Star Trek has an uncertain future right now. Paramount Skydance has made it clear that they see it as a key IP going forward, but the unfolding disaster of the current evolution of Star Trek is clearly not able to sustain that ambition.
So where next, and how? One idea that has been fired up the chain for consideration is not a complete break from this iteration, it is Star Trek: Year One.
In an interview with TrekMovie, Strange New Worlds co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers said the show, that was first hinted at last year, would follow Paul Wesley’s James T. Kirk during his first year as captain of the USS Enterprise.
He confirmed it was formally pitched, and executive producer Akiva Goldsman is on board if they get the nod.
“We think it would be a great show. It feels like the natural next chapter for Star Trek and the story we have been telling, but the decision is out of our hands.
We’ve brought them a lot of material. We’ve done a lot of work and shared it with them. Now it’s in their hands. They’re looking it over and deciding what they want to do. There’s a lot of love for our show there, and of course a lot of love for Star Trek.”
Star Trek started in the 1960s with the five year mission already underway. The Kelvin-verse Star Trek movies showed the beginning, and the end, of the 5 year mission in that timeline.
There is a final season of Strange New Worlds still come, and Starfleet Academy is getting a second season, but a third seems unlikely.
