{"id":76973,"date":"2025-06-23T05:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=76973"},"modified":"2025-06-23T05:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:04:52","slug":"star-trek-strange-new-worlds-is-ending-after-season-5-but-it-might-be-setting-up-a-reboot-of-star-trek-the-original-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-is-ending-after-season-5-but-it-might-be-setting-up-a-reboot-of-star-trek-the-original-series\/76973\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is ending after season 5 but it might be setting up a Reboot of Star Trek: The Original Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paramount+ just dropped a bit of a surprise on Star Trek fans, they announced that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/em><\/a> will officially e<\/strong>nd after Season 5. The thing is: Season 3 hasn\u2019t even aired yet! It\u2019s not coming until July. So why tell everyone now that it\u2019s wrapping up in two years?<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s where things get a little more interesting.<\/p>\n

At a recent event at the Tribeca Film Festival, the show\u2019s co-creator Akiva Goldsman may have dropped a not-so-subtle clue that while Strange New Worlds<\/em> might be ending, it could actually lead directly into a reboot or reimagining of the original Star Trek<\/a> series,\u00a0yep, the one that started it all back in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Goldsman said:<\/p>\n

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\u201cRight now [the characters] are in mid-stage development. How do they become who they are? What happens to some of them? Those are questions that we knew we needed to answer and promised to answer. And so that\u2019s our five-year plan. And then we run into TOS. [Switching to a conspiratorial tone] But they\u2019re not dying. And we have those sets\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So what Goldsman seems to be hinting at is that once Strange New Worlds<\/em> ends its five-season run, the timeline will basically bump up against the beginning of The Original Series<\/em>. Which means they could just keep going, but with a revamped version of the classic series using the new cast they\u2019ve already introduced.<\/p>\n

And honestly, the timing kind of makes sense. Next year is Star Trek\u2019s 60th anniversary, and there\u2019s no movie on the horizon. Starfleet Academy<\/em> is coming in 2026, but that\u2019s a whole different vibe. What would<\/em> make a huge splash? Launching a fresh take on the adventures of Captain Kirk, Spock, and the original crew aboard the USS Enterprise.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve already introduced a bunch of those characters in Strange New Worlds<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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    Spock (Ethan Peck)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Captain Kirk (Paul Wesley)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Uhura, Scotty, Nurse Chapel, and Dr. M\u2019Benga are all there too.
    All that\u2019s missing? Bones and Sulu,\u00a0and they could be easily added.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    But here\u2019s where things get really<\/em> wild.<\/p>\n

    William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk himself, recently revealed that Paramount reached out to him about something Trek-related. He\u2019s 93, and sure, his Kirk character \u201cdied\u201d in Star Trek: Generations<\/em>, but Picard<\/em> Season 3 low-key teased that he might still be alive somehow.<\/p>\n

    So imagine this: a new series where elderly Kirk is narrating or reflecting on his younger years as Enterprise captain, and we see those younger versions played by the current Strange New Worlds<\/em> cast. That would give us an excuse to bring Shatner back, tie everything together, and celebrate Star Trek\u2019s legacy in a massive way.<\/p>\n

    This kind of show, a TOS<\/em> reboot told through a modern lens, would definitely draw attention, new fans, and media buzz. In the world of streaming, that\u2019s what counts. Long, ongoing seasons don\u2019t really help subscriber growth the way shiny new shows do. So yeah, it sucks for fans who hoped for a 6th or 7th season of Strange New Worlds<\/em>, but a classic reboot could be the bigger picture plan.<\/p>\n

    So, while the journey of Strange New Worlds<\/em> might end after five years, the Enterprise<\/em> itself? She might just be gearing up for a brand new mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Paramount+ just dropped a bit of a surprise on Star Trek fans, they announced that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":76976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[909,29835,19465],"class_list":["post-76973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-star-trek","tag-star-trek-strange-new-worlds","tag-star-trek-the-original-series"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}