CBS All Access greenlights ‘Strange New Worlds,’ a new Star Trek series about Pike and Spock

CBS All Access isn’t done launching new Star Trek shows.

After bringing the franchise back to TV with

“Star Trek: Discovery”

in 2017, then revisiting some beloved characters with “Star Trek: Picard”

earlier this year, the streaming service has placed a straight-to-series order for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” which will depict the early days of the Enterprise, before Captain Kirk took command.

We already got a glimpse of that in

the second season of “Discovery,”

which saw Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and a young Spock (Ethan Peck) join the cast — but they left Discovery and returned to the Enterprise at the season’s end, in what felt like an obvious set-up for a spin-off.

“Strange New Worlds” will star Mount and Peck, along with “Discovery” guest star Rebecca Romijn as Number One. The premiere will be written by Akiva Goldsman (also a writer and director on “Discovery” and “Picard”), with a story by Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet.

“This is a dream come true, literally,” Goldsman said in a statement. “I have imagined myself on the bridge of the Enterprise since the early 1970s. I’m honored to be a part of this continuing journey along with Alex, [executive producer] Henry [Alonso Myers] and the fine folks at CBS.”

Until now, CBS All Access has been distinguished primarily for its willingness to greenlight a range of Star Trek spin-offs — it’s also

developing an animated series called “Star Trek: Lower Decks”,

along with a show focused on Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou and the nefarious Section 31.

This summer, the newly re-merged ViacomCBS

plans to launch a rebranded version of the streaming service

, drawing on content from across ViacomCBS brands like Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, Smithsonian and Paramount. But it still looks like Star Trek will remain a big part of that mix.

There’s no release date announced for “Strange New Worlds.” After all, it may be a while before any show can resume production.

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