Star Trek: Prodigy is back, with season 1 now streaming on Netflix around the world. Season 2 is coming later this year and the showrunners are talking about how it wraps up and what could be next for the fan-favorite animated show.
Executive producers and co-creators Dan and Kevin Hageman joined the latest episode of Virtual Trek Con to talk about Prodigy, starting with how the first season had a strong debut on Netflix showing up on Top 10 lists around the world. Kevin talked about how he and the crew feel about the relaunch on Netflix:
“We are so proud. We know how good it is. We all see it. Like everyone on our crew are like, ‘This is one of the best things we’ve got to animate on.’ Then it got cancelled and it was like, ‘What? That doesn’t make any sense.’ So now, it is such a relief. It’s so sweet, everyone is so happy.”
Apparently referring to the corporate tumult at Paramount, Dan Hageman said that in the end the move may benefit the series:
“I think it turned out for the best on Netflix. With what’s going at Paramount right now, I don’t know what’s going to happen over there.”
There has been rumors over the last month that Paramount may be up for sale, with Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly interested with merging with the company.
The brothers also talked about how the upcoming second season ends:
Dan: "The end of season 1 we think is great. End of season 2 is equally great. And it has this place where it feels like it wraps up…"
Kevin: "Not just wraps up season 2, but season 2 is like the second half of season 1."
Dan: "It really wraps everything you want out of seasons 1 and 2, but it really opens the door to what season 3 potentially could be. And whether that hits now, or in five years, or whenever the time is right, it’ll feel natural, which I’m really happy about."
Kevin: “Worst case scenario, we never get picked up again and [even if] there’s no more Star Trek: Prodigy ever, we feel like the end of season 2 is a really beautiful closing. It will feel complete. But what we do is there is a great little promise of something more to come.”
Work on season 2 is complete and both brothers said they don’t know when or how Netflix would decide to order another season. Dan quipped it all comes down to “the veil behind the curtain, the algorithm.” However, if there was to be more, it would not be for a while. Dan explained:
“If we get the call like ‘We want season 3,’ because we are animation it’s going to take minimum two years, more like three years.”
Kevin also noted how with work now complete on season 2, any order for more would require them to reassemble the team, but they can’t be sure everyone will be available:
“So many of our crew can’t wait to come back, but they might be locked into a new job.”
This December tweet from the Hageman brothers marked when they wrapped up work on season 2.
Just mixed our final episode of #StarTrekProdigy S2. Five incredible years of our lives have gone into Prodigy, and we could not be more proud of the work from our amazing team. May this series inspire and welcome all into the Star Trek Universe. S1 on #Netflix this Christmas! pic.twitter.com/Y0L4szLqDs
— Dan & Kevin Hageman (@brothershageman) December 13, 2023
Much of the first season of Prodigy focused on Admiral Janeway’s search for her former first officer Chakotay. Kevin acknowledged that the first season was a “giant tease” for the pair with “all the good stuff” coming in season 2. The brothers were not going to give specific details on the nature of the relationship between Janeway and Chakotay, but they did tease elements of their reunion in season 2. Dan said it was his favorite episode of the season, sharing how others reacted to it:
“I remember watching it with [composer] Nami [Melumad] and she was blushing. She was like, ‘Oh my god!’
Kevin added: “Obviously there’s going to be a reunion of these two characters. When we recorded the reunion, Kate [Mulgrew] was recording and opposite was our voice recorder Brook [Chalmers] and he read Chakotay. And they read this scene together and Brook was just crying. And Kate was like, ‘That was really good.’ There’s great stuff ahead… I love what we do with Chakotay. It’s totally not what you are expecting. Robert [Beltran] is fantastic… I love what we do with them more than what I have seen them do in Voyager.”
You can watch the full Virtual Trek Con discussion with the Hageman brothers below!
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Original sources: TrekMovie.com, Screen Rant.
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