Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 release date, trailer and latest news

We now know the episode titles for the upcoming run, which will start with Hegemony, Part II, and end with New Life and New Civilizations. As for what will happen in those episodes, we'll just have to wait and see.

A new trailer has also been released for season 3, which teases new romances, new adventures and new worlds, while also giving us a better look at Patton Oswalt's new Vulcan character.

Whether you're an existing fan or looking to get into the show for the first time, read on for everything we know so far about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 release date

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 will premiere on Paramount+ on Thursday 17th July 2025.

The latest entry in the hit series will get under way with a double-bill, before dropping down to one episode per week, culminating in the finale on Thursday 11th September.

Filming on this batch of episodes wrapped in May of last year, with the team spending a full year in post-production to ensure the editing, sound and visual effects are up to the high standard fans have grown accustomed to.

Paramount+ clearly has confidence in Strange New Worlds, though, as the show has already been renewed for a fourth season, which commenced filming last month. So, there's plenty more adventures with Captain Pike to come!

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 cast

The entire Enterprise crew will be returning for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, led by Anson Mount as Christopher Pike and Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley.

The show's connections to The Original Series will only continue as well, with Martin Quinn's Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott joining Ethan Peck's Spock in the regular cast, while Paul Wesley's James T Kirk will also be a recurring presence.

In October 2024, Paramount announced at New York Comic-Con that Our Flag Means Death star Rhys Darby would make a guest appearance, with fans convinced that he's playing powerful baddie Trelane – last seen in 1967's The Squire of Gothos.

Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt was also revealed to be joining the show in the season 3 teaser, which dropped in April 2025, revealing his role to be an as-yet-unidentified Vulcan.

The cast list for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 is as follows:

• Anson Mount as Christopher Pike
• Ethan Peck as Spock
• Jess Bush as Christine Chapel
• Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh
• Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura
• Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas
• Babs Olusanmokun as Joseph M'Benga
• Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley / Number One
• Adrian Holmes as Robert April
• Carol Kane as Pelia
• Melanie Scrofano as Marie Batel
• Paul Wesley as James T Kirk
• Dan Jeannotte as George Samuel 'Sam' Kirk
• Martin Quinn as Lt Montgomery Scott
• Rhys Darby as TBC
• Patton Oswalt as TBC

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 plot theories

The synopsis for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 says: "In Season 3, when we reconnect with the crew of the USS Enterprise, still under the command of Captain Pike, they face the conclusion of Season 2's harrowing encounter with the Gorn. But new life and civilizations await, including a villain that will test our characters' grit and resolve.

"An exciting twist on classic Star Trek, Season 3 takes characters both new and beloved to new heights, and dives into thrilling adventures of faith, duty, romance, comedy, and mystery, with varying genres never before seen on any other Star Trek."

The previous run ended on a major cliffhanger, and this chapter is set to pick up right where we left off, in the midst of a Gorn attack.

Pike was left with an impossible decision to make; either he follows orders and leaves the area or he stays to fight the Gorn and save his people while risking an even larger scale war where countless more could die.

The crew waited for their next order from their Captain as Pike takes a gulp and surveys the carnage outside - before the words "to be continued" crossed the screen. So, will Pike and co be able to defeat the Gorn?

Previously chatting to RadioTimes.com, Mount and Romijn teased what we can look forward to in future seasons.

Romijn said: "We hope we can keep on going, keep taking risks, keep thinking of bigger ideas outside the box. The writers have this open-door policy where they want us to come in and pitch ideas and continue to play with genre so we just want to keep on going as long as we can."

She added: "We've now taken complete ownership of our characters and we know our characters so the writers sometimes come to us and say, 'Would your character do this or that? How do you feel about this?' They come to us.

"It’s a very collaborative effort, I have to say, but the ideas that we’ve pitched, I think we want to keep them secret for now!"

We also now have the episode titles for all ten instalments this season, which are as follows:

1. Hegemony, Part II
2. Wedding Bell Blues
3. Shuttle to Kenfori
4. A Space Adventure Hour
5. Through the Lens of Time
6. The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail
7. What Is Starfleet?
8. Four-and-a-Half Vulcans
9. Terrarium
10. New Life and New Civilizations

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 trailer

Yes! Paramount+ dropped an intriguing retro-style teaser trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 in April 2025.

Watch below for a glimpse of what's in store:

A full-length trailer was then subsequently dropped in June 2025, which you can watch here.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available to stream on Paramount+.

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