Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Season 3
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The third 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 throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. The season is 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 serving 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. Planning for a third season of Strange New Worlds began by June 2022, and it was officially announced in March 2023 ahead of a planned filming start that May. Production was delayed by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and instead started in December 2023. Filming is expected to continue until July 2024, at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario. The showrunners continued the series' episodic storytelling approach, giving each episode a different genre and tone. Many of the regular actors and several guest stars portray younger versions of characters from The Original Series in the season.

The season is expected to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+, and run for 10 episodes.

Episodes

Producing director Chris Fisher is directing the first episode of the season,[1] and frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes is also returning to direct an episode of the season.[2]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds characters

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Production

Development

In June 2022, during the airing of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds's first season and the filming of its second season, co-star Melissa Navia said discussions about a third season had begun.[4] Co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers confirmed this a month later, explaining that the third season had not been officially ordered yet but the crew had begun planning for it due to the amount of time needed to complete scripts and prepare the series' sets and virtual production technology. He added that the third season was "definitely the next thing in line".[5] In August, CBS Entertainment CEO George Cheeks highlighted the critical and viewership success of the first season and said they were "just getting started" with the series, suggesting that it would continue beyond the second season.[6] Co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman revealed in March 2023 that filming for the third season was about to begin,[7] and Paramount+ officially announced the 10-episode season order a week later.[8] However, filming was delayed indefinitely due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike which started on May 2.[9]

During the Writers Guild strike and concurrent 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, producing director Chris Fisher and the series' Toronto-based producers developed a rolling plan that would allow production on the season to begin within a few weeks of both strikes ending.[10] Pre-production on the season resumed on November 13 after the Writers Guild strike ended in September and the SAG-AFTRA strike ended in early November.[11][1]

Writing

Goldsman said the series would continue to "genre hop" with each episode in the third season,[12] and the writers had settled on the 10 episode ideas for the season before the Writers Guild strike began in May 2023. The season includes several ideas that could not be used in the second season due to the 10 episodes-per-season limit.[13] Myers said the delay caused by the strikes could lead to some changes being made to their plans, including for how they intended to resolve the second season's cliffhanger ending.[14]

Casting

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.[1][better source needed]

Martin Quinn returns as Montgomery Scott, the future chief engineer of the Enterprise as portrayed by James Doohan in Star Trek: The Original Series, after being introduced in the second-season finale.[3]

Design

Pre-production work designing for the series' virtual technology, which is used to display digital backgrounds on an LED video wall during filming, had been completed for the first seven episodes when production was delayed by the Writers Guild strike. Fisher said the crew had become confident with using the technology during the second season and would use it for every episode of the third.[10]

Filming

Before the Writers Guild strike began,[9] filming was expected to take place from May 2 to September 28, 2023, at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario, under the working title Lily and Isaac.[15][16] Fisher had storyboarded the first episode and the cast was one day away from flying to Canada for filming when production was delayed.[10] Cast and crew began moving to Toronto when pre-production restarted in November 2023,[1] and filming began on December 11.[17] Frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes said he was returning to direct an episode of the season.[2] Production on the season was expected to take place until July 2024.[1]

Release

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. It will run for 10 episodes.[8][18] The series is released in New Zealand on TVNZ, in India on Voot,[19] and in other European countries on SkyShowtime (a combination of Paramount+ and the streaming service Peacock).[20]

References

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  2. ^ a b Joest, Mick (November 15, 2023). "Jonathan Frakes Told Us He'll Be Back To Work On Star Trek Soon, But Not Before Starring In A Hallmark Christmas Movie". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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  11. ^ Maddaus, Gene (November 9, 2023). "SAG-AFTRA Approves Deal to End Historic Strike". Variety. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  12. ^ Vary, Adam B. (August 10, 2023). "Inside the 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season Finale: Evil Gorn! Shocking Ending! And Introducing [Spoiler]!". Variety. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  13. ^ Orquiola, John (May 19, 2023). "Strange New Worlds' 10 Episode Seasons Aren't Enough, Says Showrunner". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  14. ^ Britt, Ryan (August 10, 2023). "23 Years Later, 'Strange New Worlds' Brings Back a Shocking Star Trek Trick". Inverse. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  15. ^ Flook, Ray (March 22, 2023). "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Sets Season 3 Filming Calendar". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
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  17. ^ Orquiola, John (December 11, 2023). "Strange New Worlds Season 3 Begins Filming, Confirmed By Star Trek Producers". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "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.

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