One among Netflix’s newer rivals has been Paramount Plus. The newer streaming service has had some fascinating IPs in its catalogue, together with these of the Star Trek selection. Sadly for followers, one such collection had been cancelled by the platform. Now Netflix has revived the cancelled Paramount Plus collection for its personal service.
Apparently, Paramount Plus has made the choice to cancel quite a lot of authentic exhibits from its platform. As such, whereas there are different such exhibits not with a house, it appears to be like like this specific Star Trek spin-off will proceed.
As famous by way of Deadline, Netflix “has picked up the animated children collection Star Trek: Prodigy for the U.S. and most worldwide territories in a cope with CBS Studios.”
The publication continues:
“It follows Paramount+’s determination in June to take away quite a lot of originals, together with Star Trek: Prodigy, from the platform in a cost-cutting content material write-down and to not proceed with the beforehand commissioned second season of the animated present.”
The collection will seemingly transfer to Netflix altogether. The primary season of the collection, which was beforehand out there on Paramount Plus, is ready to maneuver to the house of Stranger Issues this 12 months. Paramount had already been in manufacturing on the present’s second season which can now premiere on Netflix in 2024. The publication notes which territories are excluded from the deal:
“Excluded from the deal are Canada, the place Prodigy is carried by CTV.ca and the CTV App, and in SkyShowtime’s European territories: the Nordics, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Central and Japanese Europe.”
Nonetheless, Paramount Plus nonetheless stays the most important streaming platform for Star Trek content material. It’s additionally price noting that Prodigy first started as a Nickelodeon collection earlier than it moved to Paramount Plus.
Keep tuned to ScreenGeek for any further Star Trek information and different updates pertaining to streaming companies like Netflix and Paramount Plus. Hopefully this announcement pleases upset Star Trek: Prodigy followers and continues the hope that different such cancelled initiatives can discover new life on different streaming companies and networks.
