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There's a Star Trek Trivia Night happening this month

Are you really about that ‘Star Trek’ life? Turns out you’re going to have a chance to prove it in the coming weeks. CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment is holding down the sci-fi culture by putting together a major, unforgettable celebration in anticipation for the physical release of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One’ on March 24.

Are you really about that ‘Star Trek’ life? Turns out you’re going to have a chance to prove it in the coming weeks. CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment is holding down the sci-fi culture by putting together a major, unforgettable celebration in anticipation for the physical release of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One’ on March 24.

It’s all types of excitement and galaxy jokes from here onward. Peep the full-fledged details and keep scrolling to find out more about the rollout and big night.

CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment announced a special Star Trek: Strange New Worlds trivia night for fans at Scum and Villainy Cantina in Hollywood on the evening of Friday, March 24 in support of the Season One Blu-Ray™, DVD, limited-edition Blu-ray Steelbook and 4K UHD Steelbook release! 

Hosted by Star Trek series advisor Dr. Erin Macdonald, the one-night-only event features special guests, giveaways, a limited-time menu with Star Trek-themed food and drinks and an exclusive Q&A with the host! Fans will also receive a special sneak peek at behind-the-scenes footage from the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, taking place at Scum and Villainy Cantina – 6377 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 – doors will open at 6:30 p.m. PST and trivia will begin at 7:00 p.m. PST.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and limited-edition Blu-Ray Steelbook on March 21, and on 4K UHD Steelbook arrives on May 16, from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. The collection features every episode from the first season of the Paramount+ original series and over 90 minutes of exclusive special features, including exclusive-to-home-entertainment cast and crew interviews, gag reel, deleted scenes and more.

For more information about the event, follow @CBSHE and @SVCantina on Twitter.

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Need to geek out? 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 1 Steelbook takes off this March

Love collections? Geek out frequently over anything Star Trek-related? Look no further than what’s brewing for a major March 2023 landing in the form of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ arriving in Blu-ray, DVD and Blu-ray SteelBook for all you physical collectors.

Love collections? Geek out frequently over anything Star Trek-related? Look no further than what’s brewing for a major March 2023 landing in the form of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ arriving in Blu-ray, DVD and Blu-ray SteelBook for all you physical collectors.

It’s all in the stars. Whether you’re just now getting put onto all of the insanely dope ‘Star Trek’ series and spin-offs are coming out or have been there for generations at this point, the newest addition to the franchise is officially set to drop March 21. Peep the full-fledged details and start the countdown.

“The best Star Trek show in decades” (SlashFilm), STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS: SEASON ONE arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and limited- edition Blu-Ray Steelbook on March 21, 2023 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Fans can enjoy every out-of-this-world episode from the first season of the Paramount+ original series with the collection featuring over 90 minutes of special features, including exclusive-to-home-entertainment cast and crew interviews, gag reel, deleted scenes and more.

The debut season of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series features fan favorites from season two of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

The STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Blu-ray, DVD and limited-edition Blu-Ray Steelbook offers over 90 minutes of special features, including content exclusive to home entertainment:

● PIKE’S PEAK (Exclusive) - Anson Mount takes fans through his journey as Captain Christopher Pike in the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, providing a glimpse into his portrayal with intimate footage throughout the season.

● WORLD BUILDING - Led by Production Designer Jonathan Lee and his team, the season’s production design utilized cutting-edge technology to create worlds prior to shoots, allowing the actors to fully immerse themselves into scenes rather than imagine the worlds around them in a green room. Through interviews with producers, cast and crew, fans will learn about the expertise involved in the development process and how the powerful technology was seamlessly integrated into the show.

● EXPLORING NEW WORLDS (Exclusive) - Fans will explore the storylines and characters that bring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to life with writers, cast and crew.

● COMMENTARY: ANSON MOUNT & AKIVA GOLDSMAN - STRANGE NEW WORLDS (Exclusive)

● DELETED SCENES (Exclusive)

● GAG REEL (Exclusive)

The collections will be released internationally on the following dates: • United Kingdom – March 20, 2023 • Australia – March 29, 2023.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS also stars Jess Bush (“Playing for Keeps”) as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong (“Heirs of the Night”) as La’an Noonien- Singh, Celia Rose Gooding (Broadway Whodunit: All Hallows' Eve) as Cadet Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia (“Bull”) as Lt. Erica Ortegas and Babs Olusanmokun (Dune) as Dr. M’Benga.

The script for the series premiere was written by Akiva Goldsman with the story by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners, with Goldsman directing the premiere episode. Goldsman, Kurtzman and Lumet serve as executive producers in addition to Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Eugene Roddenberry, Trevor Roth and Aaron Baiers. The series is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., U.K., Latin America, Australia, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. The series airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave in Canada and on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Portugal, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Page 3 of 4 Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Episodes:

● 101: “Strange New Worlds”

● 102: “Children of the Comet”

● 103: “Ghosts of Illyria”

● 104: “Memento Mori”

● 105: “Spock Amok”

● 106: “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”

● 107: “The Serene Squall”

● 108: “The Elysian Kingdom”

● 109: “All Those Who Wander”

● 110: “A Quality of Mercy”

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS: SEASON ONE Blu-ray, DVD and Blu-ray Steelbook are presented in widescreen format, and offer English SDH and French subtitles. The Blu-ray and Blu-ray Steelbook include English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 5.1 Dolby Digital in French, and the DVD features 5.1 Dolby Digital audio in English and French.

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Star Trek: Discovery season four set for landing on a limited edition Blu-ray steelbook

We’re living in the digital age but there’s nothing better than a signature physical collection of awesomeness especially when it’s in the form of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season four. The Paramount+ original series continues to push the culture forward with a thrilling cast, storyline and tons of features only a must-have Blu-ray steelbook can deliver.

We’re living in the digital age but there’s nothing better than a signature physical collection of awesomeness especially when it’s in the form of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season four. The Paramount+ original series continues to push the culture forward with a thrilling cast, storyline and tons of features only a must-have Blu-ray steelbook can deliver.

In all fairness? These perks are also loaded on Blu-ray and standard DVD - all set to arrive Tuesday, December 6. While the geeking factor ignites around these parts, peep the nitty gritty details and prepare for an all-out release in the coming days.

“Their most thrilling adventure to date” (CinemaBlend), STAR TREK: DISCOVERYTM: SEASON FOUR arrives on Blu-ray, DVD, Limited Edition Blu-Ray Steelbook and Digital on December 6 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, fans can enjoy every thrilling episode from the Paramount+ original series with the four-disc collection, packed with over 90 minutes of special features, including exclusive cast and crew interviews, gag reel, deleted scenes and episode commentary.

Season four of STAR TREK: DISCOVERYTM finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non- Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all. The fourth season stars Sonequa Martin-Green (“Commander Michael Burnham”), Doug Jones (“Commander Saru”), Anthony Rapp (“Lt. Commander Paul Stamets”), Mary Wiseman (“Ensign Sylvia Tilly”), Wilson Cruz (“Dr. Hugh Culber”), David Ajala(“Cleveland “Book” Booker”) and Blu del Barrio (“Adira”). Ian Alexander (“Gray”) also appears in season four.

The STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: SEASON FOUR Blu-ray, DVD, Limited Edition Blu-Ray Steelbook and Digital offers over 90 minutes of special features, including:

  • ●  STAR TREK DISCOVERY: THE VOYAGE OF SEASON 4 - A continuation of the series, this behind-the-scenes featurette includes writers and producers as they discuss how their visions were realized by the cast, sets, costumes and props in Season Four.

  • ●  BEING MICHAEL BURNHAM: THE CAPTAIN’S LOG - From Sonequa Martin-Green, fans are taken through her personal journey as Captain Michael Burnham. Follow Martin-Green, as she sits in the Captain’s chair and shares intimate videos taken throughout the season, behind-the-scenes moments and interviews.

  • ●  CREATING SPACE - Fans can explore the VFX department to see their use of an AR wall for the immersive on-screen experience created for The Holodeck, which utilizes the largest AR wall to date.

  • ●  THE TOLL IT TOOK - From the writer’s room and prop building to costume fittings, the production stage and post, the cast and crew discuss the toll COVID took during the development of Season Four.

  • ●  COMMENTARY: EPISODE 413 - COMING HOME (Exclusive)

  • ●  DELETED SCENES (Exclusive)

  • ●  GAG REEL (Exclusive)

    The collections will be released internationally on the following dates:

  • ●  United Kingdom – December 5, 2022

  • ●  France – December 7, 2022

  • ●  Japan – December 7, 2022

  • ●  Australia – December 7, 2022

  • ●  Germany – December 8, 2022

  • ●  Italy – December 15, 2022

  • ●  Spain – December 15, 2022

  • ●  Nordics – January 9, 2023

    STAR TREK: DISCOVERYTM: SEASON FOUR was executive produced by Alex Kurtzman (Secret Hideout), Michelle Paradise, Heather Kadin (Secret Hideout), Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry (Roddenberry Entertainment), Trevor Roth (Roddenberry Entertainment) and Jenny Lumet.

    Episodes:

  • ●  401: “Kobayashi Maru”

  • ●  402: “Anomaly”

  • ●  403: “Choose to Live”

  • ●  404: “All Is Possible”

  • ●  405: “The Examples”

  • ●  406: “Stormy Weather”

  • ●  407: “...But to Connect”

  • ●  408: “All In”

  • ●  409: “Rubicon”

  • ●  410: “The Galactic Barrier”

  • ●  411: “Rosetta”

  • ●  412: “Species Ten-C”

  • ●  413: “Coming Home”

    Seasons one, two and three of STAR TREK: DISCOVERYTM are currently available on Blu-ray and DVD, and available to stream now on Paramount+, and is distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group. The series is distributed concurrently by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group on Netflix in 188 countries, and in Canada on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and OTT service Crave, and produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

    STAR TREK: DISCOVERYTM: SEASON FOUR Blu-ray, DVD and Blu-ray Steelbook are presented in widescreen format and offer English SDH subtitles. The Blu-ray and Blu-ray Steelbook include English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 5.1 Dolby Digital in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish (Castilian) audio; as well as English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish (Castilian) and Swedish subtitles. The DVD features 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital audio, as well as English and French subtitles.


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Star Trek: Lower Decks - season two is heading to Blu-ray and DVD

Who says you can’t enjoy all the power Blu-ray and DVD discs still have in 2022? There’s a reason why PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S still have a disc component to go along with the digital versions. The much-needed Star Trek: Lower Decks season two is officially arriving on Blu-ray and DVD in time for the summer heat.

Who says you can’t enjoy all the power Blu-ray and DVD discs still have in 2022? There’s a reason why PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S still have a disc component to go along with the digital versions. The much-needed Star Trek: Lower Decks season two is officially arriving on Blu-ray and DVD in time for the summer heat.

The latest season will focus on the support crew serving on one of Starlet’s least important ships - the U.S.S. Cerritos. Packed with laughs in ten episodes and tons of bonus content, check out the official announcement and stay tuned for more details.

Developed by award winning creator Mike McMahan (“Rick and Morty” and “Solar Opposites”), season two of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS is bigger, funnier and Star Trekkier than ever before, and arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on July 12 from Paramount+, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. The “hilarious and awe-inspiring” (The A.V. Club) two-disc collection features over an hour of bonus content, including two exclusive featurettes: “A Sound Foundation” and “Lower Decktionary: Season Two,” and more!

Focusing on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, Ensigns Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome, “Space Force), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid, “The Boys''), Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero, “Kong: Skull Island) and D’Vana Tendi (Noël Wells, “Master of None”) have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.

In “a worthy return” (IGN), STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS - SEASON TWO follows their adventures as they deal with changes in group dynamics, chasing promotions, and tons of sci-fi missions. Helming the ship is “Captain Carol Freeman” voiced by Dawnn Lewis (“The Rich & the Ruthless”), alongside “Commander Jack Ransom” voiced by Jerry O’Connell (“Billions''); “Lieutenant Shaxs” voiced by Fred Tatasciore (“American Dad!”); “Doctor T’Ana” voiced by Gillian Vigman (“New Girl''); “Lieutenant Billups” voiced by Paul Scheer (“The League”); and “Lieutenant Kayshon” voiced by Carl Tart (“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”).

The Blu-ray and DVD includes every episode from the action-packed second season, along with over an hour of special features, such as animatics, exclusive featurettes and easter eggs, including:

  • ●  A SOUND FOUNDATION - The first season of Lower Decks earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a (half-hour) Comedy or Drama Series, or Animation for the episode “No Small Parts”. As sound for an animated series is particularly important, go behind the scenes in an interview with the team that creates the dynamic audio for Lower Decks while they discuss how they bring the series to life.

  • ●  LOWER DECKTIONARY: SEASON TWO - The start of Season Two sees our heroes separated by death and distance. In this featurette, take a deep dive into all things Season Two through interviews with the producers, cast and creatives about developing and executing the characters’ journeys in the second season.

  • ●  AUDIO COMMENTARIES:

  • ○  EP 202 "Kayshon, His Eyes Open" by Mike McMahan, Jack Quaid and Jonathan Frakes

  • ○  EP 205 "An Embarrassment of Dooplers" by Mike McMahan and Jack Quaid

  • ○  EP 202 "Kayshon, His Eyes Open" by Mike McMahan, Jack Quaid and Jonathan Frakes

  • ○  EP 205 "An Embarrassment of Dooplers" by Mike McMahan and Jack Quaid

  • ○  EP 207 "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" by Tawny Newsome, Paul Scheer and Garrick Bernard

  • ○  EP 209 "wej Duj" by Mike McMahan, Gabrielle Ruiz and Kathryn Lyn

  • ●  SEASON TWO EASTER EGGS (Episodes 201-210)

  • ●  SEASON TWO ANIMATICS (Episodes 201-210)

  1. Alex Kurtzman (Secret Hideout), Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout), Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry (Roddenberry Entertainment), Trevor Roth (Roddenberry Entertainment) and Katie Krentz (219 Productions) serve as executive producers, alongside creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS: SEASON TWO also guest stars Jonathan Frakes (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”), Jeffrey Combs (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”) and Lycia Naff (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”).

    Episodes:

    ● Episode 201: "Strange Energies"

    ● Episode 202: "Kayshon, His Eyes Open"

    ● Episode 203: “We'll Always Have Tom Paris”

    ● Episode 204: “Mugato, Gumato”

    ● Episode 205: “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”

    ● Episode 206: “The Spy Humongous”

    ● Episode 207: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”

    ● Episode 208: “I, Excretus”

    ● Episode 209: “wej Duj”

    ● Episode 210: “First First Contact”

    STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS - SEASON TWO is produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Titmouse, the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company, serves as the animation studio for the series. The series streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Latin America is distributed concurrently by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.

    The STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS - SEASON TWO Blu-ray and DVD are presented in widescreen format with English SDH subtitles. The Blu-ray offers English 5.1 DTS-HD master audio and French 5.1 Dolby Digital audio, while the DVD offers English 5.1 Dolby Digital audio.

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