None, just speculation. I'd say April at the earliest, September at the latest.
I think they wrapped production just before New Year's.
EDIT: I just checked. Looks like they wrapped on December 19th.
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None, just speculation. I'd say April at the earliest, September at the latest.
I think they wrapped production just before New Year's.
EDIT: I just checked. Looks like they wrapped on December 19th.
Let's go people....Vger23 doesn't want to wait until freaking September.
My own view is Discovery is both the most popular original program on CBS All Access by far, as well as having in some respect not fully met CBS's expectations.
If they were 100% happy with the show, they wouldn't have done a soft reboot twice over.
Once over. I think their plan was to spend the entire season building up to taking Discovery out of the 23rd Century. The details might have changed due to the change in showrunners but Alex Kurtzman was there the entire time before he stepped into a more hands-on role before finding Michelle Paradise, so I think this was always their intention so they could turn Discovery into their show instead of Bryan Fuller's.
Basically, I think it's all egos and studio politics.
Except for SMG, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman and Anthony Rapp; the rest of the 'main' cast has been a revolving door anyway - meaning they are cutting the number of real 'main' roles down probably in an attempt to mitigate such a situation.
As for Michelle Yeoh - she's leaving after Season 3 and getting her own Star Trek series still; and it may, or may not include Shazad Latif; who's already been dropped from the ST: D cast after Season 2.
Impressed how some people are still sticking to the idea that the intention was that Discovery be about the thing it started with - fighting the Klingon War - for its entire run - and any new story the series takes on is somehow a course correction by default.
I never expected Discovery to be about the Klingon War all the way through. But there are tons of examples of things introduced in the series which were hastily retconned in some way (like the bald Klingons being explained away). And while little has come out regarding behind the scenes drama from Season 2 yet, we know there were changes that were demanded by the network in Season 1. For example Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum apparently only happened because CBS was unhappy they had gone through half the season without landing on a planet and exploring.
As for what Season 3 brings, it remains to be seen. But in some ways it's a much more dramatic retooling of the setting than even Enterprise's third season was, which we all are aware was due to a desire to boost ratings.
So, changes in hair-styles now constitute a 'soft reboot'? Adding a filler episode now constitutes a 'soft reboot'? These are your benchmarks for 'soft reboot'? If those are your benchmarks pretty much every single TV series is being soft rebooted repeatedly as opposed to experiencing what everyone else calls minor tinkering. I honestly find it bizarre that some people must inflate every little modification in Disco into a profound universe altering retcon, but seriously, only in Star Trek does a change in hairstyle constitute rebooting a series to their fans.
Furthermore, we also all know that the original concept for the series was an anthology which took place across different periods of time, so your 'dramatic retooling' as you call it is just the show adhering to the original vision. I actually find it refreshing Discovery isn't the same thing week in week out, season in season out, you can watch the shows in practicall any order because of the staggering adherence to formula past Star Trek series were saddled with for the most part.
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Yeah, the BTS drama seems more to blame than any dissatisfaction the part of CBS with were DSC was at.
I'm going to guess shortly after Picard ends. Maybe a couple weeks to a month.
That was the end of filming at that location. It nowhere states it was the last day of filming for season 3.
They started in July 2019 and will probably finish this or next month. They usually film 2 episodes a month, with a break for the holidays.
You could be right. I think you probably are.
EDIT: I can't find anything that said anything about the third season wrapping in December. If it really wrapped, I'd have an easier time finding something.
In this interview, Sonequa Martin-Green says the third season might be coming in the first half of 2020. So, if she's right, that narrows it down to April, May, or June for the premiere. Probably May or June if they're actually wrapping this month or next, if the production, post-production, and release schedule for the first season of Picard is anything to go by for a comparison.
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I noticed that pretty much as soon as he left they seemed to start moving farther and farther away from Brian Fuller's ideas.
Officially, no. My personal belief is likely April, which I base on April being nine months after they began filming (July). Season 2 premiered nine months after it started filming, though season 1 premiered eight months after it started filming. And since Picard's season finale should be around the end of March, that should line things up nicely for an April premiere for Disco.
I think May or June. They'll want to build up a little anticipation before airing what's next. Though, if we make it to May or June, they may premiere Lower Decks first, what with kids being out of school at that time.
That's kind of where I'm basing my speculation. Assuming an April 2 premiere for Disco, and assuming it's a thirteen episode season (I know, a lot of guesswork) then the finale will be June 25, which could allow for a July 2 premiere for Lower Decks, and have that carry through the summer. I'm guessing they take September off, then have the new batch of Short Treks begin in October.
Then Star Trek: Picard must REALLY be up sh*t creek, with Chabon already bailing/saying he won't return for season 2.
Uhm, he's not returning because he has a chance to showrun on a series adaptation of his own Pulitzer Price winning novel Kavalier and Clay. That's a huge opportunity.
(And I'm gonna be honest/sacrilegious here, I'm kinda more exited about that than Picard. I will now go into witness protection. Goodbye.)
Don't cloud the issue with facts.
Let's assume we'll get a fourth season, I wonder if they will return to the 23rd century... 
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