Paramount+ simply gave Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds a bittersweet present with a renewal for a fifth season… which may even be its final.
Forward of the present’s much-anticipated Season 3 premiere, the streamer formally confirmed that Unusual New Worlds will conclude with a six-episode fifth season. Manufacturing on that ultimate voyage is slated to start later this 12 months.
There are nonetheless three full seasons left to observe, together with Season 3, which kicks off with a two-episode drop on Thursday, July 17, adopted by weekly episodes by September 11. Season 4 is presently in manufacturing, so there’s nonetheless loads of star-hopping and Gorn-dodging forward.
The showrunners are treating the five-season arc like an entire mission and there can be no free ends, no half-measures. In a joint assertion, government producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers, and Alex Kurtzman mentioned:
“From the very starting, Unusual New Worlds got down to honor what Star Trek has all the time stood for — boundless curiosity, hope and the assumption that a greater future is feasible.
“We’re deeply grateful to Paramount+ for the prospect to finish our five-season mission, simply as we envisioned it, alongside our extraordinary forged 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 revel in, this journey is much from over.”
That “five-season mission” line is a tip of the hat to the unique five-year mission of The Unique Collection.
I’m unhappy that this collection can be ending as a result of it’s such a rattling good present! At the very least we’ve obtained three extra season earlier than it occurs, and it’ll get a correct conclusion.
Unusual New Worlds has been a success with followers throughout its run, incomes a Critics Selection nomination for Greatest Drama Collection in 2023 and snagging a Saturn Award for Greatest Science Fiction Tv Collection in 2022. It’s additionally praised for its episodic storytelling and character-driven tone that appears like a contemporary extension of basic Trek.
The upcoming third season will as soon as once more characteristic Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Quantity One, Ethan Peck as Spock, and the remainder of the stellar ensemble together with Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, and Martin Quinn, with Carol Kane and Paul Wesley guest-starring.
This information follows one other final-season announcement for Star Trek: Decrease Decks, which additionally wrapped with its fifth season.
So whereas the top is now on the map, there’s nonetheless loads of warp drive left earlier than Unusual New Worlds fades into the celebs.
Supply: Deadline
