Nyota Uhura and Christine Chapel are back in action with phasers at the ready in a new behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming season ofStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. Chapel actorJess Bushshared the image of her posing with co-starCelia Rose Goodingon Instagram. The image also teases a new look for Uhura on the Paramount+ science fiction series' hotly anticipated third season.
In the new picture, Gooding sports a longer hairstyle, closer to that worn byNichelle Nichols, who originated the role; the previous two seasons had seen her with a shorter haircut. Season three promises to have some major developments for Chapel, as well - Roger Korby, her fiancé from theStar Trek: The Original Seriesepisode “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”, will have a recurring role on the upcoming season, where he’ll be played byCillian O’Sullivan. The season was filmed at Toronto’s Star Trek Stage earlier this year, after a break between seasons that was extended by last year’s dual SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes; while that stage is now occupied by the production ofStar Trek: Starfleet Academy, Gooding, Bush, and company will return therenext spring for season four.
What Do We Know About ‘Strange New Worlds’ Season Three?
The upcoming season will pick up right where last season’scliffhanger finaleleft off - with theEnterpriseunder attack by the Gorn, a race of hostile reptilian aliens. Presumably, it will also address the fate of recurring character Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano), who we last saw having been infected with a seemingly fatal dose of Gorn larvae. The series will be getting a new addition, in the form of belovedOriginal Seriescharacter Montgomery “Scotty” Scott; he first appeared on the series in the season finale, played by Scottish actorMartin Quinn. The season will also include a murder mystery episode, directed byStar TrekstalwartJonathan Frakes. Our first tease of the season came at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, where a clip of an upcoming episode in which several crew members aretransformed into Vulcanswas revealed.
AlthoughStrange New Worldswon’t be back for some time, there’s plenty ofStar Trekcoming to Paramount+ in the meantime.Star Trek: Lower Decks' fifth and final season will premiere on October 24, while the streaming-original movie,Star Trek: Section 31, will bow on the streamer in early 2025.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worldswill premiere itsthird season on Paramount+ next year. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy in the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.
