Paramount Reiterates Star Trek Movie Plans for Umpteenth Time

This is really a nothing burger of news considering its a repeat of ten years of the same news but its making the media news rounds so covering it. Thursday at CinemaCon, a convention for theater owners, Paramount held its presentation. As part of the that, the new owner of Paramount and soon WB David Ellison made a promise of 30 movies, 45-day window before selling digitally and SVOD (aka streaming to Paramount+) release at 90 days. Along with that he mentioned of vague future plans from Paramount including “World War Z,” “Top Gun,” “G.I. Joe”, "Star Trek", and “Transformers” sequels. None of which have scripts or anywone attached to them to direct. Literally that is the sum total of news. No one is clear how a studio can release 30 films to theaters without competing with its own movies.

New Star Trek: Discovery Auction Announced from PropStore

PropStore has announced an auction for Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Short Treks props as Paramount begins to empty their storage spaces of all things Star Trek as they but the TV side to rest for unknown period of time. Unlike a previous auction that was location specific and did not ship anything to buyers, this one is online only so anyone can participate if they have the money. Bidding has already begun on the 340 lots that include customues, props and more. More details here.

Official Star Trek Auction Marks Unofficial End to Current Trek Era

While not yet official, the announcement of 60th Anniversary Star Trek Universe Auction indicates the end has come for the current era of Star Trek which once that last seasons air will be from 2017 to 2027. The auction is an interesting one as its for charity, likely not include the most valuable items and requires winners to be a local Ontario, Canada resident. You can find the details here or here.

The Future of Star Trek Analysis

Usually the decision to cancel a show on streaming is rarely done in less than two weeks after its season has aired. Yet Paramount+ did that with Starfleet Academy. When its fast be it in streaming or regular TV it almost always indicates a show wildly underperformed and that seems likely here. 

Possibly could blame the merger with Warner Bros. and Paramount but with second season yet to air and likely time on actor contracts, there was no reason to make a decision this early and quickly except to clear the decks.

Strange New Worlds will likely have both seasons release this year and wouldn't be remotely surprised if its the entire seasons at once to save money on advertising. Same with season two of Academy once its completed post-production either late this year or early 2027.

I will be blunt - Star Trek television is dead for the foreseeable future. The movies remain a possibility but suspect the plan is a complete reboot of the franchise.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Officially Cancelled

Variety and Deadline are both reporting that Paramount+ has decided to cancel Starfleet Academy which just completed its first season run. The series has a second season in post-production that is expected to be released sometime next year. Rumors indicate that the second season ends in a cliffhanger that will now go unresolved unless they can save it in post-production.