Star Trek: Discovery unveils extra Quick Treks at Comedian-Con, first take a look at Decrease Decks sequence – CNET

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Through the first ever Star Trek universe block in Corridor H at San Diego Comedian-Con, Discovery added some new solid members for season three on CBS All Entry within the US. (Disclosure: CBS is CNET’s guardian firm.)

After ending season two of Disco earlier this yr on a cliffhanger which leaves our crew (spoilers!) thrown ahead in time, some doable hints for the place season three will go have now arrived in new casting bulletins.

David Ajala, from Supergirl and Syfy’s Nightflyers, joins the solid as E-book. “We did not make it to Terralysium,” spoils Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced. However we’re exploring and holding these we liked in our hearts as we transfer ahead, she mentioned.

Govt producer Kurtzman additionally introduced the continuation of Quick Treks and unveiled a trailer for them. Some will embody Spock, Quantity One and the Enterprise. Two will probably be animated, certainly one of which is able to scored by Michael Giacchino. The ultimate one will probably be a Picard teaser. 

Our first take a look at the @startrekcbs Quick Treks included a glimpse of @HJBenjamin on a Starfleet ship! Tribales! Ensign Spock becoming a member of the Enterprise, AND getting caught in an elevator with Quantity One! #StarTrekSDCC #SDCC

— cait petrakovitz ??‍♀️➡️#SDCC (@misscp) July 20, 2019

“It provides you with a way of some background that occurred to Jean-Luc 15 years earlier than we enter the Picard sequence,” Kurtzman says.

Kurtzman unveiled our first take a look at Star Trek: Decrease Decks from author Mike McMahan (author on Rick and Morty). The present is targeted on 4 ensigns dwelling within the… decrease decks. “So it is just like the Downton Abbey of Star Trek,” mentioned moderator Jerry O’Connell.

This animated sequence is for “anyone who loves Star Trek and desires to discover extra of it,” McMahan mentioned. It is for first-time viewers and deep-cut followers. “It is in a shared universe, so there’s inside jokes that you’re going to get.”

Decrease Decks arrives subsequent yr on CBS All Entry. 

“It takes place proper after Nemesis. Voyager is again.” @MikeMcMahanTM on when within the Star Trek timeline the present takes place.

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Earlier Saturday, in an interview with Deadline, Kurtzman talked about how eradicating Discovery from the prequel timeline has remained in canon and supplies new alternatives for exploration.

“One of many issues that I noticed fairly a bit on-line was how a lot folks had been recognizing our connection to canon. I noticed how some folks had been not sure of it at first, after which they got here to essentially like it as we launched Pike and Spock, and, by the tip of Season 2, felt that we had actually performed it justice. And that was extremely gratifying.”

Discovery’s first seasons starred Martin-Inexperienced, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Mary Chieffo, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz and Shazad Latif. Seasons one and two are actually obtainable to stream on All Entry within the US and on Netflix across the globe.