After a brief release of footage was made accidentally public during Paramount’s investor presentation in mid-February, Paramount+ today has finally, really unveiled their first public look at Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — the Captain Pike-led Original Series prequel, coming to Paramount+ on May 5.
In a much-more-subdued teaser (which we can confirm is different from the rapid-fire preview some fans briefly saw last month), the new glimpse at Strange New Worlds finds a bearded Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) living in solitude in a snowy region on Earth — likely grappling with the vision of his future granted to him in Discovery’s “Through the Valley of Shadows.”
“I need you back, Captain,” says a male voice, over footage of Pike riding horseback through the snowy tundra, when a Starfleet shuttlecraft drops in on him.
Pike’s Number One, Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) speaks next: “No matter how many stars there are in the sky, no matter how many galaxies swirl beyond our own, no matter what the mathematical probabilities or the number of times we say ‘We are not alone in the universe,’ our first visit from the stars is always the province of children’s stories and science fiction… until one day, it isn’t.”
Along with quick flashes of people and locations on various planets, we also see Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) from the rear, shirtless and looking out over a desert — possibly Vulcan’s Forge, with the city of ShiKahr in the distance; a landing party clad in slightly-updated Discovery-Season-2-era EVA suits; and finally the Starship Enterprise warping off to its next adventure.
In addition to all that footage, we also get to see a quick look at the new Strange New Worlds-era Starfleet communicator – which sneakily appeared in Star Trek: Discovery just a few weeks back.
There’s still a lot yet unseen from the upcoming new series, including the majority of Strange New Worlds‘ new cast in action — but there’s still two months until the series premiere, so all of that is certain to come in time.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds stars Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, Ethan Peck as Spock, Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga, Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas, and will also feature Bruce Horak plays the blind Aenar officer Hemmer.
The series debuts on Thursday, May 5 on Paramount+ in the United States, Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics, as well as on CTV Sci Fi Channel in Canada. Additional international distribution has not yet been announced.