Star Trekis streamlined in 2025, but the franchise will boast a new streaming movie and the return of Paramount+’s new flagshipStar Trekseriesto celebrateStar Trek’s 59th anniversary. With the pending sale of Paramount to Skydance and the evolving state of streaming,Star Trekhas tightened its belt. Compared to 2022, when fiveStar Trekseries premiered a new episode nearly every Thursday on Paramount+,the streamer has only twoStar Trekprojects slotted for 2025, but both are highly anticipated.
In 2024, Star Trek on Paramount+ closed the books onStar Trek: DiscoveryandStar Trek: Lower Decks, both of which concluded with season 5. ButDiscoveryandLower Decksalso bowed out with strong, crowd-pleasing seasons. In July, Netflix premieredStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, which boasts a perfect 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. However, there has been no update on whether the fan-favorite animated series will be renewed by Netflix.
Yet the 10 live-action and 30 animated half-hour episodes thatStar Trekfans enjoyed in 2024 was a veritable bonanza compared toParamount+’s leaner and meanerStar Trekoutput on tap for 2025.
Star Trek: Section 31
Star Trek’s First Streaming Movie Premieres July 31, 2025
9 years afterStar Trek Beyondleft theaters,Star Trekgets its first-ever made-for-streaming film,Star Trek: Section 31, which premieres Friday, January 24, on Paramount+. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeney,Star Trek: Section 31is headlined by Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh reprising herStar Trek: Discoveryanti-heroine, Emperor Philippa Georgiou.Star Trek: Section 31’s cast of charactersinclude Kacey Rohl as Rachel Garrett, Sam Richardson as a Chameloid named Quasi, and Miku Martineau playing the young Philippa Georgiou.
Star Trek: Section 31finds Emperor Georgiou living under an alias on the outskirts of the United Federation of Planets when she’s pulled into a mission by Starfleet’s shadowy black ops agency.Georgiou will confront her own past as well as the sins of Section 31.Star Trek: Section 31was originally meant to be a TV series, but the COVID-19 pandemic and Michelle Yeoh’s Oscar win shifting the project into a streaming film.Star Trek: Section 31’s potential success could open the door to sequels and more made-for-streaming films about otherStar Trekcharacters.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Captain Pike & The Starship Enterprise Will Finally Return
After a two-year hiatus resulting from 2023’s SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 will hit Paramount+ in 2025, possibly in the early part of the year.Strange New Worldsis a massive hit with critics and audiences, and season 3 is highly anticipated. Along with resolvingStrange New Worldsseason 2’s finale cliffhanger, season 3 boasts a"Hollywood murder mystery"episode directed by Jonathan Frakes, a comedy where Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the USS Enterprise’s crew become Vulcans, and plenty of surprises.
I Want Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Even More After Jess Bush’s BTS Photo
A new behind-the-scenes photo from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 makes me want to see the new episodes even more.
JoningStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3as a series regular is Martin Quinn, who plays Lt. Montgomery Scott AKA Scotty. In addition, Cillian O’Sullivan will appear as Dr. Roger Korby, the future fiancé of Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), and Rhys Darby has been announced for a guest spot in a mystery role. Thankfully,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 4 also starts filming in spring 2025,so fans are assured another batch of 10 episodes will arrive after they enjoyStrange New Worldsseason 3, likely in 2026.
Star Trek’s 2025 Possibilities
Starfleet Academy News, Tawny Newsome’s Comedy & Star Trek’s Origin Movie
The rest ofStar Trekin 2025 is poised to look ahead in anticipation ofStar Trek’s 60th anniversary in 2026. At some point in 2025, most likely at San Diego Comic-Con,Star Trek: Starfleet Academywill reveal huge announcements. Currently filming seasons 1 and 2 back-to-back in Toronto,Starfleet Academyboasts a talented castled by Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti, withStar Treklegacy icons like Robert Picardo joined by announced guest stars like Tatiana Maslany.Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis set in the post-Star Trek: Discovery32nd century and will move the franchise forward into a new era.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Cast, Story & Everything We Know
Exploring another corner of the Star Trek universe, the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a brand-new take on the classic franchise.
Hopefully, theStar Treklive-action comedy being developed byStar Trek: Lower Decks' Tawny Newsome, who is a writer onStar Trek: Starfleet Academy, and Justin Simien will receive an official greenlight from Paramount+ in 2025. Meanwhile,reportedly filming in 2025 is aStar Trek Originprequel moviedirected by Toby Haynes (Black Mirror’s “USS Callister”). Set decades before J.J. Abrams’Star Trek2009, theStar Trek Originmoviecould premiere in 2026 to help celebrate 60 years ofStar Trek.While there will be lessStar Trekoverall in 2025, hopefully quality will be forefront over quantity.
