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If you're still reeling from the fact that the next season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will be the show's final outing, then fear not: Paramount has more plans for Trek. What those plans are remain to be seen, however. But a new interview with Jane Wiseman, Executive Vice President and Head of Originals for Paramount+, offers an encouraging look at the future of Trek on Paramount+. 

In an interview with Deadline, Wiseman was asked a question about how the hiring of creative development executive Chris Parnell has set the stage for Paramount+ to develop more genre fare. In response, Wiseman said, "Well, it’s one of the reasons why Chris [Parnell] is here as the resident number one fan of the Star Trek franchise. And there’s so many people in this building, by the way, that are. It is our goal and it is our job to figure out what the next bounce of Star Trek is. We’re talking to a lot of writers, we are leaning on CBS Studios, and it is imperative that we figure out what the next iteration is in this franchise because it’s just too important. We also are in touch with Paramount Pictures, they have a Star Trek movie that’s in development."

Now I am left wondering who Parnell's favorite Starfleet captain is. 

This, of course, exists within the context of there being no announced Star Trek show to lead Paramount+ once Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy have wrapped up. There are unlimited options when it comes to exploring different time periods and settings for Trek. And the animated comedy show, Lower Decks, showed how different eras in the franchise's timeline could be explored in an irreverent and self-aware manner. If you ask me, I could watch five more seasons of Lower Decks, at least. 

That said, there's no time like the present. And new episodes of Strange New Worlds season 4 are streaming now on Paramount+, with new episodes every Thursday through September 24. 

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