Summary
Star Trekis scaling down on Paramount+, but all three scheduled live-action TV series and movies are spinoffs ofStar Trek: Discovery. Recently ending after 5 seasons,Star Trek: Discoveryreignited theStar TrekTV franchise after 12 years. In 2017 and 2018,Discovery’s success served as a cornerstone of the fledgling CBS All-Access streaming service, which later became Paramount+.Thanks to Discovery, a new era of Star Trek streaming series began.
Star Trek on Paramount+ overseen by Alex Kurtzmanachieved an amazing apex in 2022, with a new episode of 5 differentStar Trekseries streaming almost every Thursday of the year on Paramount+. Patrick Stewart was coaxed back to the franchise to headline 3 seasons ofStar Trek: Picard.Star Trekalso embraced animation for the first time since the 1970s, withStar Trek: Lower Decks, the franchise’s first half-hour comedy, andStar Trek: Prodigy,a CGI all-ages animated series designed to bring new young viewers toStar Trek.Arguably the most popular currentStar Trekseries,Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, also launched in 2022. In the next two years, the live-actionStar Trekshows and movie on Paramount+ willcarry onStar Trek: Discovery’s legacy.
Star Trek: Discovery,Star Trek: Picard,andStar Trek: Strange New Worldsare all Nielsen Top 10 streaming series.
Every Upcoming Star Trek Movie & TV Show
Star Trek is ending series like Discovery and Lower Decks but renewed Strange New Worlds while setting up new streaming and theatrical movies.
Star Trek’s Next Live-Action Shows & Movies Are Discovery Spinoffs
Strange New Worlds, Section 31, and Starfleet Academy all come out of Discovery
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,Star Trek: Section 31, andStar Trek: Starfleet Academyareall live-action spinoffs ofStar Trek: Discovery.Star Trek’s first feature film made for streaming on Paramount+,Star Trek: Section 31was originally planned as an ongoing series starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh reprising herStar Trek: Discovery antiheroine, Emperor Philippa Georgiou. The COVID-19 pandemic and other factors shiftedSection 31from a series to a movie, which premieres in 2025 on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academyscored Academy Award caliber headliner actors Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti.
The popularity of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) inStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2 directly led to a spinoff,Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.Now consideredParamount+’s flagshipStar Trekseries,Strange New Worldsseason 3will premiere in 2025 on Paramount+, with season 4 already in preproduction.Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,which has executive producer Alex Kurtzman as co-showrunner, is also a direct spinoff ofStar Trek: Discoveryseasons 4 and 5, continuingDisco’s 32nd-century era.
A newStar Treklive-action half-hour comedy created by Tawny Newsome and Justin Simien is in development, but it’s not clear if it’s a spinoff ofStar Trek: Discovery.
What Happens To Animated Star Trek After Lower Decks Ends?
This is why Netflix needs to give Star Trek: Prodigy season 3
Thechanging nature of streaming and the pending sale of Paramounthas made casualties ofStar Trek’s animated series,Star Trek: Lower DecksandStar Trek: Prodigy. Paramount+ abruptly canceledStar Trek: Prodigyin 2023, purging the show from its service. ButStar Trek: Prodigy’s rabid fan base responded and helped secure Netflix asStar Trek: Prodigy’s new streaming home. Following the premiere ofStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, however, Netflix has yet to exercise its option to order moreProdigy.
2024 marks the end of animated Star Trek for the foreseeable future.
Star Trek: Lower Decksalso ends its run on Paramount+ with season 5. However, there arehopesLower Deckscan continueon another streaming service, likeStar Trek: Prodigy. Unfortunately, without newLower DecksorProdigyordered, 2024 marks the end of animatedStar Trekfor the foreseeable future. This is especially disappointing consideringLower DecksandProdigyhave delivered some of the most insightful, innovative, and crowd-pleasingStar Trekof the modern era. Unfortunately, neitherLower DecksnorProdigyare live-action or direct spinoffs ofStar Trek: Discovery,which is what Paramount+ is bankingStar Trek’s next few years on.
