Star Trek

A couple of weeks ago, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was up for sale, and Paramount Skydance submitted a bid along with Comcast (parent company of NBCUniversal) and Netflix. Even though Paramount was considered to have the edge, today WBD pronounced Netflix as the winner. The announced deal is already coming under heavy scrutiny, and Paramount is not giving up their pursuit. So, once again, the future of the company that owns Star Trek is in flux. Netflix Maxed has people spooked The Netflix deal comes in at almost $83 billion. The streaming giant is buying the more valuable parts of the company (studios, intellectual property, and HBO Max) following a planned split of WBD next year, with the cable assets (CNN, TBS, etc.) spun off as a separate company. According to Netflix, the d...

As we reported earlier this week, the production for the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is working through the Thanksgiving holiday, with filming on the series finale expected to wrap up in December before Christmas. Today Anson Mount continued his final season musings by sharing a video for fans from the set as he got ready for what is just another day of work for the star of the show. Happy Thanksgiving, from Captain Pike This morning Anson Mount posted a video he shot of himself walking from his trailer to inside the studio at CBS Stages Mississauga where Strange New Worlds has been shot for five years. The series star noted that unlike in the USA, today is not a holiday in Canada. The Canadian Thanksgiving is a holiday in the second week of October. The vide...

Paramount’s flagship Star Trek series is expanding its reach in the UK, with the first season of Strange New Worlds now available on the free streaming service ITVX, with more likely to come. SNW joins ITVX Like in the USA and most of the world, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been a Paramount+ exclusive in the UK since it premiered in 2022. Now the prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series set on the USS Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), featuring Spock (Ethan Peck) and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) is available to stream for free on ITVX. On Sunday the entire first season (called “series” in the UK) of ten episodes warped onto the ad-supported free streaming service from ITV. The service requires no subscription but you can pay £5.99/month for an ...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Ring of FireAuthor: David MackPublisher: Simon & Schuster/Gallery BooksRelease date: October 7 “That is the dumbest plan I’ve ever heard.” Scott wondered whether Pelia had meant to sound quite so brusque with the captain. “With respect, Commander, isn’t that a bit extreme?” “Depends,” Pelia said with a sardonic shrug. “Captain, have you hit your head recently? Because this is insane.” Pike’s exuberance seemed well on the way to becoming vexation. “Pelia, I’m open to constructive criticism, but as your commanding officer, I demand at least a modicum of respect.” “Sorry, Captain. Respectfully, sir, your plan is insane.” “That’s more like it.” David Mack’s new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in novel, Ring of Fire, takes readers on a harrowing journey...

Last year Fanhome launched a new line of die-cast Star Trek starship models focusing on the new Paramount+ series. Now they are branching out, with a new line of ship models previously made by Eaglemoss. The first two are will be available at New York Comic Con, which kicks off in exactly one week, on October 9. Fanhome is also bringing special Prodigy guests to NYCC to sign Voyager-A models. Back by popular demand… Fanhome has announced they are bringing back “fan favorite models back due to popular demand.” These are brand new die-cast ship models being made by Fanhome, based on models previously released by Eaglemoss before that company went bankrupt in 2022. These ships are not part of the regular ongoing Star Trek Starships Die Cast Collection subscription, and will be sold on an i...