Disco Ending In 2024

[Jedman67]

I suspect that a few DSC alum will make their way to a SFA show, I don't think I'm comfortable with Tilly being a lead (yet) but certainly a co-lead and she has the skills.
SNW will likely run for 5 seasons, assuming it stays as good as S1, there needs to be something to replace it. I think a DS9 type show in the SNW era or 32nd Century could work, especially if they do it right. More ensemble, more character, less enemy of the week type stuff.
Yeoh has said she really wants to go back to Star Trek but who knows if she"ll get a proper show.
Although, bringing Yeoh to Lower Decks and spinning off an animated Section 31 would be freaking brilliant.

Only real downside is that those sets are in Los Angeles. Would be far cheaper to film in the Toronto studio where Disco is filmed with SNW still just down the road in Mississauga.

is it feasible to transport those sets to Toronto?

 

[Kzinti]

that's a shame but not unexpected with all the streaming ''compression'' we've seen lately oh well shows getting more than 3 season is pretty good these day so i'm satisfied

And if they're trying to save money, good luck have having Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine on your Titan show. And if she's not there, that's 50% of your show's appeal gone right there.

more like 75%+ since she's the best part of picard(well s1-2 haven't watched any s3 episode yet)

 

[HotRod]

It might not take as long as you think.

It still took over 3 years between the end of Discovery season 2 and the beginning of Strange New Worlds. Show development tends to move at a glacial pace.

 

[Danja]

is it feasible to transport those sets to Toronto?

It's budget-busting expensive (The WB ordered Birds of Prey to move their sets from Toronto to L.A. It blew the show's budget. It's one reason it was cancelled.)

We BOP fans have been cursing (former WB network programming chief) Jordan Levin's name up and down ever since for what he did to the show.

It still took over 3 years between the end of Discovery season 2 and the beginning of Strange New Worlds. Show development tends to move at a glacial pace.

The only reason SNW exists is because the fans made a stink about it after Disco S2. No one at P+ or SH had anticipated it.

 

[fireproof78]

is it feasible to transport those sets to Toronto?

Sure. Expensive and unrealistic but feasible.

 

[EJD1984]

Since there is only so much budget to go around for new programming, I wonder with Discovery ending, it's now opening up a window for a new series. Possibly the heavily rumored Picard spinoff?

 

[eschaton]

It still took over 3 years between the end of Discovery season 2 and the beginning of Strange New Worlds. Show development tends to move at a glacial pace.

I think there are enough pieces in place to get another live-action show hitting the ground by 2025, provided the initial work has already started behind the scenes.

There have been a lot of hints around Picard Season 3 that seem to suggest something's going to continue under a different name.

 

[HotRod]

is it feasible to transport those sets to Toronto?

Cheaper to just rebuild them.

 

[Danja]

Cheaper to just rebuild them.

Which would cost money (in addition to supply chain considerations that didn't exist in 2019).

 

[mattman8907]

SNW will likely run for 5 seasons, assuming it stays as good as S1, there needs to be something to replace it. I think a DS9 type show in the SNW era or 32nd Century could work, especially if they do it right. More ensemble, more character, less enemy of the week type stuff.

That would only give it 50 episodes but that's fine. I agree as long as they are constantly good.

I would love for Paul Wesley to play Kirk during a series that is set between the events between TMP and TWOK as he is about the same age Kirk was (early 40s). that series could end with Kirk retiring the first time and Spock (Ethan Peck) getting promoted to Captain and command of the Enterprise.

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

It’s entirely possible, plausible, and reasonable to think that this is just how streaming series work - by the standards of streaming shows, Discovery has been an unqualified success in the fact that it has five seasons, while most other streaming shows have been abruptly cancelled after one or two.

I could also believe that Discovery is to an extent a casualty of conflicting demands - fans calling for a Seven/Titan/SOMETHING 25th century spinoff, the studio wanting to capitalize on Michelle Yeoh’s name, only so many production slots, wrap up the oldest of them and do both of those ideas.

I mean, you can’t convince me that Paramount is deciding to ditch the brand overall - this franchise is nearly sixty years old, even if the streaming platform was faltering and dying, Star Trek could easily be transitioned to a traditional TV show on CBS.

I mean, I’m disappointed, because I wanted plenty more stories with this cast and crew, and I’m used to Trek series going to at least one hundred episodes, but from the perspective of its peers on streaming platforms, Discovery has had a good and long run.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Sorry, but no. These were your only two posts in that thread.



You did however Like the post from this particularly intelligent individual who did guess five seasons.

But ultimately, whatever prize there is goes to him. And he deserves it.

He does indeed

 

[C.E. Evans]

To me, five seasons is a nice long run for a streaming show and nothing to sneeze at. I'm also in the camp that believes its ending will open the door for another series, but perhaps not one right away (maybe in a year or two afterward). All streaming platforms seem to be cutting back on original shows or reducing the number of episodes they have each season. So having five new Trek shows on concurrently may have been something that was too good to last, IMO.

 

[Markonian]

Just found out about it.
Floored (not in a happy way).
I'm excited by the 32nd century setting and would love to see the adventures and worldbuilding continue. Hopefully there can be a spinoff.

 

[Amasov]

I'm going by Wiki here (I know), so, I don't know how accurate this is. But let's just say it is for the sake argument.

Paramount+/Showtime actually have way more subscribers than I initially thought. According to this, it has 55.9 million subscribers. That's more than Hulu; thought only be a few million.

Netflix, Amazon, and Disney have nearly four times that but that's what I pretty much expected. Is 55.9 million a lot by comparison? Not really, but, it's sure a lot more than I thought.

 

[gvn2fly]

I wouldn't rule out a Titan series happening. It's like having PIC Season 4 without having PIC Season 4. If S3 stays as well-received as it has been, they'll stick with what they think works.

I hope you are right but I'm personally starting to have my doubts. I'm sure Matalas couldn't say if something is in the works but he's said he has no idea what his next project is and made statements about he wishes he could continue with certain ideas.. The Picard production designer has also indicated he hasn't heard anything. Robert Meyer Burnett said as of late January that Terry Matalas was no longer working on anything Trek related. He seems to be in the know since he saw all 10 episodes of season 3 last year. I guess it's possible Kurtzman proceeds with a PIC spinoff without Matalas, which would be a shame.

Another thing I've noticed - I have assumed the trending TV shows on th P+ app has to do with shows that are the most viewed (seems to make sense as when certain shows premiere they are first or second on the list). Disco was usuallly at the top of the list when it was airing new episodes - and even months later I would often see it in the top 10 list, indicating it was one of the more popular shows on the service. But that still got cancelled. It doesn't seem that Picard is as high on the list - of course that doesn't take into account actual views...or I may just be completely off about this.

 

[gvn2fly]

And they have those Titan sets already built, much like they had the Discoprise sets built for Discovery. So maybe we get ST:T. But I think we're at a crossroads.

Read somewhere those sets have already been taken down. Don't know if it's true.

 

[drt]

Netflix, Amazon, and Disney have nearly four times that but that's what I pretty much expected.

And among those three, Amazon's number is probably artificially inflated because it's included with Prine, which we mostly use for free next day shipping from Amazon proper. If it were a seperate expense I'd bet its numbers would be on the lower end.

 

[eschaton]

And among those three, Amazon's number is probably artificially inflated because it's included with Prine, which we mostly use for free next day shipping from Amazon proper. If it were a seperate expense I'd bet its numbers would be on the lower end.

Prime is a weird streaming service, due to 90%+ of the available content being garbage tier, and the search function historically being quite worthless.

 

[Mudd]

The Paramount+ subscriber count increased considerably when combined with Showtime.

When I can't easily find a show somewhere else I can almost always find it on Amazon Prime. They have a deeper library of movies, especially older ones, than any of the others I can find. And most of that - not all - is a free add-on to the Prime delivery service, which in my case pays for itself in about four and a half days.