Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4
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The fourth season of the American television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969). The season is being produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout, Weed Road Pictures, H M R X Productions, and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers as showrunners.
Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn respectively star as Pike, Spock, and Number One, along with Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Babs Olusanmokun. Many of the regular actors and several guest stars portray younger versions of characters from The Original Series. A fourth season of Strange New Worlds was ordered in April 2024. Filming is taking place at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario, from March to August 2025. The showrunners continued the series' episodic storytelling approach, giving each episode a different genre and tone.
The season is expected to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+ and run for 10 episodes.
Episodes
[edit]Axelle Carolyn is directing the fourth episode.[1] Frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes is also directing an episode.[2]
Cast and characters
[edit]Main
[edit]- Anson Mount as Christopher Pike[3]
- Ethan Peck as Spock[3]
- Jess Bush as Christine Chapel[3]
- Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh[3]
- Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura[3]
- Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas[3]
- Babs Olusanmokun as Joseph M'Benga[3]
- Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley / Number One[3]
Guests
[edit]Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Executive producer Alex Kurtzman envisioned Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a spin-off from the series Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024), as an ongoing series that could cover the seven years between Discovery's second season (2019) and the accident that seriously injures Christopher Pike in Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969).[5] Co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman hoped Strange New Worlds would continue until its setting caught up with the events of The Original Series.[6] Following the success of Strange New Worlds's second season, Paramount+ ordered a fourth season in April 2024 while the third season was in production.[7]
Writing
[edit]The writers' room was underway and had settled on the ideas for all 10 episodes of the season by the end of July 2024.[8]
Casting
[edit]Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn star in the series as Captain Christopher Pike, science officer Spock, and first officer Una Chin-Riley / Number One, respectively. Also starring are Jess Bush as nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as chief security officer La'an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Ensign Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as helmsman Erica Ortegas, and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. Joseph M'Benga.[3]
Paul Wesley, who replaced The Original Series star William Shatner as James T. Kirk for the series, said in September 2024 that he would again have a role in the fourth season.[4]
Filming
[edit]After completing work on the third season in May 2024, Mount said filming for the fourth season was expected to begin in Canada in early 2025.[9] Filming began on March 3, 2025,[3] at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario,[10] under the working title Lily and Isaac.[11] Director Axelle Carolyn was in Toronto by March 18,[1] and began filming the fourth episode on March 31.[12] Frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes is also directing an episode.[2] Filming is scheduled to last until August 29.[11]
Release
[edit]The season is expected to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+ in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Australia, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.[7][13] It will run for 10 episodes.[8] The series is released in New Zealand on TVNZ, in India on Voot,[14] and in other European countries on SkyShowtime (a combination of Paramount+ and the streaming service Peacock).[15]
References
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- ^ a b Orquiola, John (May 23, 2024). "Jonathan Frakes Interview: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Production on Season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Officially Underway". StarTrek.com. March 3, 2025. Archived from the original on March 4, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ a b Piña, Christy (September 21, 2024). "Paul Wesley on How He and Ian Somerhalder's Brother's Bond Bourbon Isn't a "Celebrity Bulls***, Cash Grab"". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Owen, Rob (January 16, 2020). "Tuned In: Author Michael Chabon treks to 'Star Trek: Picard'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ Patten, Dominic (July 7, 2022). "'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Co-Creator Akiva Goldsman On Season 1 Throwback Finale, Crossovers & Where It All Could End". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Vary, Adam B. (April 12, 2024). "'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Renewed for Season 4; 'Lower Decks' to Conclude With Season 5 (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Showrunners Talk "Crazier" Season 3, Plans To "Drive Right Into" TOS". TrekMovie.com. August 20, 2024. Archived from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ London, Rob (May 29, 2024). "Anson Mount Just Beamed Up a Huge 'Strange New Worlds' Season 4 Update". Collider. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "Filming Of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 Has Begun". TrekMovie.com. March 3, 2025. Archived from the original on March 4, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
- ^ a b "Current Productions & News". City of Toronto. March 2, 2025. Archived from the original on March 2, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ Flook, Ray (April 1, 2025). "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds "Very Special" Ep. 404 Filming Begins". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on April 2, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (August 1, 2023). "'Star Trek' Series Headed to Paramount+ in Canada". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
- ^ "Watch Introduction To 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Featurette And Clip + Update On International Release". TrekMovie.com. April 28, 2022. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
- ^ "SkyShowtime Launches In Central/Eastern Europe With 'Star Trek' Originals; Arrives In Spain February 28". TrekMovie.com. February 14, 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.