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  • SDCC: Crossover Incoming with Star Trek’s ‘Strange New Worlds’ & ‘Lower Decks’

    SDCC: Crossover Incoming with Star Trek’s ‘Strange New Worlds’ & ‘Lower Decks’

    Paramount+ has become the go-to streaming service for all things Star Trek. Following the success of Star Trek: Discovery, the streaming service continued to build its Star Trek library with the addition of Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The latter series, which just ended its first season to critical acclaim, chronicled Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, and the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise as they visited different parts of the Galaxy. It is set 10 years before Star Trek: The Original Series and is the first spin-off from Star Trek: Discovery.

    The series showed Captain Pike in his post-retirement glory gearing up to hand the Enterprise to one Captain Kirk, with Strange New Worlds finding him in his prime leading the Enterprise with new and old faces alike. When showrunner Alex Kurtzman pitched the series to then-CBS All Access, he pitched them on an ever-expanding universe that could potentially see crossovers between the different shows, ala the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We did not know when the first crossover would happen, but San Diego Comic-Con has provided that answer.

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is officially crossing over with Star Trek: Lower Decks, which is the first animated Star Trek series since 1970 and follows the adventures of the Cerritos in the year 2380. The show is now two seasons in, and it has been revealed that Season 2 of Strange New Worlds will see a live-action crossover between the two shows. Even cooler, it will be directed by Commander William Riker, himself Jonathan Frakes. Frakes was actually one of the ones who pitched CBS on some Star Trek content before they decided Kurtzman would be the sole showrunner, so it is exciting to see him get a shot to direct this first crossover episode in the Star Trek Universe.

  • ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 2 Already in Production

    ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 2 Already in Production

    Star Trek: Discovery introduced us to a modern take on the popular franchise while we were also getting the Kelvin timeline in movie form. Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman created the series for CBS All Access, which has been rebranded as Paramount+. The series went on to run for multiple seasons with its first major spinoff titled Star Trek: Strange New Worlds set to release this May. In January, we already learned that a second season has been ordered for the spinoff.

    In the new article by Decider, we got a first look at James T. Kirk in the upcoming second season played by Vampire Diaries veteran Paul Wesley. With the first look, we also got the confirmation that they’ve already started production on the series that stars Anson Mount as Christopher Pike, who is the captain of the USS Enterprise. With the addition of Kirk, we might uncover just how he ended up taking over.

    We’ll see if the upcoming first season might lead into the introduction of Kirk, or if he’ll generally be mainly part of the second season. They have a lot of faith in these series and have been pushing forward with the additions. It’ll be interesting to see if we can expect more spinoffs moving forward and what the future has in store for Star Trek.

    Source: Decider

  • ‘Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley Joins ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 2 as James T. Kirk

    ‘Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley Joins ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 2 as James T. Kirk

    It looks like the Star Trek: Discovery spinoff has added to its cast for its second season in the form of Vampire Diaries‘ Paul Wesley. Not only will he join the cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds but also take on quite an important role, as he will play the series’ version of James T. Kirk. the producers have shared the following statement on his casting:

    Paul is an accomplished actor, an astonishing presence and a welcome key addition to the show. Like all of us, he is a life-long Star Trek fan and we are excited by his interpretation of this iconic role.

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    paul wesley as kirk on strange new worlds

    He’s the third actor to take on the role after William Shatner made him famous before the Kelvin universe introduced a rebooted version of the character played by Chris Pine. During the timeline that this series takes place, Kirk was an instructor at the Starfleet Academy before he would take over from Pike, played by Anson Mount. It’s unclear if the project is hoping to explore his take over across multiple seasons, or he might generally take over the series as a lead.

    Either way, it’s great to see these new series explore more from the timeline and offer a glimpse at how the iconic characters that we’ve come to love became who they are. There’s a chance that he only has a temporary role in the second season, as they don’t highlight if he is a recurring guest character or part of the main cast moving forward. We’ll see if he might even have a brief appearance in the end of the first season.

    Source: Decider