a letter-writing marketing campaign to let Paramount know that they’re enthusiastic a few successor collection. Later, they spoke about it at higher size with Entertainment Weekly.
“Nothing would make us happier than to have the ability to proceed telling the tales of how Pike’s crew transitions to Kirk’s crew and the way Kirk’s crew units off,” Myers mentioned. “Clearly, after we come into TOS it’s not the primary day of the job… Basically, there are relationships that exist already. How did they occur? And, clearly, we’ve the chance for Sulu, and we’ve the chance for McCoy in an extended life, and alternative for Chekov. So it might be superior to have the ability to proceed.”
Strange New Worlds shares many acquainted characters with TOS, as some crew members had lengthy tenures on the Enterprise already. Others gained’t be on the vessel for Kirk’s mission, however Myers mentioned that doesn’t imply a brand new present couldn’t observe their tales. He mentioned that he and his colleagues haven’t had “concrete discussions” a few attainable sequel but, nevertheless it seems like they’ve a number of concepts to start out with.
In fact, the looming query mark for this and all Paramount productions is the corporate’s impending merger with Skydance. Myers mentioned that enthusiastic, outspoken curiosity from the solid, crew, and followers is the very best hope for making this long-shot a actuality. “We dream it loudly,” he mentioned. “We prefer to say vocally that, ‘Hey, we’ve all of these actually nice units. You guys personal them. You make cash off them.’”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 is already underway, with three episodes streaming on Paramount+. New episodes premiere on Thursdays by way of September eleventh. Season 4 has wrapped filming and is predicted to premiere in 2026.
