AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Star Trek turns 60 with no new series on the horizon — and its own creators say the franchise may have lost its audience
The franchise that once defined American science fiction just hit its 60th anniversary, and for the first time in nearly a decade, no new Star Trek television series or film appears to be in active production. Both Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy, the last two live-action Star Trek series on Paramount+, are wrapping up […] The post Star Trek turns 60 with no new series on the horizon — and its own creators say the franchise may have lost its audience appeared first on American Almanac .
The franchise that once defined American science fiction just hit its 60th anniversary, and for the first time in nearly a decade, no new Star Trek television series or film appears to be in active production. Both Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy, the last two live-action Star Trek series on Paramount+, are wrapping up their runs. Anson Mount, who plays Captain Christopher Pike on Strange New Worlds, has already finished filming his final episodes and is back home in Nashville. A Paramount+ executive told Deadline the company wants to find a new iteration of Star Trek, and a writing team is reportedly working on a script for a new theatrical film. But nothing has been formally announced. If no new projects materialize soon, 2027…Open