CBS All Access already has a pair of hits withStar Trek: DiscoveryandStar Trek: Picard, and now another live-action Star Trek series is headed to the streaming service:Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
The series, which will bring backDiscoveryactor Anson Mount as Christopher Pike, the captain of the USS Enterprise, currently has no premiere date onCBS All Access. Here’s everything we know aboutStar Trek: Strange New Worldsso far.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldswill have multiple cast members fromStar Trek: Discoveryreprise their roles.
Among the familiar faces (toDiscoveryfans) will be Anson Mount as Christopher Pike, the original captain of the USS Enterprise. Mount made his well-received debut as Pike in the second season ofDiscovery.
Joining Mount in the cast ofStrange New Worldswill beEthan Peck as Spock, the Vulcan science officer for Starfleet who was originally played by Leonard Nimoy in the originalStar TrekTV series. Peck portrayed Spock in the second season ofDiscovery.
Also reprising her role will be Rebecca Romijn, who played Pike’s first officer, Number One, inDiscoveryand will continue as the character inStrange New Worlds.
CBS hasn’t offered an official synopsis forStrange New Worldsyet, but the title seems to suggest that the series will continue the franchise’s original mission: To boldly go where no one has gone before.
WithDiscoveryandPicardcarving out their own, critically praised places in the Star Trek canon, there’s still plenty of room — and demand — forStrange New Worldsto take the original NCC-1701 on fresh adventures.
Behind the camera
Longtime Star Trek producer and modern franchise architect Alex Kurtzman will serve as executive producer onStrange New Worldswith frequent franchise collaborator Akiva Goldsman, as well as Jenny Lumet, Henry Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth.
“When we said we heard the fans’ outpouring of love for Pike, Number One, and Spock, we meant it,” Kurtzman said in a statement.”These iconic characters have a deep history in Star Trek canon, yet so much of their stories have yet to be told.”
The first episode ofStrange New Worldshas already been written by Goldsman, Kurtzman, and Lumet.
A crowded field
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsjoins several other Star Trek projects currently in various stages of development.
Along with the ongoingStar Trek:DiscoveryandStar Trek:Picard —which are entering their third and second seasons, respectively — several upcoming shows are in the works.
The animatedStar Trek: Lower Decksis headed to CBS All Access at some point, as well as anotherDiscoveryspinoff,Section 31, which will have Michelle Yeoh reprise her role. Another animated series is also in development for Nickelodeon, aimed at younger audiences.
