Paramount+ had a welcome announcement about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds today. The streaming service stated that the latest Star Trek show is officially in production in Toronto, Canada. It confirms some online reports about cast members appearing to be in the Toronto area in recent days.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds covers the pre-TOS Captain Kirk era of the U.S.S. Enterprise. In this era, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) was at the helm and a younger, less experienced Spock (Ethan Peck) was his Science Officer. Rebecca Romijn plays Number One.
Paramount+ also announced new cast members today, who all appeared in an online video. Babs Olusanmokun (“Black Mirror,” “Dune”), Christina Chong (“Tom and Jerry,” “Black Mirror”), Celia Rose Gooding (“Jagged Little Pill”), Jess Bush (“Skinford,” “Les Norton”) and Melissa Navia (“Dietland,” “Billions”) are all beaming on board as regulars.
“In a career, there is never enough work that is pure joy. I feel that my friend Alex Kurtzman along with David Stapf at CBS Studios and Julie McNamara at Paramount+ have given me just that by letting me haunt the stock rooms of my favorite candy store and I am grateful. With a hell of a cast and undying love for the original series, we boldly go.”
Akiva Goldsman, co-showrunner and executive producer of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Excitement starting building for this show when the Pike-Spock-Number One trio and classic Enterprise first appeared on Season Two of Star Trek: Discovery. All three actors were widely praised for his takes on the classic characters.
“I’m incredibly grateful to be working alongside Akiva and our brilliant, multi-faceted cast to help bring the adventures of the Starship Enterprise to new life,” said . “For someone who’s been dreaming of spaceships and alien worlds since I was little, this show is a dream come true.”
Henry Alonso Myers, co-showrunner and executive producer of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Producers have hinted that the new show may be a bit more “episodic” compared to the season long arcs of Discovery and Picard. That would harken back to the formula used on the original 1960s Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ran in syndication from the late 1980s to mid 1990s.
