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I've cross-posted this to c/startrek because @paulshipper@illo.social's edit didn't seem to take - very cool!

Paramount is also developing a separate “Star Trek” project, with writer Seth Grahame-Smith (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”) and director by [sic] Toby Haynes (“Black Mirror: USS Callister”), that would feature a new cast in a story meant as a kind of origin story for the franchise. A project with screenwriter Kalinda Vazquez (“Fear the Walking Dead”) first announced in 2021 also remains in development.

I didn't realize the Kalinda Vazquez project was still alive.

Yeah, it's a Paramount Plus original, though I don't think they've ever hinted as to when it will be released.

In fact, this article contains the most details I've seen since the casting announcement in January.

I’m on the set of the “Star Trek” TV movie “Section 31,” seated in an opulent nightclub with a view of a brilliant, swirling nebula, watching Yeoh rehearse with director Olatunde Osunsanmi and her castmates. Originally, the project was announced as a TV series centered on Philippa Georgiou, the semi-reformed tyrant Yeoh originated on “Discovery.” But between COVID delays and the phenomenon of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” there wasn’t room in the veteran actress’s schedule to fit a season of television. Yeoh was undaunted.

“We’d never let go of her,” she says of her character. “I was just blown away by all the different things I could do with her. Honestly, it was like, ‘Let’s just get it done, because I believe in this.’”

A few minutes later, dozens of extras in all manner of outlandish eveningwear file into the club, several of them made up as classic “Star Trek” aliens that fans might be surprised to see in this kind of swanky establishment. But I’m far more distracted by a different discovery: Georgiou is standing with a young Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl), a character first introduced on “Next Generation” as the older fearless captain of the USS Enterprise-C.

Looks like this is our first glimpse of the Section 31 film.

Ten minutes looks about right - I'm glad those kbin issues have been sorted!

That's a common issue with serialized fiction, though I think Discovery's episodes have been pretty distinct since at least season three.

Episode 4: “Face the Strange”

“Mind bending and exciting, and a heck of a lot of fun.”

Episode 6: “Whistlespeak”

“Oh, classic TOS-style adventure!”

Go on...

It looks like the Netflix release is likely to be a full season drop, so...how would we like to discuss it?

My gut says to set up individual episode threads and pin a season index to the top of the community, but I'm open to suggestions.

Thankfully, I've never felt tempted to buy anything from Mudd.

I'll chime in here - I don't know if this is OP's issue, but I have experienced issues in the past with being able to clearly tell which languages in the list are selected, and/or the selected language settings saving properly.

I haven't played around with it in months, but at the time I thought maybe it was just my browser theme/system colour settings that were making it hard to tell exactly what was selected.

I agree with those who are saying that a list of possible languages with accompanying check boxes would be more intuitive than the current implementation.

Some highlights as I watch through this:

• Cryptic is transitioning to Deca Games within Embracer.
• Deca is currently staffing up, and their staff are being trained to work on the Cryptic games.
• In the long term, it is anticipated that Deca will be handling development, with Cryptic functioning in a "support role." They're honestly not sure what that looks like in 4 years' time.
• None of the Cryptic games are being sunset, and their Star Trek license for "several more years."
• The reason for moving these games to Deca is that they want to keep them going for as long as humanly possible.
• Embracer regularly identifies STO as one of the top-performing games in its back catalogue, and it doesn't make sense to sunset a game that still "has gas in the tank."
• There are no "known" changes coming to content release, frequency, etc. The current release size can be used as a rough indicator for future releases.
• They are working with Deca games to teach them what kind of content they think the audiences of their games enjoy and expect.
• Here's a screenshot of the near-future STO roadmap:

• The new ship bundle scheduled for May is a T6 Dyson ship.
• Small preview of the next season (it's not "House Reborn," Phil Frazier just liked the picture):

• The TFO is an "endless battle" style mission.

I don't think many actors do all of their own stunts. If they get injured, the production is screwed.

Finding a stuntperson with the build of Doug Jones must be a unique challenge...

I guess so. I've just never watched Star Trek VI and felt like it had been affected by the fact that TNG was in its sixth season by that point.

I really don't understand this notion that a story is ruined because you're also familiar with stories that take place after it.

I know how WWII turned out, but there are stories set in that period that are worth watching.

The question mentioned "Legacy," but the answer didn't even reference that project indirectly.

Thinking about it, I guess I've been operating under the assumption that the additional footage was for some sort of montage, so maybe they were able to use existing footage.

Or maybe I'm completely wrong, who knows?

In context, Roth states, "we’re very excited to see it return to the big screen." That would seem to rule out that he's referring to the S31 movie.

I also think a summer release is highly unlikely for that, considering production only began at the end of January.

“I am not able to say much, but I can say that it is Paramount’s intent to figure out the Star Trek side of movies and what’s going on there. There’s every intent of a new movie coming out in the very near future. There’s a lot of secrecy around what’s going to happen there. But there is a plan getting into place. And we’re very excited to see it return to the big screen.”

Honestly, this seems more like a "plan to make a plan" to me.

This is news to me:

Discovery actor Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber) also weighed in, revealing that he was not able to return to set for the additional finale filming.

“[This SXSW event] has been really cathartic for me because I didn’t get to [participate in the additional filming] — I had already taken a job. So when they went back to film the the end of the series, I couldn’t join the group. I was in Thailand.

Sonequa [Martin-Green] was kind enough to call me from the party afterwards, and she ruined my makeup… and I had to go back and get it redone. [Laughs]. So this has been my opportunity to see each other again.”