Star Trek: Discovery - Season Four

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a b Britt, Ryan (November 18, 2021). " 'Discovery' Season 4 just changed Star Trek canon in one explosive way". Inverse. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021 . Retrieved January 29, 2022. Certainly, bringing in that voice in episode four and having – we’ll call her Zora, she doesn't have a name at this point – but having her hide in the DOTs [helper robots on board Discovery] and be part of the story is the beginning of driving toward that. And eventually – who knows when? – we will absolutely have to make sure that we sync up with that.”

The season is one of 200 television series that received the ReFrame Stamp for the years 2021 to 2022. The stamp is awarded by the gender equity coalition ReFrame and industry database IMDbPro for film and television projects that are proven to have gender-balanced hiring, with stamps being awarded to projects that hire female-identifying people, especially women of color, in four out of eight key roles for their production. [99] Year a b c d Blauvelt, Christian (October 18, 2020). " 'Star Trek: Discovery' Is TV's First VFX-Heavy Show to Do Entire Post-Production from Home". IndieWire. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020 . Retrieved October 31, 2020. a b c d Kadner, Noah (July 16, 2021). "On The Walls: Virtual Production for Series Shooting - The American Society of Cinematographers". American Cinematographer. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021 . Retrieved July 17, 2021. The season was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Limited Edition Steelbook formats in the U.S. on December 6, 2022. The release includes over 90 minutes of bonus features, including deleted scenes, a gag reel, audio commentary for the season finale, and featurettes on the making of the season, filming during the COVID-19 pandemic, Burnham becoming captain, and the introduction of virtual production technology. [92] Reception [ edit ] Viewership [ edit ]It was only on 16 October 2020 that the fourth season was officially announced; production began on November 2 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. [13] [14] a b Ulster, Laurie (October 9, 2021). "NYCC 'Star Trek: Discovery' Panel Reveals Season 4 Theme, Federation President, And More". TrekMovie.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021 . Retrieved October 16, 2021. The crew of the Discovery were given the primarily gray uniforms of other 32nd-century Starfleet officers at the end of the third season, but the producers soon realized that those costumes clashed with the Discovery 's existing gray hallway sets. [48] Costume designer Gersha Phillips looked at various options that still kept the gray color and settled on more colorful costumes that have a gray stripe on the front. [49] The uniforms use the same primary colors as Star Trek: The Next Generation (red for command, gold for operations, and blue for science) but with white uniforms for medical officers like in previous Discovery seasons. [48] The new uniforms also have matching dress-uniform variants. [49] The EV spacesuits seen in the season are the sixth or seventh iteration designed for the series. Phillips said they wanted each version to be more sleek and more comfortable than the last. [49] Star Trek: Discovery' Season 4 Production Update And First Look At AR Wall Virtual Set". TrekMovie.com. July 16, 2021. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021 . Retrieved July 17, 2021. Discovery releases the hydrocarbon representing peace onto the hyperfield. It is soon pulled into the structure and surrounded by an orb made of an unknown substance. Members of Species 10-C respond with more hydrocarbons and a light pattern which the crew deciphers as a "bridge language" similar to Lincos that uses mathematical equations. 10-C uses the language to question why the DMA was destroyed by Tarka's weapon, and the crew are able to communicate their fear of the DMA. On Book's ship, Tarka plans to use Ndoye to ignite a plasma stream from Discovery that will allow them to escape the orb and fly directly to the DMA's power source. Reno realizes that if Tarka takes the power source now, it will destroy the hyperfield and all inside it and likely still destroy Earth and Ni'Var. Book confronts Tarka about this, but Tarka uses his upgrades to the ship to restrain Book. As the crew of Discovery attempt to ask 10-C to withdraw the DMA, Ndoye enacts Tarka's plan and Book's ship escapes. The 10-C members stop communicating. Reno is able to get a message to Burnham explaining Tarka's plan.

Kim Crossley, Reilly Kizer, Karen Merriam, Marie Glass, Leanne Reimer, Emaan El-Houni, Scott Patterson, Kevin Morra a b c Vary, Adam B. (October 9, 2021). " 'Star Trek: Discovery' Debuts Season 4 Trailer and Premiere Date". Variety. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021 . Retrieved October 9, 2021. On 12 August 2020 showrunner Alex Kurtzman had to concede that the COVID-19 pandemic crisis wrought havoc on the franchise production schedules, and that production for all shows were delayed, including that of Discovery's fourth season. [12] a b c Jacobs, Meredith (March 17, 2022). " 'Star Trek: Discovery' Boss Breaks Down the Season 4 Finale: 'What Now?' ". TV Insider. Archived from the original on March 17, 2022 . Retrieved March 18, 2022.Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. a b c Britt, Ryan (December 30, 2021). "Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 7 Easter Eggs & References". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021 . Retrieved January 29, 2022.

In addition to working on the season's virtual production effects throughout pre-production and filming, Pixomondo also provided "post-shoot touchup work" to remove the seams between the video wall and ceiling, [64] as well as traditional visual effects such as digital matte paintings. [70] [71] Other visual effects vendors for the season included Crafty Apes VFX, [72] Outpost VFX, [73] Switch VFX, [74] and Gradient Effects. [75] Outpost worked on episodes eight and nine, creating the dead planet that Book and Tarka hide near and adapting the series' programmable matter effects—which were developed by Pixomondo for the third season—to be used as a weapon by Tarka. [73] [76] Music [ edit ] a b c Orquiola, John (December 18, 2021). "Why Discovery's Season 4 Bridge Crew Was Missing In Episode 5". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021 . Retrieved January 29, 2022. a b "First Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Trailer Showcases New Uniforms, New Characters, and a New Mission". TrekCore.com. April 5, 2021. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021 . Retrieved April 6, 2021.

Side guide

THE TOLL IT TOOK - From the writer’s room and prop building to costume fittings, the production stage and post, the cast and crew discuss the toll COVID took during the development of Season 4. In addition to all 13 episodes, the limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook, Blu-ray, and DVD have the following special features:

Stone, Sam (December 15, 2021). "Star Trek: Discovery John Ottman Helms Emotion & Homage Into Season 4". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 . Retrieved April 30, 2022.

a b Zabiegalski, Robin (March 24, 2021). "Filming for 'Star Trek: Discovery' Has Been Extended". Heavy.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2021 . Retrieved March 27, 2021. Prange, Stephanie (December 7, 2021). " 'Red Notice,' 'Hawkeye' Again Top Weekly Whip Media Streaming Charts". Media Play News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2022. Prange, Stephanie (November 23, 2021). "Netflix's 'Red Notice,' 'Tiger King' Top Weekly Whip Media Streaming Charts". Media Play News. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2022. The escalating move in the ongoing " streaming war" by globally sidelining Netflix as the international disseminator of the series just days before the fourth season premiere, constituted a surprise for many fans outside North America. Much to their chagrin and anger [20] – which was shared by Discovery's cast and crew [21] – the international Discovery fanbase was now forced to await the launch of Paramount+ in one format or another in their territories sometime in 2022. [22] This was not the case for viewers in Scandinavia, South America, and Australia, where Paramount+ had already been operational since mid-2021, and where the fourth season was expected to be sooner available for viewing after its debut in North America. [23] [24]