STAR TREK LOWER DECKS
Let's start from the... well Lower Decks. Star Trek Lower Decks will be a 30-minute animated comedy show on CBS All Access in 2020 from a writer on Ricky & Morty, Mike McMahon. The animated series will focus on four Ensigns aboard an unimportant but new California Class Federation Starship the U.S.S. Cerritos in the year 2380. While the show is a comedy it will not be a spoof of Star Trek. The show takes place within Prime Cannon and will reference things from the Star Trek Universe including the Live-Action and animated series.
"It’s all about families. There’s a lot of familiar Star Trek in it. Even though we’re a comedy, it doesn’t make fun of Trek. We focus on people in the ship who are funny."
— Mike McMahon
We also got a little information about our crew:
Ensign Tendi (Noël Wells), is a Medical Officer in Sickbay whose mind is blown every day, and a source of joy. There is no illness that is too gross that she's not thrilled to be dealing with.
Ensign Rutherford (Eugene Cordero). is an Engineer with a new cyborg implant he is trying to figure out. But he is not Geordi, he will not solve problems by the end of the episode.
Ensign Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) is in command and described as a badass that doesn't follow the rules and is good at all things Starfleet but doesn't care which has caused her to be demoted a number of times.
Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) who is also in command. He is the opposite of Mariner, he has dreams of being a Captain and is very by the book. He is also very book smart and could ace a written exam but is a disaster in practice.
We also got a look at the Senior Staff and one name may sound familiar to some, but it is unknown as if there is any relation.
Lieutenant Shaxs (Fred Tatasciore) is a Bajoran who always wants to eject the warp core.
Captain Carol Freeman (Dawn Lewis) is the Captain who is stoic and ethically bound.
Commander Jack Ransom (Jerry O'Connell) is the first officer and is like the California Riker who has less shame than Riker.
Dr. T'Ana (Gillian Vigman) is a Caitian and the Chief Medical Officer. She has no tail and is really really bad at talking to people but great at solving space mysteries.
"Lower Decks is for anyone that wants to explore Star Trek and wants more of it. It has characters that care about each other and love and grow and change. If you’ve never seen Star Trek before, this could be your first Star Trek."
— Alex Kurtzman
Tawny Newsom the voice of Ensign Mariner will be pulling double duty as she will be hosting Prime Directive: The Official Star Trek Podcast from CBS Studios.
Star Trek Lower Decks will premiere on CBS All Access in 2020 by Mike McMahon and stars Noël Wells as Ensign Tendi, Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford, Tawny Newsome as Ensign Mariner, Jack Quaid as Ensign Boimler, Dawn Lewis as Captain Freeman, Jerry O'Connell as Commander Ransom, Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs, and Gillian Vigman as Dr. T'Ana
STAR TREK SHORT TREKS
Next up is Short Treks which there will be six of this year, two will be animated, three will focus on the Enterprise Crew Pike (Anson Mount), Number One (Rebecca Romijn), and Spock, (Ethan Peck) and one will be an introduction to Star Trek Picard.
- Ask Not
- Q&A
- The Trouble With Edward
- The Girl Who Made The Stars"
- Ephaim And Dot
- Children Of Mars
No further details on when they will air or what they'll involve weren't revealed, but we may get that information in a few weeks at Star Trek Vegas. These Short Treks are said to be very fun standalone stories and that everything connects.
STAR TREK DISCOVERY
Star Trek Discovery Season 3 will take place further into the future than any Star Trek Series before it. The series has taken a "radical jump almost 1,000 years into the future."
"The show will introduce numerous changes. There will be things you recognize, things you don't recognize. We get to honor canon but shake it up quite a bit. It's still Star Trek, and it will always be Star Trek the way Roddenberry wanted it."
— Alex Kurtzman
David Ajala was introduced and confirmed to be playing a new character, Cleveland "Book" Booker, He's described to "break the rules a little bit." Ajala added, "And we do break the rules at the start of the season." Book is also said to be someone you don't initially expect.
"We go to the deepest level of Discovery in Season 3 because we're in this new place together. We have to figure out where we are and who we are. It's exciting."
— Sonequa Martin-Green
"The Discovery Crew choose each other for eternity and leave their families behind. People you’ve met will take center stage, there will be a ton of new characters. The thing that defines Trek is that it’s always about the little, always about the humans, the interspecial interaction. Our focus is on what does it mean and what does it do for the characters?"
— Alex Kurtzman
There was one question asked that was intentionally left unanswered when they were asked; "Who will be Captain?"
STAR TREK PICARD
Just another day at the Jean-Luc Picard: The First Duty gallery 🖖💫#StarTrekSDCC #StarTrekPicard #SDCC @JeriLRyan @BrentSpiner @JonathanDelArco pic.twitter.com/30OyORtVnw— Star Trek (@StarTrek) July 20, 2019
— Patrick Stewart
— Alex Kurtzman
"Picard is not just a philosopher but a human being. The choices he makes are not made in a vacuum. He’s the leader we all want. Picard and Patrick are one in many ways. TNG reflected a more innocent time, it was always telling great stories, complicated stories, but we live in a much more complicated time now. Picard, in the best way, is still standing up for what matters. He’s still standing up for the ideals we believe in. Age has not changed his resolve."
— Alex Kurtzman
"When I heard they were doing Star Trek: Picard, I said, Do you have anybody for the role of Picard yet? And they hung up on me but I spoke to Patrick and he said there’s a possibility for a part and would you think about appearing on the show? I said, ‘I don’t think I can do that.’ And then he started crying and I just couldn’t take it!"
— Brent Spiner
"The possibility of standing next to Patrick on a set again was more than I could say no to. And I had to consider the fans as well. To think that this was going to happen and that there was a possibility that I might be there. There was no way I could refuse that. Of course, I had to be there."
— Brent Spiner
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