Paul Wesley Says ‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Kirk Is “Blossoming”; Season 4 Filming Hits Halfway Point
We are exactly one week away from the season 3 debut of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (which has surprisingly popped up on an Amazon top 10 chart), and we have a few updates on the show, including some hints dropped by Kirk actor Paul Wesley. We have a status update on season 4 production and a bonus video with Ethan Peck and fans.
TOS vibes from Kirk
The third season once again features guest star Paul Wesley in the iconic role of James T. Kirk, who at this point in Trek history is the first officer of the USS Farragut (which can be seen in the season 3 trailer). Speaking briefly to Men’s Journal, Wesley previewed where Kirk is at when we catch up with him in season 3:
“He’s still not captain, and he is a long way from being captain. But, you get to see that Kirk is blossoming. You, see the little hints of like, ‘Oh wow, this guy actually has it in him.’”
The actor got a bit more specific about the upcoming season, hinting there is a connection to The Original Series:
“I don’t want to give too much away. But you get to see a side of Kirk in a way that is going to bring people some flashbacks to the OG.”
It makes sense to see Kirk show more of the side we saw of him in Star Trek: The Original Series as the showrunners have recently talked about how they have planned out the series to eventually “run into TOS” as Strange New Worlds wraps up with the fifth and final season, and even potentially moving into a new show set on Kirk’s Enterprise.
Ethan Peck as Spock and Paul Wesley as Kirk in season 3, episode 6 of Strange New Worlds streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Marni Grossman Paramount+
SNW on Amazon Top 10
Strange New Worlds has been the best performing Paramount+ Star Trek show on the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 since they started tracking the streaming service. And now, ahead of the season 3 debut, the show has popped back into a different top 10 list: The show—available on Amazon via an additional subscription to Paramount+ within Prime—is currently ranked as the 8th most popular TV series on Amazon Prime Video in the USA. Currently, it is only show in Prime Video’s top 10 from an add-on subscription channel.
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Season 4 at halfway point
Filming on the 10-episode fourth season of the series began in March, and this week it approached a milestone. On Monday, director Jordan Canning posted a slate from the Toronto set with the message “Halfway through our episode!” On the slate you can see they are shooting episode 405.
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Filming for a 6-episode fifth and final season is expected to begin by the end of the year.
Peck surprises fans
Finally, we have a fun little video that was shot at Comic-Con last year but just recently released. It features Ethan Peck surprising fans in the middle of giving video testimonials about their love for Star Trek.
