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The fourth season of the American television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. The season is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout, Weed Road Pictures, H M R X Productions, and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serving as showrunners.

Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn respectively star as Pike, Spock, and Number One, along with Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Babs Olusanmokun. A fourth season of Strange New Worlds was ordered in April 2024, and is expected to begin filming in early- to mid-2025.

The season is expected to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+ and run for 10 episodes.

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Frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes will return to direct for the season.[1]

Cast and characters

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Production

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Development

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Following the success of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds's second season, Paramount+ ordered a fourth season in April 2024 while the third season was in production.[3]

Writing

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The writers' room was underway and had settled on the ideas for all 10 episodes of the season by the end of July 2024.[4]

Casting

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Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn star in the series as Captain Christopher Pike, science officer Spock, and first officer Una Chin-Riley / Number One, respectively. Also starring are Jess Bush as nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as chief security officer La'an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Ensign Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as helmsman Erica Ortegas, and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. Joseph M'Benga.

Paul Wesley, who replaced The Original Series star William Shatner as James T. Kirk for the series, said in September 2024 that he would again have a role in the fourth season.[2]

Filming

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After completing work on the third season, Mount said filming for the fourth season was expected to begin in Canada in early- to mid-2025,[5] and Wesley is scheduled to begin filming his role in February 2025.[2] Frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes will return to direct for the season.[1]

Release

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The season is expected to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+ in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Australia, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.[3][6] It will run for 10 episodes.[4] The series is released in New Zealand on TVNZ, in India on Voot,[7] and in other European countries on SkyShowtime (a combination of Paramount+ and the streaming service Peacock).[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Orquiola, John (May 23, 2024). "Jonathan Frakes Interview: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Piña, Christy (September 21, 2024). "Paul Wesley on How He and Ian Somerhalder's Brother's Bond Bourbon Isn't a "Celebrity Bulls***, Cash Grab"". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Vary, Adam B. (April 12, 2024). "'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Renewed for Season 4; 'Lower Decks' to Conclude With Season 5 (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Showrunners Talk "Crazier" Season 3, Plans To "Drive Right Into" TOS". TrekMovie.com. August 20, 2024. Archived from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  5. ^ London, Rob (May 29, 2024). "Anson Mount Just Beamed Up a Huge 'Strange New Worlds' Season 4 Update". Collider. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  6. ^ Vlessing, Etan (August 1, 2023). "'Star Trek' Series Headed to Paramount+ in Canada". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "Watch Introduction To 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Featurette And Clip + Update On International Release". TrekMovie.com. April 28, 2022. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "SkyShowtime Launches In Central/Eastern Europe With 'Star Trek' Originals; Arrives In Spain February 28". TrekMovie.com. February 14, 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
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