Revealed at Comic-Con today, Paramount+ is planning a major crossover episode for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and its animated original comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks.
The episode will occur during Star Trek: Strange New Worlds upcoming second season. Series star Anson Mount revealed the news when Star Trek: Lower Decks stars Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid crashed his portion of the streamer’s mega Star Trek universe panel today.In this special crossover episode, featuring both live-action and animation, we’ll see Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome, and Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid, from Lower Decks, joining the U.S.S.
Enterprise in season two of Strange New Worlds. The episode will be directed by Star Trek: The Next Generation vet Jonathan Frakes.Co-showrunner said EP Henry Alonso Myers said the idea for a crossover episode was sparked by scribe David Reed, who also writes on Prime Video’s The Boys.
Strange New Worlds is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series features fan favorites from season two of Star Trek: Discovery : Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock.
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