Cherish “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” (presently on its third season) whereas it lasts. “Unusual New Worlds” can be wrapping up with its fifth season, which can run an abbreviated six episodes. (The earlier seasons, and the to-come fourth, all clocked in at 10 episodes.) Fellow Paramount+ sequence “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” additionally ended after their season fives, so it looks like that is the higher restrict for a “Trek” present for the time being.
However throughout negotiations for ending the sequence, a simple fifth season wasn’t the one possibility thought of. Rebecca Romijn, who performs Enterprise First Officer Una Chin-Riley on “Unusual New Worlds,” mentioned on the 2025 STLV: Trek to Vegas conference that Paramount put a distinct supply on the desk: a film. Romijn defined (reported by TrekMovie) that:
“Six [episodes] was a negotiation. Usually it was ten episodes, however they supplied us a 2-hour film and [co-showrunners] Akiva [Goldsman] and Henry [Alonso Myers] mentioned we will not wrap up these storylines in simply two hours. And they also received [six episodes].”
Add that hypothetical “Unusual New Worlds” film to “Star Trek” footage that by no means went to warp pace. The franchise has stalled out on theatrical releases since 2016, when “Star Trek: Past” underperformed on the field workplace. Some filmmakers, from Quentin Tarantino to “Implausible 4: First Steps” director Matt Shakman, have tried to get a brand new “Trek” film off the bottom, however have not succeeded.
The final “Star Trek” film launched was “Part 31,” which went straight to streaming on Paramount+ and was panned.
Although previous “Star Trek” casts have continued on in films earlier than, Myers and Goldsman made the precise name. A fifth season is the higher technique to wrap up this specific present. “Unusual New Worlds” has embraced being a tv present and what that medium means for the way it tells its tales.
Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds will full its 5 yr mission
The ending of “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” was inevitable. It is a prequel sequence, so it could not go on perpetually. 5 seasons could be too quick for some (particularly with solely 46 episodes complete), however the Enterprise is on a five-yr mission, too.
Certainly, the present has spent all three of its seasons up to now placing the items in place for “Star Trek: The Unique Sequence.” Spock (Ethan Peck) is studying to turn into the Vulcan followers know him as, Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Scotty (Martin Quinn) have joined the Enterprise, and James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) is a recurring character; his arc on the present is studying to be essentially the most well-known Starfleet Captain ever.
The unique “Star Trek” was canceled after its third season with no correct finale, however the Trekkies by no means went away. Petitions culminated in “Star Trek: The Movement Image,” and sequel after sequel, followers received to look at the unique “Trek” solid develop outdated till they lastly bowed out with “The Undiscovered Nation.”
Not like “The Unique Sequence,” “Unusual New Worlds” is attending to exit by itself phrases, and people phrases have all the time been episodic. “Unusual New Worlds” has some series-long working story threads and character arcs, certain, however virtually each episode stands by itself because the Enterprise crew finds themselves on a brand new journey. This is not the kind of story that is constructing to a grand finale that wants two hours to pack all its motion into. “Unusual New Worlds” is a tv present, and it might be inappropriate if it ended as something however.
“Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” is streaming on Paramount+.
