The upcoming "Star Trek" anthology series, which will be managed by showrunner Bryan Fuller, will begin filming this Fall. According to Trek Core, this means the series may be ready sooner than later and CBS may be premiering the new series as early as January 2017.
As stated in a report from Cinema Blend, Paramount Pictures issued a mandate that any other "Star Trek" project could not be released until six months after they launch "Star Trek Beyond" in theaters. The movie is set to be released this coming July 22, meaning the earliest the new series could premiere would be the end of January or early February.
The series has yet to be given an official subtitle and the studios have not yet announced directors or cast for the series. It has been confirmed that the plot of season 1 will take place before the events of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" but after "Star Trek: The Original Series" therefore the series will not have cameos from the movies.
Given that it is an anthology serires the second season will be set in a different time period and will have a different cast of characters. It is undetermined if future seasons will be set in the "Prime" universe of the franchise or the rebooted universe that was made with the 2009 reboot movie.
TrekCore also points out that this is the first live-action "Star Trek" television series that is not going to be filmed in Los Angeles, California. Instead, the series will be filmed in Toronto, Canada, which is also where Bryan Fuller is working on the upcoming "American Gods" series with author Neil Gaiman.
"Star Trek" has traditionally been filmed in Los Angeles but this has changed with the 2009 reboot film and the projects that followed. "Star Trek Beyond" notably filmed in several different international locations such as Dubai, Vancouver, United Arab Emirates and British Columbia.
