Pinewood Toronto Studios — the massive filming complex that served as the home of Star Trek: Discovery, the Star Trek: Section 31 movie, and will host the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series — has honored the franchise by naming one of their soundstages after the final frontier.
Announced today by the Canadian facility (though in place since early 2023), the new “Star Trek Stage” is an 18,000 square foot soundstage that held the Discovery ready room set along with Federation Headquarters (previously the Section 31 ship in Season 2, and the USS Shenzou bridge in Season 1).
Here’s the official announcement:
Pinewood Toronto Studios, part of the Pinewood Group, have named one of their sound stages “The Star Trek Stage” to celebrate one of the franchise’s long-running filming locations. The announcement coincides with the release of the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery, produced by CBS Studios and currently streaming on Paramount+ in the US and Canada.
“The Star Trek Stage” is an 18,000 sq foot stage at Pinewood Toronto Studios and was officially renamed whilst the cast and crew were filming the final scenes of the final season. Star Trek: Discovery has been based at the Studios in downtown Toronto since January 2017. The Stage was used to house the Ready Room and International Federation HQ. The production also utilised the 45,900 sq foot Mega Stage and Stage 7, 9 and 12 as well as production facilities and workshops.
“Pinewood Toronto Studios has become a second home for our Star Trek family, and we’re grateful that they’ve named a stage in honor of the franchise,” said Alex Kurtzman, Executive Producer at the helm of the Star Trek series. “In addition to the amazing stage space, we’ve benefitted from working with the talented artists in front of the camera and behind the scenes and look forward to our partnership in Toronto on future series.”
Sarah Farrell, General Manager of Pinewood Toronto Studios, said, “We are so delighted to have hosted Star Trek: Discovery over 5 seasons and the recently wrapped Star Trek: Section 31 movie event and to celebrate our longstanding relationship with the franchise with our own Star Trek Stage. We look forward to welcoming many more productions to come.”
It’s one of five stages used during Star Trek: Discovery’s five seasons on the Pinewood lot, one of which is considered the studio’s “Mega Stage” — a 45,900 square foot soundstage that will serve as the central hub of the upcoming Starfleet Academy series set to begin filming later this year.
Pinewood Toronto does not host the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds production; that series films at the CBS Stages Canada facility in Mississauga, Ontario.
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