Here’s a TrekMovie exclusive that lives up to the hype.
Strange New Worlds co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers has revealed/confirmed that the show’s bridge and other sets at CBS Stages in Mississauga have remained intact pending decisions by the new Paramount owners on the Year One continuation into the 1701’s first missions under Captain James T. Kirk.
“That makes this the big decision for them, because, it’s about, do you hold on to the sets, currently? As I said, they have not been destroyed, so we’re waiting to find out what they want to do.”
So, while Paul Wesley has already committed to season three of AppleTV’s historical romance offering The Buccaneers, it seems that a continuation of the Enterprise’s early years is still a live possibility.
This was an problem that Picard showrunner Terry Matalas ran into when he pitched his Star Trek: Legacy spinoff series set on board the USS-Enterprise-G (formerly USS Titan), as all of those sets were destroyed immediately after Picard season 3 wrapped up, adding significant startup costs to recreate everything for a new show.
Ah so that’s why that sets are relevant. No sets no spinoff.
Picard was produced in California, seemingly a condition of Patrick Stewart.
Paramount was able to get a one-time California state grant to defray costs but it was produced on leased soundstages rather than Paramount’s own.
This meant that there was a very short window after production ended before the sets had to be broken down. Some of the set elements and properties were packed and shipped (perhaps to Toronto?) It seems that the Enterprise D bridge reconstruction was transferred to the Roddenberry archive.
That’s some serious clout to swing around, but I hope it wasn’t medically advised. 🥲
It seems that CBS senior executives really wanted a show with Patrick Stewart as Picard.
Many attempts to pitch a show were made but it wasn’t until Chabon flattered him into reading a concept that Stewart would even meet with the creators.
CBS and other studios had access to the state grants to incent the major streamers to keep production in California and made the choice to blow theirs on Picard.
Ok, phew. 😅
Personally I’m happy if there are no more pre-TOS series. And I really am “meh” about Paul Wesley’s Kirk so I don’t need a series with him in the lead.
I mean if they make it, I’ll check it out. But I’ll be perfectly fine if they just don’t.
Ugh, enough TOS. We have that. I want Capt Una spin-off.
I’d definitely like to see more of Una.
This is where some lower budget (than S31), less action-focused, made-for-streaming movies would be great.
I wanna see Captain Ransom! (Whose voice actor is married to the actress that plays Una)
I was surprised how much I liked Paul Wesley’s portrayal of Kirk. Wouldn’t be upset by this.
Same. I really liked him.
Oh for fuck’s sake. Can we end the prequel train already?
Strange New Worlds is great. Prequels can drag a franchise down if they’re low-effort cashgrabs but SNW is the most consistently good Star Trek has ever been.
Indeed.
Strange New Worlds has been some of the best Trek we’ve had in 35 years.
I’ll also put S2 of Prodigy in there as well. It is patiently criminal that show got canceled.
I had this idea over a year ago.
Let SNW transition into a new TOS. I’d like to see it. I’m happy that they’re considering it.The SNW co-showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers have been chatting up this idea for almost a year it seems.
The announcement that Thomas Jane was cast as McCoy, and appears in the SNW series finale at the end of season five, suggests that, unlike Matalas’ Legacy concept, there was some series buy-in at senior levels prior to the merger.
