Star Trekfans are still waiting for the third season ofStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, but the wait for season four will be shorter. In a new Instagram post, series starAnson Mountreports that he’ll be returning to theStar Trek Stageto film the fourth season in the Spring of 2025. The series wasrenewed for a fourth seasonearlier this year. In the post, Mount praises Canada’s hospitality — bothStrange New WorldsandStar Trek: Discovery, which debuted Mount’sCaptain Christopher Pikein its second season, were filmed there, as was Mount’s AMC Western series,Hell on Wheels. He also dropped a crumb of information forStrange New Worldsfans eagerly awaiting the return of the series:
“We’ll see you again in the spring whenStar Trek: Strange New Worldsgoes back into production for Season 4!”
Last year’s dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes delayed production on the show’s third season; the second seasonended on a cliffhangerlast August, and the third season, whichrecently wrapped filming, isn’t expected to air on Paramount+ until 2025. The prompt resumption of production, barring further disruptions, bodes well for a shorter wait next time.
What’s Going To Happen in Season 3 of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’?
As season two ofStrange New Worldsended on a massive cliffhanger, with theEnterpriseunder attack from a fleet of hostile reptilian Gorn aliens, and Pike’s on-and-off love interest Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano) fatally infected with Gorn embryos, the season will presumably open by resolving it, for better or worse. Regulars Spock (Ethan Peck), Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn), Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Joseph M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), La’an Noonien Singh (Christina Chong), and Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia) will return.
Additionally,Martin Quinn, who debuted as the classicStar Trekcharacter Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in the Season 2 finale, will return for the third season, possibly becoming a crew member on theEnterprise, as he was in the originalStar Trekseries. The season will also feature at least one episode directed byJonathan Frakes, aStar Treklegend both in front of and behind the camera; Frakes described the episode as a murder mystery, and calls it “the best episode of television I’ve ever done.”
Spinning out ofStar Trek: Discoveryandgreeted with acclaimupon its release in 2022,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsfollows the adventures of theUSS Enterprisein the years before James T. Kirk took command of it. The series features a more episodic narrative than other contemporaryStar Trekseries, likeDiscoveryandStar Trek: Picard, hearkening back to the early days of the franchise.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' fourth season will begin production in the spring of next year; the third season recently wrapped filming. Star tuned to Collider for future updates and check out the series on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy in the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.
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