STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Actor Anson Mount Breaks Silence on the Show's Final Season Announcement
It was announced this week that Paramount+ has given Star Trek: Strange New Worlds a renewal for a fifth and final season. Ahead of the show’s much-anticipated Season 3 premiere, the streamer officially confirmed that Strange New Worlds will conclude with a six-episode fifth season. Production on that final voyage is slated to begin later this year.
Star of the series Anson Mount, who plays Captain Pike on the show, has spoken out on Instagram about the news with a photo of him in costume overlaid with the announcement and the words, “I could not be more grateful.” In the body of the post, he told fans:
“I grew up watching Bill Shatner strut his stuff across the bridge and sit in a chair that I could not fathom would one day be mine to occupy. It has been a dream fulfilled.
Thank you to Paramount, to Akiva, Alex and Henry who all believed in me, to Sonequa for lighting the way, and to all of you for your faith and support. But stick around. We still have many more stories to tell before we hang up these phasers.”
There are still three full seasons left to watch, including Season 3, which kicks off with a two-episode drop on Thursday, July 17, followed by weekly episodes through September 11.
Season 4 is currently in production, so there’s still plenty of star-hopping and Gorn-dodging ahead.