Star Trek govt producer praises Thomas Jane as “good” casting to play Dr. Bones McCoy on the finish of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds. Kurtzman directed the sequence premiere of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the most recent Star Trek sequence that simply premiered on Paramount+ and is Licensed Contemporary on Rotten Tomatoes.
Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds wrapped manufacturing of its fifth and last season simply earlier than Christmas. On the similar time, CBS Studios and Paramount+ introduced Thomas Jane will play Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds‘ sequence finale, together with Kai Murakami as Hikaru Sulu.
ScreenRant‘s Liam Crowley interviewed Alex Kurtzman and his fellow co-showrunner, Noga Landau, at Star Trek: Starfleet Academy‘s junket. Kurtzman elaborated on what an “extraordinary reward” Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds has been, and spoke about why Thomas Jane is “completely proper” as Bones McCoy. Learn his quotes beneath:
Liam Crowley: Unusual New Worlds wrapped manufacturing on season 5 simply earlier than Christmas. And large information proper earlier than Christmas, Thomas Jane getting concerned as Bones McCoy. I might love to speak about getting him concerned within the Star Trek world, what his casting meant, and likewise simply the way it feels that Unusual New Worlds is coming to a detailed.
Alex Kurtzman: Unusual New Worlds was simply such a unprecedented reward. After we launched Quantity One and Spock and Pike on Discovery, the concept was, nicely, there may very well be a present right here as a result of clearly there’s an entire run of story earlier than Kirk takes the Enterprise. However I believe the casting was so good and the followers’ response to the characters was so profound that to have the ability to then flip that right into a 5 season present was superb. And I believe Akiva [Goldsman] and Henry [Alonso Myers] and all of the writers, all people, all the administrators did such a gorgeous job harnessing the spirit of OG Trek, but in addition updating it in a manner that was actually distinctive and particular.
And Thomas Jane’s simply good. It is all the time actually formidable to recast these roles as a result of they’re so iconic, however I believe doing the movies taught us that it may be performed so long as you discover an actor who actually embodies the spirit of the character and the sort of gruffness and grumbliness and intelligence of [Bones]. Thomas Jane simply felt completely proper.
Liam Crowley: I do not know if it was you particularly or Paul [Wesley] mentioning it, making an attempt to place some good juju on the market of a by-product centered round him. Is there any replace on that entrance?
Alex Kurtzman: We’ll see.
With Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds’ sequence manufacturing now over, hopes flip to the spinoff dubbed Star Trek: 12 months One that Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers talked about final 12 months. Star Trek: 12 months One can be in regards to the first 12 months of Paul Wesley’s Captain James T. Kirk accountable for the Starship Enterprise.
Many Star Trek followers theorized that Unusual New Worlds’ casting Thomas Jane hedges bets in direction of Star Trek: 12 months One presumably taking place. In spite of everything, why forged an actor as excessive profile as Thomas Jane as Bones McCoy for a lone look in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds ending?
Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds now has two seasons and 16 episodes banked. Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds season 4, which filmed earlier in 2025, is anticipated to premiere in 2026 on Paramount+, with the shortened, 6-episode fifth and last season taking place in 2027.
Like Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, followers can even get two seasons of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, with season 2 nearing the tip of filming. Nevertheless, followers must wait over a 12 months to see Thomas Jane’s “good” casting as Bones McCoy in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds‘ sequence finale.
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July 17, 2025
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