It’s been a protracted highway for Star Trek: Prodigy, getting from there (Paramount+) to right here (Netflix). However, maybe becoming for a present so engaged as a religious sequel to Star Trek: Voyager, that journey homeward certain may must maintain occurring for a bit longer: it’s emerged this week that the animated sequence is beginning to run out of time earlier than it wants a brand new savior.
This week it was confirmed that Netflix—who saved Prodigy from being utterly scrubbed off streaming companies final 12 months, after Paramount abruptly pulled the plug on the present throughout the manufacturing of its greenlit second season—is about to lose the streaming rights for Prodigy‘s first season subsequent month, with rights for the second season set to run out on the very finish of 2025, on December 31.
“Whereas the long run elimination of Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix is disconcerting, it has little to do with lack of viewership or something nefarious,” Kevin and Dan Hageman, Prodigy‘s showrunners, stated partly in a publish on social media in regards to the licensing rights.. “We maintain out hope somebody will choose it up. The following era of Trek followers deserve it.”
Though the Hagemans dance round it, the shortage of reports a couple of potential third season of Prodigy for the reason that sophomore’s debut on Netflix final 12 months, paired with the information in regards to the sequence’ licensing renewal, doesn’t paint an optimistic image for the sequence’ future past merely discovering a spot for the present seasons to stream on-line. However at the very least this time followers don’t have to fret as they did when Paramount first tried to wash the present offline, leaving sure episodes unable to look at in any respect: Prodigy season two acquired a bodily launch on Blu-ray and DVD final 12 months, so even when the present is beamed off of Netflix with out renewal within the coming months, at the very least the sequence will stay accessible in a extra dependable type.
We’ll convey you extra on Star Trek: Prodigy’s destiny as and once we study it.
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