The sweepstakes is now over, and not only will Netflix have the untitled series in Great Britain, but in 187 countries as well.
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As for the new Star Trek, it is set to launch on CBS this upcoming January. Each new episode will be available within 24 hours of its US premiere. The premiere episode and the rest of the series will then move to CBS All Access, the network’s digital subscription video-on-demand service. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, Fuller’s Living Dead Guy Prod., and Roddenberry Entertainment.
One of the major points of contention for Netflix Australia subscribers has been the wide disparity between the content libraries offered in the U.S. versus the content library offered in Australia.
Meanwhile, Star Trek Beyond hits theaters on July 22 and the latest installment in the sci-fi saga is going multi-screen.
He may have gone onto to the superpowered heights of being Thor, but Paramount has announced that even though Star Trek Beyond hasn’t been released yet, they’re already working on the next film and that it will bring back Hemsworth.
Netflix says it has about 81 million subscribers in 190 countries, more than half of them based in the US.
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Additionally, Netflix has confirmed that all 727 episodes from the entire Star Trek library will be available globally on Netflix by the end of the year. CBS is calling the deal an opportunity for fans around the world to watch the new series “virtually at the same time as viewers in the U.S”. Star Trek will introduce fans to a new ship, new characters and new missions, while embracing the same ideology of the beloved universe. Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen Berg & Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth will serve as executive producers.
