Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds is simply a few episodes away from Season 3, and simply a few seasons away from ending totally. The Anson-Mount-led sequence will conclude with Season 5, that includes a six-episode run to shut issues out. It wasn’t the one choice that Paramount+ provided the showrunners, nevertheless, as Rebecca Romijn talked about an choice that provides me combined emotions.
Star Trek Las Vegas got here and went in mid-August, however newsworthy tidbits from the occasion are nonetheless cropping up with reference to Trek’s streaming choices, most of which will be binged with a Paramount+ subscription. I am glad a plan was already in place for Unusual New Worlds to get a completely deliberate conclusion, although I’ve to marvel how a lot completely different this remaining stretch can be if all of it ended the best way Paramount execs could have needed.
Rebecca Romijn Revealed Paramount Supplied To Do A Unusual New Worlds Film
Throughout a panel for Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, Rebecca Romijn revealed a really attention-grabbing supply that Paramount+ made when the preliminary dialog began to finish the sequence. The actress mentioned that earlier than the dialog began about getting a brand new season totally, the primary supply on the desk was to provide the present a feature-length film. Learn a bit about it beneath (by way of TrekMovie.com):
And 6 [episodes]—I don’t’ know if I ought to say this, however six was a negotiation. Usually it was ten episodes, however they provided us a 2-hour film and [co-showrunners] Akiva [Goldsman] and Henry [Alonso Myers] mentioned we are able to’t wrap up these storylines in simply two hours. And they also obtained [six episodes].
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers informed CinemaBlend they wanted the six episodes to carry the sequence proper as much as the unique Star Trek, so I will defer to their knowledge that it was vital to finish that method. Plus, six episodes are possible going to exceed the runtime of a two-hour film, so I might must be wild to assume I might want if it ended with a film, proper?
I am Glad We Bought A Longer Multi-Episode Ultimate Season, However A Film Might’ve Began One thing Wonderful
As excited as I’m that the Unusual New Worlds showrunners advocated for as a lot time as they may negotiate to finish the sequence, I am unable to assist however marvel what a film would’ve accomplished for the franchise. I assume my first query can be if we had been speaking about one other film for Paramount+ or a big-screen function?
I feel, given the near-universal panned response to Star Trek: Part 31, followers may’ve been upset on the time to listen to Unusual New Worlds can be getting a P+ film. In actual fact, some complaints about Part 31 surrounded the truth that it felt like a very lengthy episode of a contemporary TV episode, slightly than an precise film.
All that mentioned, I’ve lengthy maintained that I feel the trail to success for Star Trek on the motion pictures is to lean again into making options centered across the reveals with a longtime fan base. I additionally preserve that for anybody trying to get into Star Trek for the primary time, or the primary time in a very long time, Unusual New Worlds is the sequence to get into.
One thing tells me that if a Unusual New Worlds film had been made, it might be successful. Within the hypothetical state of affairs the place Paramount+ had successful Trek film, I’ve to assume it could really feel higher about greenlighting extra of these sorts of motion pictures, be it for SNW or different formidable tasks. Maybe we’ll lastly get that long-awaited live-action Janeway challenge, however and not using a hit Trek film, we’re left to attend and marvel.
Proceed to look at new episodes of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds on Paramount+ on Thursdays. There’s simply a few weeks left earlier than the wait is on for Season 4, so be sure to get caught up and see the way it all ends.