CBS Have had great success bringing Star Trek back to our screens with new series Star Trek Discovery & Picard. Today CBS All Access has announced another spin-off series from the Star Trek universe is coming.
The streamer has given a series order to “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” starring Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will follow Pike, Spock, and Number One in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise as they explore new worlds around the galaxy. The trio of characters were first introduced into revamped CBS “Star Trek” universe in Season 2 of “Star Trek: Discovery.”
The series premiere was written by Akiva Goldsman with the story by Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman, Kurtzman and Lumet will serve as executive producers along with Henry Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Aaron Baiers, Akela Cooper and Davy Perez will serve as co-executive producers. The series will be produced by CBS Television Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
Release date for the new series is still to be confirmed.
