Discovery ‘Season 4’ release date may be earlier than ‘Picard’ Season...

Amid countless cancellations and postponed publication dates The Star Trek universe was a little lucky in the turbulent 2020. Star Trek: Picard debuted before the Covid-19 pandemic hit while discovery Season 3 ended the main photography in February 2020. In the meantime Lower decks is an animated show and was able to finish its post production remotely. Overall, 2020 has made it difficult for TV shows and movies to come out on time three Various new seasons of Star Trek shows will air throughout the year, which has never happened in the history of the franchise.

And now it looks like you have a solid indication of what’s next Star Trek: Discovery Season 3. Today CBS confirmed that discovery Season 4 begins filming on November 2, 2020. That means (probably) for the rest of the new Trek shows that are in development, including Picard Season 2 and Strange new worlds Season 1.

In an officially released video by CBS, producer Alex Kurtzman, showrunner Michelle Paradise, and series stars Sonequa Martin-Green and Doug Jones all confirmed they are starting filming discovery Season 4 on November 2nd, 2020. Here is the video.

In a recent interview for SFXKurtzman said:

“Things are just starting to shoot again. We would have been in production already Picard, but we couldn’t be because of COVID. It pushed ours discovery and Strange new worlds Dates just a little bit but I think we actually plan to stay on track for this one. By the time they turn, we’ll have innovated with a couple [non-Star Trek] shows and we’ll know where we are. And we’ll be done with one process a little more. “

The novelty that Kurtzman is referring to is the idea that extensive security procedures must be in place for things to keep shooting. But the fans probably expected it Picard Season 2 before discovery Season 4 simply because the season finale of Picard Season 1 has already happened and discovery Season 3 has just started.

So what does that do? DISC Season 4 announcement for the other Trek shows?

discovery Season 4 will likely debut before then Picard season 2

Most of the new Star Trek productions were shot in Toronto. That’s where the discovery Sets are, and where most of Season 1 and Season 2 were filmed. Parts of the third season were shot in Iceland, but the sound days for discovery are in Toronto. In fact, Jonathan Frakes even shot his cameo for the finale of Star Trek: Picard to make amends discovery to adjust. That is, most of Picard Season 1 was filmed in California. So if you are making a point connection, it is likely discovery Season 4 is being filmed before Picard Season 2, partly because of the location.

Obviously, many other shows and films have resumed filming in California. Still if discovery Filming will begin in November 2020 and it seems that a release date for Season 4 in March 2021 cannot be ruled out.

When are the other Trek shows coming out?

The short answer is, we don’t know. And there is nothing to prevent Strange new worlds, Picard Season 2 and § 31 of filming about the same time as discovery Season 4. In other words, CBS has confirmed discovery Season 4 will start filming in November, but other confirmations for other shows that are coming soon could come any day. In the 90s The next generation and Deep Space Nine had overlap where they were filming at the same time as well Voyager and DS9. Only because discovery films first, doesn’t mean it comes out first.

In terms of pure prediction, the outlier is here § 31. We know the series will be focused on Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) and we know she is very much on the series discovery Season 3. But will she be there? discovery Season 4? Kurtzman teased a “surprising” attitude for them § 31 So it seems possible that we’re getting some kind of plot resolution about where Georgiou ends up discovery Season 3. But could that mean? § 31 will go into production soon?

In other words, because § 31 will have crossover elements from discoveryIt seems possible – if unlikely – that it could debut before debut Strange new worlds and Picard Season 2.

Then again, this is Star Trek. Perhaps all of these shows will come out in 2021 and CBS will use time travel to make this possible.

discovery Season 3 will now air new episodes on CBS All Access.