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San Diego Comic Con is one of the biggest events on the world pop culture calendar.
Bestriding the zeitgeist like multi-headed entertainment colossus, SDCC has a ton of news and previews and sets the tone for much of the next year’s releases and buzz.
SDCC 2024 was no different, with the just concluded event carrying all kinds of major announcements and these five trailers, and of course, many more, whetting our appetites for a host of entertainment options to come …
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3
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The third season of the American television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. The season is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout, Weed Road Pictures, H M R X Productions, and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serving as showrunners. (courtesy Wikipedia)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 premieres on Paramount+ in 2025.
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Star Trek: Section 31 is an upcoming American science fiction television film directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeny for the streaming service Paramount+. It is intended to be the first television film in the Star Trek franchise and part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman’s expanded Star Trek Universe. A spin-off from the series Star Trek: Discovery, the film follows Philippa Georgiou as she works with Section 31, a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets. (courtesy Wikipedia)
Star Trek: Section 31 releases on Paramount+ in early 2025.
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2
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In Season Two of The Rings of Power series on Prime Video, Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will. Building on The Rings of Power – Season One‘s epic scope and ambition, the new season plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity. Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all… each other.The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a series developed by Amazon Studios, in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate & Trust, HarperCollins, New Line Cinema. J. D. Payne & Patrick McKay are showrunners and developed the streaming series adaptation, set in the Second Age of Middle-earth before the events of the Lord of the Rings novel and the previous films. Featuring episodes in Season 2 directed by Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri, Louise Hooper. Executive produced by Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, Gennifer Hutchison. (courtesy First Showing)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two drops its first three episodes on 29 August with the remaining five episodes releasing weekly until 3 October.
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Davies previously teased that “Joy to the World” will offer a unique and unexpected look at the Doctor’s personality, specifically that of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. “I can’t give away much more but work has begun on it already, and it’s mad, it’s one of the maddest Christmas specials you’ll ever see,” Davies said during a behind-the-scenes video released on YouTube. “It’s epic, it goes to so many different places. And it’s a great story of who the Doctor is when he’s alone.” (courtesy Comicbook)
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2024 releases on Christmas Day on Disney+
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The fifth and final season of the American adult animated television series Star Trek: Lower Decks is set in the 24th century and follows the adventures of the low-ranking officers with menial jobs on the starship Cerritos, one of Starfleet’s least important starships. The season is produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions in association with Secret Hideout, Important Science, Roddenberry Entertainment, and animation studio Titmouse, with Mike McMahan serving as showrunner and Barry J. Kelly as supervising director. (courtesy Wikipedia)
Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5’s first two episodes releases 24 October 2024 on Paramount+ with episodes then released weekly until 19 December.
But of course there were more, many more. Check them at all out at Rotten Tomatoes!