We have recognized because the starting of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds that Captain Pike was on borrowed time. Because it seems, his time will come to an finish in simply two extra seasons.
Paramount+ and CBS Studios introduced immediately that Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds has been renewed for a fifth and last season. Manufacturing on the six-episode season is anticipated to start later this yr.
“From the very starting, Unusual New Worlds got down to honor what Star Trek has at all times stood for — boundless curiosity, hope and the idea that a greater future is feasible,” stated govt producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers, and Alex Kurtzman in a joint assertion. “We’re deeply grateful to Paramount+ for the possibility to finish our five-season mission, simply as we envisioned it, alongside our extraordinary solid and crew. And to the passionate followers who’ve boldly joined us on this journey — THANK YOU. With three extra spectacular seasons forward so that you can see and luxuriate in, this journey is much from over.”
The Season 5 announcement comes simply a few months after Paramount+ and CBS Studios confirmed the present had been greenlit for a fourth season, with production beginning earlier this year.
Unusual New Worlds has been one of many extra profitable and well-liked Star Trek authentic collection of late, so information of its ending in Season 5 is considerably shocking, particularly since the way forward for the franchise remains to be considerably murky.
We have got Star Trek: Starfleet Academy anticipated both this yr or subsequent yr, with a second season already being developed, and we have additionally received an untitled live-action comedy supposedly in early growth. Past that, we’re probably not certain what shall be subsequent for the franchise.
I suppose now we have a little bit of time earlier than we have to fear about that, as we have nonetheless received three extra seasons — or possibly two and a half, given the truncated last season. Season 3 of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds is about to premiere on Thursday, July seventeenth, completely on Paramount+ within the U.S. Following the two-episode premiere, new episodes will launch weekly each Thursday, with the Season 3 finale scheduled for September eleventh.
It has been almost two years because the Season 2 finale left followers on the sting of their seats with a cliffhanger ending, and hopefully, these early inexperienced lights for Seasons 4 and 5 imply the wait between seasons will not be almost as lengthy shifting ahead.
Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds is a spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery that chronicles the daring adventures of Captain Christopher Pike throughout his tenure commanding the united statesS. Enterprise. Set within the years main as much as Captain Kirk’s period, the collection follows Pike, Spock, Quantity One, and their crew as they discover the galaxy — encountering uncharted worlds, dealing with mysterious threats, and upholding the beliefs of Starfleet on the ultimate frontier.
