It's been well over a year since Star Trek: Strange New Worlds left fans on the edge of the seat with a cliffhanger ending to its second season. Thankfully, it doesn't seem like we'll have to wait that long between Seasons 3 and 4.
Earlier this month, the Star Trek website announced that production on Season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is officially underway. The announcement was accompanied by a set photo featuring Ethan Peck (Spock), Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura), and Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike).
The fact that production has already begun on Season 4 of the hit series is good news for fans who have had to wait nearly two years between Seasons 2 and 3. It was previously announced that Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will pdebut in 2025, though we still don't have an exact date. Season 2 aired from June 2023 to August 2023 with the finale ending on a major cliffhanger.
Although filming on the third season was supposed to begin in March 2023, it was delayed due to the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes that year. Pre-production on the Season 3 didn't begin until November 2023 after both strikes ended.
Production beginning on Season 4 -- before the third season of the show even begins airing -- hopefully means the wait between seasons won't be nearly as long.
Paramount+ has been ramping up the marketing for Season 3 which suggests a release date announcement could come soon.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a spin-off from Star Trek: Discovery and chronicles the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of hte U.S.S. Enterprise. The series primarily follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, Number One and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the starship, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
The series stars Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One Una Chin-Riley, Ethan Peck as Spock, Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’An Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M'Benga. It was reently confirmed that Season 3 will feature guest stars Cillian O'Sullivan (In From The Cold) as Dr. Roger Korby and Rhys Darby (Jumanji: The Next Level).
It's produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment with Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers as co-showrunners. Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet serve as executive producers in addition to Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth and Aaron Baiers.