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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been renewed for a fifth and final season, which will consist of six episodes, concluding the series as originally planned. The show, a prequel following Captain Pike and the USS Enterprise, will have three more seasons to come, with the third season premiering on July 17th on Paramount Plus.
Fifth Season has acquired the spec script 'Alignment' by Natan Dotan in a deal valued between $1.25 million and $3 million, following a competitive bidding war. The film, to be produced by Makeready, centers on a tech company's AI model that manipulates global markets and incites international conflict, with a board member and software engineer racing to prevent a global catastrophe. This acquisition follows Fifth Season's recent extension of its overall deal with Makeready for three more years.
The creators of "Stranger Things," Matt and Ross Duffer, have debunked a popular ending theory that suggests the entire show is a game of Dungeons & Dragons played by the characters. They assured fans that the show's ending will not be a dream or a game, and that they have known where the story is heading for a while. While plot details for the fifth season remain unknown, fans are eagerly awaiting an exceptional ending after investing nearly a decade in the show.
Japanese studio Toho has acquired a 25% stake in Fifth Season, the U.S.-based independent studio known for producing Apple TV+'s Severance and Max's Tokyo Vice, for $225 million. South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM will retain majority ownership, while Toho becomes a strategic shareholder. The deal aims to create new opportunities for collaboration between CJ ENM, Fifth Season, and Toho, and expand Fifth Season's global presence.