Comic-Con 2016: New Trek Series Gets Title/Ship Name and Test Flight!

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CBS All Access unveiled the ship at the heart of the new Star Trek series: the U.S.S. Discovery – which will also figure in the title of the series – Star Trek Discovery.

Besides these revelations, Executive Producer Bryan Fuller also premiered a look at the U.S.S. Discovery’s test flight – which you can watch by following the jump.

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THE NEWEST STARFLEET SHIP IN THE “STAR TREK” TELEVISION FRANCHISE, THE U.S.S. DISCOVERY, UNVEILED TODAY AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 

SHIP NAME TO SERVE AS SERIES TITLE, “STAR TREK: DISCOVERY”  

SERIES PREMIERES JANUARY 2017 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK WITH ALL SUBSEQUENT EPISODES AVAILABLE ON CBS ALL ACCESS

SAN DIEGO – JULY 23, 2016 —  Earlier today at the “Star Trek 50th Anniversary” panel at San Diego Comic-Con International, Executive Producer of the new ‘Star Trek’ series, Bryan Fuller, treated fans in Hall H to the exclusive first look at the test flight of the U.S.S. Discovery, the newest Starfleet ship for the franchise’s return to television.  The ship name will also serve as the official title for the highly anticipated new series, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, coming to CBS All Access in January 2017, following the premiere on the CBS Television Network.

The panel, moderated by Fuller, honored the golden anniversary and the indelible mark the iconic franchise has left on fans around the world, and featured stars from previous iterations of the beloved series, including William Shatner, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Jeri Ryan and Scott Bakula.

The new television series will be distributed concurrently by CBS Studios International on Netflix in 188 countries and through Bell Media in Canada.  STAR TREK: DISCOVERY is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, Fuller’s Living Dead Guy Productions and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth will serve as executive producers.

The official social media handles for “STAR TREK: DISCOVERY:”

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Photos courtesy of CBS All Access