I’ve got some exciting news for Star Trek fans! Paramount+ has renewed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for Season 4 as its third season is currently in production. It was also announced that the animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks will come to a close with its fifth and final Season.
Both of these shows are great, but I’m particularly fond of Strange New Worlds. That series is just classic Star Wars, and I love it for that. I’ve been really happy with how the stories and characters are being handled.
Strange New Worlds is set in the years when Capt. Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) commanded the USS Enterprise and featured younger versions of several legacy characters, including Spock (Ethan Peck), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Kirk (Paul Wesley). The show even had a great crossover episode with Lower Decks.
Executive producers and showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers and executive producer Alex Kurtzman said in a statement: “On behalf of the cast and crew of ‘Strange New Worlds,’ we are thrilled and grateful to continue our voyages together.”
They added: “We can’t wait for you to join us and the crew of the Enterprise on another season of exploration and adventure.”
Season 3 of Strange New Worlds will premiere in 2025.
Lower Decks focuses on the junior officers of the USS Cerritos: Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), D’Vana Tendi (Noël Wells) and Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero).
It’s set in the years following Star Trek: Nemesis, and the series has included voice cameos from many Star Trek alumni, like George Takei, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Will Wheaton, Armin Shimerman, Nana Visitor and Robert Duncan McNeill.
Kurtzman and executive producer and showrunner Mike McMahon shared a statement explaining the door is open for continuing the characters’ stories after the show ends.
They said: “We remain hopeful that even beyond Season 5, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and the whole Cerritos crew will live on with new adventures. While five seasons of any series these days seems like a miracle, it’s no exaggeration to say that every second we’ve spent making this show has been a dream come true.”
Jeff Grossman, executive vice president of Programming at Paramount+ shared: “It has been incredibly rewarding to continue to build the Star Trek universe, and we’re so grateful to Secret Hideout and our immensely talented casts and producers.”
He added: “Strange New Worlds has found the perfect blend of action, adventure and humor. Similarly, Star Trek: Lower Decks has brought the laughs with an ample amount of heart to the franchise across its four seasons. We can’t wait for audiences to see what is in store for the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos in this final season.”
CBS Studios president David Stapf said: “Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are integral to the Star Trek franchise, expanding the boundaries of the universe and exploring new and exciting worlds.
He continued: “We are extraordinarily proud of both series as they honor the legacy of what Gene Roddenberry created almost 60 years ago. We are so grateful to work with Secret Hideout, Alex Kurtzman, Mike McMahan, Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers and the cast, crews and artists who craft these important and entertaining stories for fans around the world.”
Source: Variety
