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PARAMOUNT+ secures Australian rights for STAR TREK: PICARD and LOWER DECKS in new deal with PRIME VIDEO

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Paramount+ expands offerings with Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Paramount+ has announced that Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks will be joining the service’s streaming catalogue as part of a new deal with Prime Video.

The third and final season of Star Trek: Picard will premiere in Australia date and day with the US on Friday, 17 February, with previous seasons of Star Trek: Picard also available to stream from this same date.

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All seasons of Star Trek: Lower Decks will be available to stream on Paramount+ Australia later this year.

Paramount+ is now the home to every series and every episode of the full catalogue of Star Trek. This includes all seasons of the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard,the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy, and the newest addition Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

In addition to streaming on Paramount+, Star Trek: Picard will also stream on Prime Video.

Star Trek: Picard features Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and follows this iconic character into the next chapter of his life. LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd star alongside Patrick Stewart.  

The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. For season three, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Doug Aarniokoski and Dylan Massin serve as executive producers. Terry Matalas serves as showrunner for season three.

Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. The crew have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.

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The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” of the U.S.S. Cerritos includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome; Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid; Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells; and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the U.S.S. Cerritos’ bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis; Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell; and Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Secret Hideout’s Alex Kurtzman, Roddenberry Entertainment’s Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth, Katie Krentz (219 Productions) and Heather Kadin serve as executive producers alongside creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout), who brought McMahan to the project, also serves as an executive producer. Titmouse (Big Mouth), the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company, serves as the animation studio for the series.

STAR TREK: PICARD season three/finale – premieres Friday, 17 February on Paramount+.

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8 COMMENTS

    • Steve, I mean Aussie influencers were included in the US marketing blitz… but not Aussie press. 🤦🏼‍♂️

      My entire social circle for Trekzone has seen at least the first 2 eps.

    • Steve, I mean Aussie influencers were included in the US marketing blitz… but not Aussie press. 🤦🏼‍♂️

      My entire social circle for Trekzone has seen at least the first 2 eps.

    • Matthew Miller I feel you. Amazon haven’t been great, and my connections with P+ press are only just growing.

    • Matthew Miller I feel you. Amazon haven’t been great, and my connections with P+ press are only just growing.

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