Paramount + to present new Star Trek series Strange New Worlds and Prodigy

Enlarge / Key art for the new Star Trek series Star Trek: Prodigy.

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At an online investor event, ViacomCBS revealed several new details about the CBS All Access Paramount + replacement, including pricing as well as two new Star Trek series which will premiere on the network. Additionally, the company has announced that a much-anticipated Showtime show will end on Paramount + instead.

Paramount +, announced several months ago, will launch on March 4 in the United States, Canada and 18 countries in Latin America. As with CBS All Access, an ad-supported, ad-free plan will be offered. In the US, the ad-supported plan will cost $ 4.99 per month, while the ad-free plan will cost $ 9.99.

That $ 4.99 per month is $ 1 cheaper than the ad-supported version of CBS All Access. However, this cheaper plan will not include local CBS stations. The service is also expected to launch in the Nordic countries within weeks and in Australia later this year.

When it launches, Paramount + will have 2,500 films and 30,000 TV episodes, according to executives at ViacomCBS. This will include original series, many of which will be available in 4K and Dolby Vision HDR.

The original series will include those we’ve seen on CBS All Access before, including the big slate of Star Trek shows as Discovery, Picard, and Lower decks.

Two new Star Trek a series was recently announced: a CG animated show for children called Star Trek: Prodigy, and a spinoff on Captain Pike and Mr. Spock called Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Prodigy was slated to air on Nickelodeon (which is owned by the Viacom part of ViacomCBS), and it will still air there – but only after appearing on Paramount + first.

Additionally, it has been confirmed that the long-awaited and much-delayed series based on the video game franchise Halo will be delivered via Paramount +; it was originally planned as a Showtime series. Steven Spielberg is an executive producer on the series, which is slated to premiere in the first quarter of 2022. Filming was well underway when the pandemic forced a halt, according to Deadline. During the hiatus, it was decided to move the show to the Paramount + mass audience service rather than “adult” and “sophisticated” Showtime. (These descriptors were used by David Nevins, director of Showtime, to describe the network.)

Other content includes a Frasier reboot, as well as a few 2021 theatrical releases like Mission Impossible 7.