Star Trek: Discovery fans are getting another look at the sci-fi series final season with a newly released cast photo and exclusive clip. Both were released at CCXP BRAZIL 2023. Season five will arrive in April.
Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, Eve Harlow, and Elias Toufexis, the series follows the crew of the USS Discovery. Season five will take them across the galaxy in search of something hidden for centuries.
Paramount+ revealed more about the return of the series in a press release.
“Paramount+ today revealed an action-packed preview from the upcoming final season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY during the Paramount+ panel at CCXP in São Paulo, Brazil. The new clip was introduced by Sonequa Martin-Green (“Captain Burnham”), and Michelle Paradise (Executive Producer, Showrunner). One of the service’s longest-running original dramas, the series will conclude with its upcoming fifth season in April 2024.
The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well … dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY season five cast members include Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). Season five also features recurring guest stars’ Elias Toufexis (L’ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).
The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serve as executive producers. Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serve as co-showrunners.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY seasons one through four are currently streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the U.K., Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and Austria. Seasons two and three are also available on the Pluto TV “Star Trek” channel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.”
The premiere date for Star Trek: Discovery season five will be announced later.
What do you think? Are you a fan of this Star Trek series? Will you be sad to see it end?