Pike & Spock Are Back in Action in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Trailer
The official trailer and key art for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 have been revealed. Strange New Worlds is the latest live-action series from the Star Trek universe to premiere on Paramount+. The show was created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet, and its first episode will begin streaming on May 5, 2022. The ten-episode season will then air weekly, following the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) on the USS Enterprise before Captain Kirk ever steps foot on board the iconic starship.
Christopher Pike is a character who has appeared in several iterations throughout the course of the Star Trek franchise, including several episodes of the original series in the mid-1960s, usually as a mentor figure to Captain Kirk. This iteration of the character has already been introduced in Star Trek: Discovery season 2, in which he faced the inevitable darkness in his future with typical grace. After he left the series, fans campaigned for the character to return, and Paramount+ delivered, also setting Discovery characters Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and the younger Spock (Ethan Peck) to return.
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Today, Paramount+ just dropped the official trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1. The trailer opens with a scene of political turmoil being interrupted by an irreverent Captain Pike beaming into the middle of the proceedings. This opening scene sets the stage for the rest of the trailer — and presumably, the show — combining space opera grandeur with modern humor, swapping between breathtaking scenes like one crew member's first time standing on a comet to Captain Pike rolling his eyes at an enemy's refusal
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