It’s a hefty Star Trek day at the ol’ San Diego Comic-Con this year. In addition to news about Strange New Worlds season three, Starfleet Academy, and Section 31, fans also learned about another, as-yet-unannounced series. During the section of Saturday’s Hall H panel about Lower Decks, Paramount announced a new live-action comedy series from Tawny Newsome and Justin Simien. Newsome, of course, plays Mariner on Lower Decks while Simien, who moderated the panel, wrote Dear White People and directed last year’s Haunted Mansion.
In the series, “Federation Outsiders” serving “a gleaming resort planet” learn all of their exploits are video fodder for the entire quadrant. They call it “25th Century appointment viewing,” meaning we have a time period and little else.
This is obviously in the very early stages Kurtzman, Simien and Newsome executive produce alongside Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. The project comes from the studio behind the Star Trek universe, CBS Studios, where Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout is based. In addition to her role in Lower Decks, Newsome also serves as a writer on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
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