Paramount is celebrating Star Trek‘s 60th anniversary in grand fashion with a massive, star-studded event at San Diego Comic-Con 2026.
September 8, 2026, will mark 60 years since Star Trek: The Original Series premiered on NBC. 2026 began with great promise, with a Star Trek float at the Rose Bowl Parade and the premiere of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy in January. However, Paramount+ canceled Starfleet Academy two months later, so that no new Star Trek was in production for the first time since 2017, and the celebratory mood among Star Trek fans quickly fizzled out.
As reported by Variety, Star Trek returns to Hall H for Paramount+’s Star Trek Universe panel, set for Saturday, July 25, at 12:30pm PST. Kicking off the panel in the 6,000-seat venue will be Star Trek: Strange New Worlds touting season 4, which premieres on Thursday, July 23, on Paramount+. Panelists include Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Paul Wesley, with executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers, and Alex Kurtzman.
Immediately following will be a panel celebrating Star Trek‘s 60th anniversary, with actors representing the many TV series and movies in the franchise. Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry will have a special introduction, and will be joined by Michael Dorn, Robert Picardo, Connor Trinneer, Cirroc Lofton, Doug Jones, Michelle Hurd, Jerry O’Connell, Christina Chong, Karim Diané, and the legendary George Takei.
The Paramount+ Lodge at Happy Does on Fifth Ave will include a recreation of the USS Enterprise’s Port Galley bar from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, featuring the original USS Enterprise model provided by the Roddenberry Estate. The lodge will be open July 22-26.
There will also be a special screening of the first two episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 at the Balboa Theater in San Diego on July 24. Doors open at 6pm PT with the screening beginning at 7pm. Admission is free, but RSVPs are required for entry on a reservation system. Tickets are limited and are on a first-come, first-served basis. No badge is required for entry.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the theme of San Diego Comic-Con’s badges this year, with the USS Enterprise hovering over the San Diego Convention Center. The badge design will be available in the Official SDCC Digital Souvenir Book and also featured on a limited-edition T-shirt available for purchase exclusively at the Official Comic-Con Merch Shop located in the Marriott.
Paramount+ is going all-out to honor Star Trek at Comic-Con, although many questions still surround the future of the franchise on TV and in films. Since the Star Trek Universe panel is a Paramount+ event, it’s unlikely any movie news will drop, but perhaps there will be announcements of what will be next for Star Trek television.
- Created by
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Gene Roddenberry
- First Film
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- First TV Show
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Star Trek: The Original Series
- First Episode Air Date
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September 8, 1966
- Cast
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William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Wil Wheaton, Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Cirroc Lofton, Armin Shimerman, Colm Meaney, Terry Farrell, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jeri Ryan, Robert Duncan McNeill, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips, Garrett Wang, Jolene Blalock, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Scott Bakula, Linda Park, John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sonequa Martin-Green, Mary Wiseman, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Oyin Oladejo, Emily Coutts, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, Michelle Yeoh
- TV Show(s)
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Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Star Trek is one of pop culture’s biggest multimedia franchises, spanning multiple movies, TV shows, books, comics, video games, and various other media. The franchise was created by Gene Roddenberry and started with the 1960s TV series starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Over the decades, several equally popular series have come out since as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Discovery.