Now we have been counting down to the tip of manufacturing of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, with filming persevering with by Friday and wrapping up after midnight in Toronto. Over the past day, collection star Anson Mount together with most of the forged and crew have been sharing photographs, movies, and a few of their ideas about ending their work on the fifth and last season of the collection.
That’s a wrap
As we reported final month, the plan for Star Trek Unusual New Worlds was to work by Thanksgiving and end up filming for the sixth and last episode of the ultimate season earlier than the Christmas vacation. Work on the finale ran by Friday December nineteenth, into the night. Phrase that issues had lastly wrapped up got here within the early hours of Saturday morning (Toronto time) from co-executive producer and author Invoice Wolkoff in a submit on Bluesky, noting “It’s been an honor to write down for all 5 seasons of this present.”
— Invoice Wolkoff (@billwearsties.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The third season of Unusual New Worlds streamed on Paramount+ this final summer time. Filming for season 4 wrapped up in July, with a quick hiatus earlier than the fifth and last season (of six episodes) started in mid September. Wolkoff’s late night time message mentioned of the upcoming two seasons: “They’re good I hope you’ll watch no I don’t know after they’ll air.”
Anson’s silent set tour
Over the past month Anson Mount has been sharing photographs and ideas on social media because the finale approached, giving updates as not too long ago as final week. He even posted a Thanksgiving video from the set. On Friday he posted a brand new video, which was composed of a collection of clips of himself touring the largely empty levels and units, all set to mournful music.
A Trekkie director says goodbye from the bridge
Based on sources, the collection finale was directed by govt producer and co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman, with the penultimate episode directed by co-executive producer and producing director Chris Fisher. Late Thursday night time Fisher posted a video he launched, saying “I’m on the bridge at present, for the final time in my profession.” He then went on to speak about what it meant to him as a Star Trek fan to have the ability to work on this collection for the final 5 years.
Kirk indicators off for his first mission
Friday was additionally the final day for recurring visitor star Paul Wesley (James T. Kirk). Within the afternoon he posted an Instagram story with a shot of his “James Kirk” trailer, together with the message “Final day of filming.”
We all know that Wesley performs a key function within the collection finale, as Akiva Goldsman informed TrekMovie the ultimate episode will function the “Kirk’s first day of command” of the USS Enterprise. Whereas that is fulfilling the prequel nature of the collection, which tells the story of the USS Enterprise earlier than Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, the collection finale may even be seen as a form of backdoor pilot for Goldsman’s proposed Star Trek: 12 months One follow-up collection, exhibiting the primary yr of Kirk’s five-year mission.
Paul Wesley as Captain James T. Kirk in Unusual New Worlds (Paramount+)
Extra goodbyes from SNW crew
On Friday we noticed extra goodbyes and tributes from forged and crew. This included a photograph posted by Chris Fisher on Threads exhibiting “The final time our complete season common forged was collectively on the bridge of the starship Enterprise.”
(Chris Fisher/Threads)
And once more we see Spock with lengthy hair and a beard, additionally noticed from a submit by Anson Mount final week. It’s seems {that a} storyline within the last season (probably season finale) requires Spock to develop the beard.
Director Axelle Carolyn directed the third episode of the ultimate season and on Friday she posted her goodbye to the collection on Instagram with a photograph of herself and a number of the forged. Her message included “It’s onerous to explain what makes this present particular to anybody who hasn’t had the luck to expertise it. Each member of the workforce is moved by a standard ardour, an earnest want to honor the legacy of this nice franchise, by not solely their dedication to the work, but additionally the best way they deal with one another. Henry, Akiva and Fish lead with kindness, compassion and brilliance, exhibiting the best way. It’s been an honor to direct not one however two episodes , and I can’t look ahead to you all to see them. LLAP”
(Axelle Carolyn/Instagram)
Director of pictures Maya Bankovic additionally posted a pleasant behind-the-scenes photograph collage of her time engaged on the collection, with the message “I’m so joyful for my associates at STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS for finishing their last mission…. What a life-changing trip this was.”
Lastly, actress Christina Chong had wrapped up her work on the present final Saturday, however on Friday she shared another picture from the season 5 set, that includes her canine Runa assembly one other canine on set final week.
It’s going to nonetheless be some time earlier than we see the fifth and last season of Unusual New Worlds. Season 4 is coming “quickly” in 2026, probably not lengthy after the primary season of Starfleet Academy wraps up in March.
Early preview of of Anson Mount as Captain Pike in season 4’s debut episode (Paramount+)
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