Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Everything We Know
A dramatic cliffhanger ending for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 had viewers waiting for the conclusion in season 3. Captain Christopher Pike and the USS Enterprise crew disobeyed Starfleet instructions to save Captain Marie Batel and the colonists of Parnassus Beta in season 2 finale, "Hegemony." La'an Noonien-Singh, Sam Kirk, Dr. Joseph M'Benga, and Erica Ortegas were taken by the Gorn at the end of the episode; Batel became host to the Gorn's parasitic eggs.
A New Era for Strange New Worlds, Star Trek
Returning for season 3, the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ensemble enters a new terrain for the series on Paramount+. Season five of Star Trek: Discovery effectively passed the torch to Strange New Worlds as the lead live-action series. While a new show, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, is set to start production in fall 2024, Lower Decks likewise finishes with season 5. Set for a 2025 premiere, Michelle Yeoh stars in the first Star Trek film for Paramount+, "Star Trek: Section 31". With these events, Strange New Worlds takes front stage in Star Trek on Paramount+, especially in light of season 2's favorable reception.
Production Update: May 2024 Filming Completed
Originally scheduled to start filming in May 2023, the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes caused a seven-month delay to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Production started in December 2023 and ran until May 2024. Directing the season 1 finale "A Quality of Mercy" and the season 2 premiere "The Broken Circle," Chris Fisher is guiding the season 3 premiere, so addressing the Gorn cliffhanger from season 2.
Other filmmakers signed up for season 3 include Dan Liu, helmed "Memento Mori," and "Lost in Translation," and Jordan Canning, who oversaw "Charades." Known for helmingrossing the comic crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks, Jonathan Frakes will direct a "Hollywood noir" episode. Valerie Weiss, Sharon Lewis, Andrew Coutts, and Maja Vrvilo make up the remaining season directors.
San Diego Comic-Con 2024 First Look at Season 3
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds presented a first-look teaser from season three at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. To much to Spock's dismay, the funny five-minute film stars the whole ensemble in a situation whereby Pike, La'an, Uhura, and Chapel are turned into Vulcans. This video is from an episode Jordan Canning directed and follows her earlier Vulcan-themed episode, "Charades." Additionally revealed for season three is Cillian O'Connor as Dr. Roger Korby.
Opening Date on Paramount+
Third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is slated to broadcast on Paramount+ in 2025. For the ten-episode season, visual effects and post-production are under progress now. Given the significance of the series for Paramount+' Star Trek schedule, a 2025 premiere appears most likely. Though some supporters, particularly for the closure of the season 2 cliffhanger, anticipate the first episodes could be available by the end of 2024, this is improbable.
Season 3's contents are what?
Beyond deciding Batel's fate and the abducted Enterprise crew's fate, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has set up several seasons' worth of narratives. One major plot revolves on the love triangle Nurse Christine Chapel's fiancé, Dr. Roger Korby, creates with Spock. Along with Scotty's debut on the Enterprise, Lieutenant James T. Kirk's approaching fatherhood and promotion, and Dr. M'Benga's sinister secrets from the Klingon War, Season 2 also brought Additionally expected by viewers are genre-bending events including a "Hollywood murder mystery" and a chance to observe the young Montgomery Scott develop into the venerable Chief Engineer. Strange New Worlds season 3 covers much of ground even six years before Captain Kirk takes command.
Extended for Season 4
Paramount+ early renewed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for season 4. Although season 4 won't film consecutive with season 3, filming is slated to start in Toronto in the spring of 2025, with a possible launch in 2026 in line with Star Trek's 60th anniversary. Though specifics for season 4 are few, the renewal promises Captain Pike and the USS Enterprise more adventures.
