Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Season 4
Showrunners
Starring
Release
Original networkParamount+
Season chronology

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 during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969). The season is being 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 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, Babs Olusanmokun, and Martin Quinn. Many of the regular actors and several guest stars portray younger versions of characters from The Original Series. A fourth season of Strange New Worlds was ordered in April 2024. Filming is taking place at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario, from March to August 2025. The showrunners continued the series' episodic storytelling approach, giving each episode a different genre and tone.

The season is expected to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+ in 2026, and run for 10 episodes. A fifth season was ordered in June 2025.[1]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten by [2]Original release date
311TBATBDTeleplay by : Akiva Goldsman & Henry Alonso Myers
Story by : Henry Alonso Myers & Alan B. McElroy		2026 (2026)[1]

The writing credit for the second episode is Kathryn Lyn.[2] Axelle Carolyn is directing the fourth episode.[3] Frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes is also directing an episode.[4]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds characters

Main

Guests

Production

Development

Executive producer Alex Kurtzman envisioned Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a spin-off from the series Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024), as an ongoing series that could cover the seven years between Discovery's second season (2019) and the accident that seriously injures Christopher Pike in Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969).[10] Co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman hoped Strange New Worlds would continue until its setting caught up with the events of The Original Series.[11] Following the success of Strange New Worlds's second season, Paramount+ ordered a fourth season in April 2024 while the third season was in production.[12]

Writing

The writers' room was underway and had settled on the ideas for all 10 episodes of the season by the end of July 2024.[13]

Casting

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 communications officer Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as helmsman Erica Ortegas, Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. Joseph M'Benga,[5] and Martin Quinn as engineer Montgomery Scott.[6]

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.[7] After filming began, Adrian Holmes and Dan Jeannotte confirmed that they were reprising their recurring guest roles as Robert April and George Samuel "Sam" Kirk, respectively, in the fourth season.[8][9]

Filming

After completing work on the third season in May 2024, Mount said filming for the fourth season was expected to begin in Canada in early 2025.[14] Filming began on March 3, 2025,[5] at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario,[15] under the working title Lily and Isaac.[16] Director Axelle Carolyn was in Toronto by March 18,[3] and began filming the fourth episode on March 31.[17] In the week of May 5, filming took place at the Cotton Factory, an historic industrial complex in Hamilton, Ontario. Filming took place inside the complex and in an alleyway, and made use of two 1930s-style trucks with alien writing on them.[18] Frequent Star Trek director Jonathan Frakes is also directing an episode.[4] Filming is scheduled to last until August 29.[16]

Release

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.[12][19] It will run for 10 episodes.[13] The season is not expected to premiere until mid-to-late 2026.[1] The series is released in New Zealand on TVNZ, in India on Voot,[20] and in other European countries on SkyShowtime (a combination of Paramount+ and the streaming service Peacock).[21]

References

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  3. ^ a b Holmes, Adam (March 19, 2025). "I Think Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is Giving Fans A Horror Episode After New Season 4 Update". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
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  6. ^ a b White, Abbey (June 16, 2025). "'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' showrunners and cast on Season 3's Vulcan episode, beaming Scotty aboard, and completing their five-year mission". Gold Derby. Archived from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ a b Flook, Ray (March 19, 2025). "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4: Adrian Holmes Offers BTS Look". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on March 19, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  9. ^ a b Orquiola, John (May 28, 2025). "Kirk Returns In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4, Confirms Actor". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on May 28, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  10. ^ Owen, Rob (January 16, 2020). "Tuned In: Author Michael Chabon treks to 'Star Trek: Picard'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
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  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Filming Of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 Has Begun". TrekMovie.com. March 3, 2025. Archived from the original on March 4, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  16. ^ a b "Current Productions & News". City of Toronto. March 2, 2025. Archived from the original on March 2, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  17. ^ Flook, Ray (April 1, 2025). "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds "Very Special" Ep. 404 Filming Begins". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on April 2, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  18. ^ Nolan, Daniel (May 16, 2025). "'Star Trek' series beams into Hamilton". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on May 16, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "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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