‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 2 To Feature Musical Episode: Watch The Dance-Filled Teaser Trailer
23.07.2023 - 15:37
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Captain Pike, Spock and Number One are dusting off their singing pipes on “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”.
Season 2 of the Paramount+ series will feature the “Star Trek” franchise’s first musical episode, it was announced Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con. The episode, titled “Subspace Rhapsody,” will air as the ninth hour in the current season and be available to stream beginning Aug. 3 on Paramount+.
The episode will feature 10 original songs, as well as a special version of the series’ main titles, with music and lyrics by Kay Hanley (“Letters to Cleo”) and Tom Polce (“Letters to Cleo”, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”).
As part of the announcement, Paramount+ released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming musical instalment, which features the USS Enterprise crew singing and dancing in elaborate numbers — and also finding themselves entangled in very interesting relationship moments.
“People celebrate with song,” Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) says. “Do you know the odds of all of us being here at this time? It’s improbable. And yet, here we are.”
Watch the teaser for the “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” musical episode below.
Season 2 finds the crew of the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), confronting increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to test their resolve and redefine their destinies.
Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia and Babs Olusanmokun also star in the series, which features the return of Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk and new cast member Carol Kane as Pelia.
Romijn and Wesley hinted to ET in June that episode