Supplemental – ‘Strange New Worlds’ S4 Preview + Interviews With Bill Wolkoff & Melissa Navia
All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com PodcastShow Notes
This week All Access Star Trek has a shorter supplemental episode. Laurie is traveling, so Anthony takes this one solo to give listeners an idea of what is coming as we head into the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which debuts next Thursday, July 23rd. This week also includes audio from interviews with writer/co-executive producer Bill Wolkoff and actress Melissa Navia (Ortegas), conducted at the Hollywood Climate Summit, where they both talked about environmental connections to Trek as well as SNW season 4 (and 5). Tony also briefly covers the latest news, including an update on the Paramount/WBD merger going to court, some new Star Trek merch, and some SNW S4 preview updates along with what to expect for Star Trek at San Diego Comic-Con, which is also coming up next week. Laurie and Tony will be back together to discuss and review the season 4 premiere on Friday the 24th, and back each Friday after that for all ten episodes with some interviews along the way, which starts next week with episode 1 director Chris Fisher. Before that, Tony and Laurie will reunite for supplemental episode early next week to catch up and roll in audio from the Strange New Worlds season 4 junket cast interviews. See you then.
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Anthony and Laurie round up the latest news from New York Comic Con and beyond. This week’s topics include a new detective show from Scott Bakula and Mike Sussman, details on the scrapped Doctor Who crossover with Strange New Worlds, insights from Terry Matalas on Picard and Legacy, plus the fresh news from New York Comic Con about Starfleet Academy. They also talk about seeing Ben Stiller interview William Shatner after the Academy panel, and round up all the fun tidbits from their latest round of interviews at The 60-Year Misson documentary premiere.
Anthony and Laurie are joined by the Shuttle Pod‘s Brian Drew in a lively discussion about all the latest Trek news, starting with the interview Tony did with Terry Matalas about Star Trek’s future. They discuss the latest comments from the guys writing the next (possible) Star Trek movie, Star Trek getting the very first Franchise of the Year award from the Broadcast+Cable Hall of Fame, Strange New Worlds season 4 ratings, and the new Con of Wrath doc coming from Larry Nemecek and The Nacelle Company. They do a preview of New York Comic Con and talk about The 60-Year Mission documentary, which opens this week. Then they dig into their main topic: the recent merger of Paramount and Warner Bros, now officially called Skydance, looking at it from all angles: business, creative, and to some degree, political.
Anthony and Laurie talk to Strange New Worlds‘ producing director Chris Fisher about his work directing the show’s season 4 finale, “Tomorrow’s Enterprise,” as well as his work on other episodes, his thoughts about Star Trek’s future, and his experience in virtual production (and not AI), where he’s become an expert. The Producer’s Guide to Virtual Production by Chris Fisher
Anthony and Laurie sort through the latest on the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger after hearing that the antitrust suit has been settled and talk about what that could mean for Star Trek, as well as the unfulfilled plan of SNW producers to get William Shatner on the show. Then it’s time to talk about Strange New Worlds‘ season 4 finale, “Tomorrow’s Enterprise,” with heaps of praise for Celia Rose Gooding’s performance as two different Uhuras. They wrap up with William Shatner going metal in a Billboard interview and some fascinating facts about late TOS guest star Leslie Parrish. Keep an eye (ear) out this weekend for our in-depth interview with “Tomorrow’s Enterprise” director (and SNW producing director) Chris Fisher.
[Review starts at 9:45] Bob Cesca of the Trek Politics podcast joins Anthony and Laurie this week to review Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ season 4 penultimate episode, “Once La’An a Time.”