Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 release date speculation and news
Things are only getting stranger in the latest episodes...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 is expected to embark in the next few months, with a quirky teaser trailer dropping this week to give fans a taste of what's in store.
We'll be reunited with the crew of the USS Enterprise, off the back of a major season 2 cliffhanger, as they go boldly into all manner of bizarre and dangerous scenarios – including a run-in with one of the franchise's earliest villains.
Indeed, Star Trek is taking a cue from Doctor Who by digging up baddies not seen in decades, with Trelane thought to be returning for more mischief in the forthcoming episodes.
The character hasn't been officially confirmed yet, but eagle-eyed fans have noticed that Rhys Darby's guest role bears a striking resemblance to the Original Series villain, who was originally played by William Campbell.
If that has you suitably intrigued, read on for everything else we know so far about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 – including that brand new trailer.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 release window
Paramount+ is yet to confirm a specific release date for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, but we do know that it will launch at some point in summer 2025.
Filming on this batch of episodes wrapped in May of last year, with the production team spending months in post-production to ensure the editing, sound and visual effects are up to the high standard fans have grown accustomed to.
Paramount+ clearly has confidence in Strange New Worlds, too, as the show has already been renewed for a fourth season, which commenced filming last month. So, there's plenty more adventures with Captain Pike to come!
Who is returning for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3?
The entire Enterprise crew will be returning for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, led by Anson Mount as Christopher Pike and Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley.
The show's connections to The Original Series will only continue as well, with Martin Quinn's Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott joining Ethan Peck's Spock in the regular cast, while Paul Wesley's James T Kirk will also be a recurring presence.
In October 2024, Paramount announced at New York Comic-Con that Our Flag Means Death star Rhys Darby would make a guest appearance, with fans convinced that he's playing powerful baddie Trelane – last seen in 1967's The Squire of Gothos.
Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt was also revealed to be joining the show in the season 3 teaser, which dropped in April 2025, revealing his role to be an as-yet-unidentified Vulcan.
The cast list for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 is as follows:
- Anson Mount as Christopher Pike
- Ethan Peck as Spock
- Jess Bush as Christine Chapel
- Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh
- Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura
- Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas
- Babs Olusanmokun as Joseph M'Benga
- Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley / Number One
- Adrian Holmes as Robert April
- Carol Kane as Pelia
- Melanie Scrofano as Marie Batel
- Paul Wesley as James T Kirk
- Dan Jeannotte as George Samuel 'Sam' Kirk
- Martin Quinn as Lt Montgomery Scott
- Rhys Darby as TBC
- Patton Oswalt as TBC
What could Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 be about?
While we don't know the ins and outs of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, the previous run did end on a major cliffhanger – so we expect this chapter to pick up right where we left off, in the midst of a Gorn attack.
Pike was left with an impossible decision to make; either he follows orders and leaves the area or he stays to fight the Gorn and save his people while risking an even larger scale war where countless more could die.
The crew waited for their next order from their Captain as Pike takes a gulp and surveys the carnage outside - before the words "to be continued" crossed the screen. So, will Pike and co be able to defeat the Gorn?
Previously chatting to RadioTimes.com, Mount and Romijn teased what we can look forward to in future seasons.
Romijn said: "We hope we can keep on going, keep taking risks, keep thinking of bigger ideas outside the box. The writers have this open-door policy where they want us to come in and pitch ideas and continue to play with genre so we just want to keep on going as long as we can."
She added: "We've now taken complete ownership of our characters and we know our characters so the writers sometimes come to us and say, 'Would your character do this or that? How do you feel about this?' They come to us.
"It’s a very collaborative effort, I have to say, but the ideas that we’ve pitched, I think we want to keep them secret for now!"
Is there a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 trailer?
Yes! Paramount+ dropped an intriguing retro-style teaser trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 in April 2025.
Watch below for a glimpse of what's in store:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available to stream on Paramount+.
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David Craig is the Senior Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest and greatest scripted drama and comedy across television and streaming. Previously, he worked at Starburst Magazine, presented The Winter King Podcast for ITVX and studied Journalism at the University of Sheffield.
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