Star Trek: Prodigy creators Dan and Kevin Hageman are more excited than ever about their animated Star Trek series.
After debuting on Paramount+ in 2021, the show has beamed over to Netflix, and this could mean there’s an opportunity to make even more, taking the show beyond its current two seasons.
“Let’s all hope and pray!” Ken said in an interview with IGN. “Netflix has reach, it’s gonna reach people. Will the people watch? If they do, there should be life after Season 2.”
It’s no secret that Star Trek: Prodigy was removed from Paramount+ earlier this year. Thankfully, it soon found a home on Netflix, and the still unreleased second season will be coming to the streaming service sometime in 2024. But the Hageman’s are hoping it’ll go beyond those two seasons… and might even get a movie.
“Kevin likes to talk about The Original Series getting canceled but then coming back with a fury and making movies,” said Dan. “Kevin and I have always been very excited about that possibility.”
“Great movie franchise,” added Kevin. “But maybe it needs an animated film franchise. I know they’re struggling doing the live-action Star Trek movies. Well heck, throw us a portion of that money and we’ll start doing an animated one.”
“Yeah, throw us the catering bill,” laughed Dan.
“We’ll bring Captain Kirk back!” added Kevin with a grin.
Hope for the crew of the Protostar
Whether or not Prodigy gets its own movie, it looks as though there’s hope that the crew of the Protostar will get to further explore the Star Trek universe beyond its second season. And that’s encouraging for the fans who backed the show when it was originally pulled from Paramount+.
“Robert Picardo, The Doctor, is coming for Season 2,” said Dan. “I think we teased the Voyager, too. The first season was the kids on the Protostar – Season 2 they’re going to be involved with a much bigger ship. That’s really going to change the type of adventures they go on. It’s the same show, just a lot bigger.”
“When you watch all 40 episodes of Season 1 and Season 2 together, it’s going to feel like one epic saga,” added Kevin.
“Season 1 they steal a ship,” said Dan. “Season 2 they earn a ship.”
“Yeah, they’re going to earn it this time,” added Kevin.
As well as continuing their own show, the Hagemans also hope to see more Star Trek animation in the future… and as a huge fan of Lower Decks, that’s definitely something I can get behind.
“I really love Star Trek Animation,” said Kevin. “I swear, we’re finishing out Season 2 and I’m constantly staring at the amazing work our crew has done animating these characters and some of them, which we can’t spoil… but there are other legacy characters that are going to be coming in and stuff, and you’re watching, and it’s an animated version of them, but it’s there voice and, it just feels so good to keep these characters and this universe alive in animated form.”
“I think what Alex [Kurtzman] has done great about the Star Trek universe is that every show has its own feel, everything feels different,” added Dan. “I love them taking stabs, so if they do another animation show, I hope it doesn’t look like Prodigy. I would hope it looks like something completely different because I like them taking as many stabs as possible.”
“I would love to see a 2D anime Star Trek,” said Kevin. “It would be amazing if done really respectfully, it would be amazing.”
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Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
