
Samantha Coley at Collider said the teaser did not reveal much about the plot but she felt it had a "strong undercurrent of delight" that the fourth season did not. Justin Carter of Gizmodo said the teaser was short and appeared to be primarily influenced by Indiana Jones. Martin-Green joined the panel virtually from set to present a teaser trailer for the season which introduced major new cast members. The season was promoted during the " Star Trek Universe" panel at New York Comic-Con in October, with Rapp and Cruz discussing the season alongside executive producers Kurtzman, Paradise, and Rod Roddenberry. To celebrate " Star Trek Day" on September 8, 2022, a video of Cruz giving a set tour during the filming of the season's fourth episode was released. Filming for the fifth season began on June 13, 2022. Osunsanmi said the season would continue to use the video wall that was built to allow for virtual production on the fourth season, and the crew would take advantage of lessons learned about the technology the first time they used it.
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The series is filmed at Pinewood Toronto Studios in Toronto, Canada, and pre-production on the fifth season began by March 2022. Also returning from earlier seasons are Oded Fehr as Charles Vance, Chelah Horsdal as Laira Rillak, Tara Rosling as T'Rina, and David Cronenberg as Kovich. Rennie's casting was announced in October 2022, alongside recurring guests Eve Harlow and Elias Toufexis as outlaw couple Moll and L'ak. They are joined by Callum Keith Rennie as Rayner, a war-time Starfleet captain struggling to adjust to peace. The season stars the returning Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, Doug Jones as Saru, Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets, Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly, Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber, Blu del Barrio as Adira Tal, and David Ajala as Cleveland "Book" Booker. The season's story follows the USS Discovery on a galactic adventure to find a mysterious power that has been hidden for centuries and which other dangerous groups are also searching for. Įxecutive producer and producing director Olatunde Osunsanmi said the fifth season would take more inspiration for its themes and storytelling approach from Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation than the previous seasons did, and would feature "more exploration and more adventure". Paradise was working on the script for the season finale by late August 2022, and completed it on September 12. The writers were in "full swing" by March 2022, working simultaneously with post-production on the fourth season, and some scripts had been written for the fifth season by the time the fourth season finale was released on March 17. Co-showrunner Michelle Paradise indicated in August 2021 that writing for the fifth season was yet to begin. Writing Įxecutive producer and co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman stated in October 2020 that all seasons after the third would continue to be set in the 32nd century. The 10-episode fifth season was officially ordered by Paramount+ in January 2022, with the episode count reduced from previous seasons to align it with the service's other Star Trek series. The season is expected to premiere on the streaming service Paramount+ in early 2023, and run for 10 episodes.ĭevelopment on a fifth season of Star Trek: Discovery had begun by March 2020, when work was taking place on the fourth season, to allow the two seasons to be filmed back-to-back, but these plans were altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.


The season was officially ordered in January 2022, and filming began in Toronto, Canada, in June.

Development on the season had begun by March 2020 to allow it to be filmed back-to-back with the fourth season in Toronto, Canada, but these plans were altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, captain of the Discovery, along with the returning Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, and David Ajala. The season is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serving as showrunners. The fifth season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery follows the crew of the USS Discovery, more than 900 years after the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, on a galactic adventure to find a mysterious power that has been hidden for centuries and which other dangerous groups are also searching for.
